Rio Grande Games Dominion Seaside & Dominion Base Cards

I recommend this Dominion expansion.

My husband and I played the base version while we were snowed in for a Valentine's trip. We decided to play since we didn't have much else to do! The first round was a little slow, the second we got a little faster, and by the 3rd round, we were going at it! When we came home, my teenager asked about it and we played with him for a solid 6 hours! He enjoyed it a lot! And he got good at it too - the little booger! But since then, we have gotten multiple versions of Dominion. Seaside is AWESOME! I love the pirate ship aspect of it and goodness, the boys really love the embargos they would put on the supply piles! It may seem a little daunting at first, but please, you won't regret it! We've had SO much fun with the whole line of Dominion expansions!

excellent game expansion. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone in your life who likes the classic Dominion. You'll need a bit of extra table space as it has additional boards that each play may have.

Let me begin with the only caveat- this is an expansion pack. You must buy the main Dominion game first.That said, this is my favorite game ever. Dominion is fun and continually changing. The game is played with a small subset of the available cards, so each game can be different. It's part luck and part strategy. You get to build up a deck of cards and what cards you put in your deck is pretty much completely up to you (you have to have enough "money" on a turn to "buy" a card). The way the cards come out of your deck is random. Different sets of cards demand different strategies, so you can't just figure out one way to play the game and just coast through.The seaside expansion in particular adds a bunch of cards similar to the regular deck. It also adds duration cards- you play them one turn and they stay in play through the next turn. For example, Haven lets you set aside one card from your current hand to use in your next hand. There are also a few special cards that do nonstandard things. Embargo lets you set a chip on a supply pile and, for the rest of the game, whenever anyone buys from that pile, they get a curse card. Island is a victory card that you can play once as an action to set it and another card from your hand aside, out of your deck, for the rest of the game.As to the physical quality of the game: the cards are pretty sturdy card stock (about the same as Magic cards). There are some mats for things like Island and they are made of nice cardboard. The chips for the Embargo card (and another card I can't think of right now) are metal. The only part of the game that isn't quite as tough as I would like is the plastic tray that sits in the box and keeps your cards sorted. I haven't ever had a problem with it, but I don't think it could take much more abuse than it would get from normal storage. For instance, if you dropped something on it, it might break. (I am clumsy, so this is a bit of a concern for me.)In summary: Dominion is awesome. The Seaside expansion makes it even more awesome. It is well worth the money.

We bought the Seaside expansion pack to use in conjunction with the original Dominion and Dominion Intrigue and have absolutely no regrets. Seaside offers a variety of new and very original cards to use, many of which "continue" to your next turn. This expansion also adds "metal coins" to be used with the Pirate Ship card, and metal chips to use with the Embargo card, so beware, if you have small kids, this new expansion does have small parts along with the usual multiple cards.The strategies change significantly with Seaside, as there are numerous cards that allow you to take extra actions, use more coins, and/or draw extra cards on not only the turn they are played, but also the subsequent turn. There are also cards that allow you to "store" coins and/or action cards to be used later in the game. There are also a few attack cards, so the Curse cards are also used in Seaside. There is only one card that I don't like: the Lookout card, which requires you to draw three cards and then you are mandated to trash one. This could be tragic if you happen to draw three Provinces, or something along that line. I refuse to ever buy a Lookout. In fact, my wife and I won't even use it in our games.Take note that this is an expansion pack and requires the original Dominion or Intrigue, as there are no money or point cards included with it. The action cards in Seaside can be used separately or in conjunction with Dominion and/or Intrigue. We usually combine all three games and use action cards from all of them. It assures that every game is different and totally new strategies are needed each time you play.I highly recommend Seaside if you are a fan of the first two Dominion games. The new version adds a number of new strategies and ways to not only accumulate points faster, but also to attack opponents, if that is your bag. My wife and I play this game daily, several times usually, and never tire of it. It's the best game I'm ever owned, without a doubt.One thing I definitely recommend is to get card protectors (sleeves)for the cards, as with the constant shuffling that the game requires can and will wear out your cards quickly. They are relatively cheap--a couple bucks for a pack of 100. Bear in mind, you'll need several hundred sleeves for each game, though. However, it's a worth while investment.If you are a Dominion lover, by ALL means, buy this expansion pack. You will not regret it.

Likes: Duration cards, the introduction of Ambassador, Tactician, Outpost, Caravan.Dislikes: The included tokens are there for just two cards. Pirate ship playmat is oversized for what it's used for. It's easy to forget about duration cards after playing the base game for a while.Overall, I find that Seaside is a pretty simple to understand expansion with plenty of game-changing fun and exciting cards. This set cares about your next turn. It's a subtle nuance, but it adds a lot to the game and changes how you think about every kingdom set you play them with. Sea witch is a nuisance but is by far one of the fairest but irritating attacks to play against. Ambassador is an attack and a pseudo trasher that pays attention to non-supply versus supply cards.Buy this set if you've gotten tired of base + intrigue. Buy this set before you buy any other. It has a sheer advantage over other sets based on the introduction and wealth of duration cards and the strength of said cards. It's a level of simplicity that's easy to understand but adds a lot of complexity to the games they're included in. Many of the latter sets can become convoluted based on the tracking of various things, but this set lets you ease into keeping track of duration cards, which more or less teaches you how to keep track of the latter set's more confusing cards.

This game has some really interesting cards. In particular, it introduced us to orange cards, which last multiple turns. Really changes the game in interesting ways. Caravan is one of our favourite cards in all the sets we own. Island and Native Village are nice options that change the game dynamic as well. Definitely an expansion we love.

I have 6 sets of dominion! What I like about this set is the chip that they provide is not those light weighted metal coating or plastic chip. They provided heavy weight chip and it feels good! Of course, as always, the game is fun to play! Recommend buying it!

Dominion Seaside is everything an expansion should be. It builds on what was already a tight and easy to learn game format in a way that offers some new tactics and options without overwhelming you.The new mechanic in this set are duration cards, which stay in play and give you a bonus when you initially play the card and then give you an additional bonus on the subsequent turn. This allows you to plan your upcoming turns in a more constructive fashion than before, giving you extra cards or gold next turn or for example using a tactician to turn your appalling hand of estates, curses and duchys into a much more conducive hand next turn.This set is also pretty thematic, which is something that dominion seems to struggle with a bit. Cards which break away from this, in my opinion, are the treasure map, which will give you a huge pay off, so long as you can find the other half. The pirate ship is also great, allowing you to plunder your opponents, trashing their treasures or using the ship's ill gotten gains for your own purposes. Touches like this really help to make the game step away from the 'play cards to buy cards' paradigm that the base set seems stuck in.As for the components, the cards are of the same quality that you will be used to, good quality card which can stand up to quite a bit of punishment. However I would advise that you get some sleeves, especially due to all the shuffling that this game entails. There are also several mats included which are used with some of the cards and are very thick and don't bend easily. The artwork on them is nice too. The stand out pieces for me however are the coins and embargo tokens which come with the set. They look great and are incredibly high quality, they're made from metal which makes them basically indestructible (unless you are doing something extremely unusual whilst playing dominion).All in all a great expansion which I would highly recommend to anyone who likes the game. This is not a standalone expansion however, so either Dominion or Dominion Intrigue is required to actually play this. Thanks for reading and hope this helps. G

This game is awesome! It does take a few times to really get into the swing of it, but it is good for 12yrs and up, and it NEVER gets boring! There are so many additions to the game you can get, the strategies are endless. My kids and I play it every night, to help with quarantine boredom :)