Dominion: Dark Ages

About this expansion

Dominion: Dark Ages is a 2012 expansion for 2–4 players, with games lasting about 30 minutes. It is not a standalone game; instead, it adds new cards and mechanics to Dominion.

Hard times define this addition to the series. Its central themes are trashing and upgrading, with cards that reward you when they are trashed, interact with the trash, improve themselves, or upgrade other cards.

The set contains 500 cards, including 35 new Kingdom cards. It also introduces new ways for adversity and recovery to shape your game, adding more variety to the cards available during play.

• Ruins: Bad cards that you give to other players.
• Shelters: New cards that can replace starting Estates.
• Specific-card rewards: Cards obtainable only through particular other cards.

These additions create a setting of crumbling castles, ravines, barbarians, plague, and scarcity, while keeping the focus on making the most of difficult circumstances. You may need to manage unwanted cards, find opportunities in the trash, and turn weaker cards into something more useful.

Whether you are expanding your available Kingdom choices or exploring the interaction between trashing and improvement, Dominion: Dark Ages brings a distinctly harsh atmosphere and a focused set of new possibilities to the Dominion series.