Dominion: You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes… dreams! You want a bigger kingdom, more pleasant, with more rivers, and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn’t be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother’s side, would be delighted.

Dominion Intrigue: Something’s afoot. The steward smiles at you like he has a secret, or like he thinks you have a secret, or like you think he thinks you have a secret. There are secret plots brewing, you’re sure of it. At the very least, there are yours. A passing servant murmurs, zThe eggs are on the plate.y You frantically search your code book for the translation before realizing he means that breakfast is ready. Excellent. Everything is going according to plan. This is the second edition of Intrigue. Compared to the first edition of Intrigue, six cards were replaced and one added. It no longer has Base (money, victory point cards, etc) and thus is no longer a stand-alone expansion. If you want to expand the game to be able to play with 5-6 players, use a set of Dominion Base Cards.