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It's just... a jump to the left!

Action 1: Play LS-1 on the Destination Deck, pass on interrupts

And then a step to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight

Action 2: Activate President's Office

I'll see my first draw before deciding whether to put my hands on my hips or bring my knees in tight.

In non-BSG news. We played Dominion last night. Way big fun. At first I was put off by the fact that it's a card game but it came in a big square box so I was all, "where is the board? Where are the tokens?" But after some initial fear that it was toooo hard I quickly caught on and I want to play again, now! omnis, you must come over and play some time.

Dominion is a ton of fun. It is high on my list of games to buy.

We played a bunch of games of Dominion over Christmas, trying all their suggested card combinations. In the end, the ones we came up with were much better than the groups they suggest, but it's good to start with theirs to get a feel for the different cards.

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Okay, I have COs for interrupts on the Destination scouting mission, of which there are none. However, you do have Helo's re-roll.

But, once again, it turns out that you do not need his manly arms as you have rolled... a 5!

Details on the scouting mission and then the Quorum card to be sent to the Pradmiral.

I've never played Dominion. I'd probably enjoy it a lot - card games have long been a favourite of mine. However, it costs $75 here. My premium card game itch is currently serviced by Race for the Galaxy, which I've played hundreds of times, possibly into the thousands by now, and still come back to it. (I mention this because the one complaint I've heard about Dominion is that its replayability tapers off after a while for a lot of people.)

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Bury that destination. Not what we're looking for.

I've never played Dominion. I'd probably enjoy it a lot - card games have long been a favourite of mine. However, it costs $75 here.

Hmmm, how much is shipping to Aus? It's only $32 on Amazon here. I'm happy to order and reship. I work right next to a post office.

My premium card game itch is currently serviced by Race for the Galaxy, which I've played hundreds of times, possibly into the thousands by now, and still come back to it. (I mention this because the one complaint I've heard about Dominion is that its replayability tapers off after a while for a lot of people.)

Race for the Galaxy is far more complicated than Dominion, which is pretty simple. However there are something like 25 sets of cards and you only play with 10 at a time so you can change it up for a while, especially as people get stuck in strategies. And Dominion is a far quicker game to play and would be much easier for newbies.

Hmmm, how much is shipping to Aus? It's only $32 on Amazon here. I'm happy to order and reship. I work right next to a post office.

I just checked - Amazon doesn't ship it to Australia. (They use a third party, I assume it's related to that. I've never had trouble getting them to ship to me before, including games.) This is a shame, as I've found Amazon's shipping costs for bulky items to be pretty reasonable, but from other vendors, it adds anywhere from $30 to $50 or more. (I've just been through this sourcing a copy of Battlestar Galactica: Exodus. I could get it from Amazon for under $40 including shipping, but they put back delivery until March. Most other vendors wound up over $60 after adding their exorbitant shipping costs.

Race for the Galaxy is far more complicated than Dominion, which is pretty simple. However there are something like 25 sets of cards and you only play with 10 at a time so you can change it up for a while, especially as people get stuck in strategies. And Dominion is a far quicker game to play and would be much easier for newbies.

I wouldn't call it far more complicated (BSG is higher-complexity, and even it pales against wargames or deep Euros like Die Macher; RftG is only middling), but there is a particular kind of complication (heavy use of symbols) which some people find more congenial than others. Once the phases and symbols are grasped, though, it's quite smooth and intuitive from there. (Then you get the expansions and see what they do to it.)

It is true that Dominion improves its replayability with the 10:25 ratio. Nonetheless, it's in that context that the complaints about replayability were made. (Obviously it would've been much worse with fewer options.) Now, of course, there are several expansions available. They rate highly, so I'd guess they do a good job in keeping it fresh.

If I had both games, I suspect I'd introduce newbies to Dominion first, but I'd be moving them into RftG too once they seemed ready for it.

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Ok, the first Quorum card will come in handy, but we don't need to play it yet. I will draw another card.