Dominion

Dominion invented the deck builder, and after all these years it is still the cleanest version of the idea. You start with a pile of junk, buy better cards every turn, and try to end the game with more Provinces than the person across the table. There is no board, no theme to speak of, and it does not matter, because the decisions are that good.

The Dominion review is where to start if you are deciding whether to buy it. Then read Your First Game of Dominion, which walks through setup, a good starter kingdom, and the mistakes every new player makes. After that, Dominion strategy settles the engine versus Big Money debate, and our best kingdom cards ranking tells you which base set cards are worth building around.

Ready to buy more? Every Dominion expansion, ranked tells you which box to get first, and it is probably not the one you think. The Star Realms comparison covers the other deck builder people keep asking us about.