Dominion is a card game created by Donald X. Vaccarino and published by Rio Grande Games. Originally published in 2008, it was the first deck-building game, and inspired a genre of games building on its central mechanic Dominion is a deck-building card game where 2-4 players compete to accumulate the most victory points. Players start with a small deck and acquire more powerful cards throughout the game. Objective: Gain the most victory points by the game's end. Gameplay: Players use cards to buy new cards and add them to their deck. Deck-building: Players improve their decks with action, treasure, and victory point cards. Game End: The game ends when certain card stacks are depleted, and the player with the most victory points wins. Awards: Dominion won the Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year) in 2009. This is a Vintage collectible Game purchased from a collector, game (box and cards) is in amazing condition, Card have been separately placed in protective sleeves by owner, this is a well kept piece. All 500 cards have been counted for.