Dominion is an important tabletop game in the history of the the hobby as one of the earliest and most influential deck-building games. Following a medieval theme, you begin with a ten-card deck, mostly currency. Gradually, you add action cards with names like Village, Market, Cellar and Moat which gain certain advantages: extra cards, extra plays, extra money and so forth. Whoever accumulates the most victory points wins. An entire subgenre of games have been developed along this model.
Dominion was originally published in 2008 but I'd never played until last fall when the boys and I tried it out. I've since played a couple times with my wife, too. We've all enjoyed it. The original box includes 26 action cards. One can vary gameplay depending on which 10 of them you use each time. There are both pre-set and randomized options for this variance. There are also numerous expansion sets available for even more variety.
While the game concept itself is fantastic, one of the biggest things Dominion has going for it is the organizing tray provided so you don't have to resort the cards each time.
The BoardGameGeek rating is 7.6 out of 10. I'll be more generous and give it an 8.
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