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It took the gaming world by storm, selling a million copies and leading to string of great expansions. Its hard to think of another game which so quickly soaked up the attention and hype of the board gaming community than Dominion in 2008. Not an easy feat for a game of this magnitude. Well, somehow, it does! Shattered Empire not only expands the game, with news cards, races, and the addition of two more players, but it improves the game considerably. How could it possibly get more complex or more involved? How could an expansion add anything to a game which seemingly has it all? It is a very involved exploration of intergalactic politics, economics, and warfare that takes hours to play and can encompass up to six players. This adds new levels of strategy and engine building to the game and really makes it something new and fresh. What sets this expansion apart is how much deeper it is able to take the original game by adding a whole new economic system. This can actually expand two games: Railroad Tycoon and its rebooted edition Railways of the World. It includes four new modules which allow you to expand your player board, adds a change to the bidding round with a common currency, and even adds variable player powers with the character cards. But of all Alhambra’s add-ons, City Gates is the shining jewel.

And it really is a great game for expansions, since the base game is rather quite basic. A bunch of new scenarios breath a lot of life into a familiar classic.Īlhambra, like its more famous tile-laying counterpart Carcassone, is famous for having a wealth of expansions. This allowed the game to spread out beyond the 19-hex isle and explore new territory. Not only did it popularize the so-called “Euro-game” but it also popularized the idea of game expansions, starting with this excellent package, the Seafarers of Catan. Settlers of Catan is the most popular board game of the modern era. But the thing about Echoes is that it takes a game which many people were on the fence about, and moving many of them to the pro side. Now, they could have gone the easy route of simply adding new cards without really changing much, but instead they tried for something different and unique, especially with the foreshadow feature. But expansions don’t take long to be released anymore, and Innovations first expansion was no exception.

A rather new entry to start the list off, since the game innovation was only released a year or so ago.