Dominion Sets
Below I’ve listed some sets of cards for the board game Dominion my friends & I have played and enjoyed, and that we have surviving documentation for.
General notes
A couple years ago our group started playing Dominion more often but it really got momentum when we got the Adventures expansion. I cannot recommend this expansion enough.
You will find that we use the card Coin of the Realm
as the only action-positivea card that provides more actions than it used to play, i.e. +2 or more card in a lot of our sets. We find that when a set has both action-positive and draw-positivea card that draws more cards than it required to play, i.e. +2 or more since each card you played required you to draw it first cards it polarizes towards buying those two kinds of cards. Even in absence of extra draw-positive cards, cards like Village
end up becoming glue cards that most decks want. This leads to less interesting gameplay. Coin of the Realm weirdly does not fall into this pattern. You do not need to load your deck with it since you can use it on a turn where you need it for a big play. We find that it enables more big plays and diverse strategies without becoming a major focus of your deck.
Trash to treasure
This set revolves all around trashing cards. Trashing your opponents’ cards, trashing your cards, getting cards from the trash. We loved the way the synergies played out and how Lurker makes the trash pile another shared resource. We have tried out Masquerade 
and Courtyard 
but settled on using Forge 
instead.
We also tried out Alms 
and Trade 
but found the former to be too strong and the latter too weak. We might try out Quest
next as a way to combat curses.
Adventures
Intrigue
Prosperity
Caw! (and I cannot stress this enough) CAW!
This set is the first time we played with the card Magpie
and we immediately loved it. This set has a surprising diversity of strategies that can win and as such each game has its own meta, so pay close attention to what cards your friends are buying.
Adventures
Dominion
Intrigue
Prosperity
Fierce Competition
This set results in a lot of messing with your opponents and often boils down to building enough resilience into your deck.
Adventures
Dominion
Intrigue
Prosperity
Fierce Competition V2
Refined Fierce Competition by adding Moat
as a defensive option and replacing some other underused cards.
Adventures
Dominion
Intrigue
Prosperity
Tug of war
This set features a classic use of my favorite card in the game Swindler to turn coppers into curses.
This set offers many different options in the mid and early game.
Adventures
Dominion
Intrigue
Prosperity
Tug of war alternative
Simplified version that swapped out the Page and swapped in the Pawn
.
Adventures
Dominion
Intrigue
Prosperity