The Dominion League Weekly Podcast

This week in Dominion games: The season is picking up. The significant lead club is back! Donald X. talks about Nocturne and shares his personal ban list. In spec chat: Berlinale, baby! Orlando, ma biographie politique: https://www.berlinale.de/de/2023/programm/202314130.html Dreams’ Gate: https://www.berlinale.de/de/2023/programm/202302234.html https://dominion.games/ https://dominionleague.org/c...

This week in Dominion games: We're feeling good. Slow start to the season. Donald X. talks about alts. In spec chat: Downton Abbey. An incredibly dramatic and therefore very unfaithful trailer for Downton Abbey S1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOM3y4P8TEM https://dominion.games/ https://dominionleague.org/current_standings https://dominionstrategy.com/ Music by Justin Mahar: Pumped.

This week in Dominion games: The Wrap Up of League Season 55. Math is hard. Another DXV snippet. In spec chat: Thoughts on queerness and politics in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. https://dominion.games/ https://dominionleague.org/current_standings https://dominionstrategy.com/ Music by Justin Mahar: Pumped.

This week in Dominion games: Just a regular episode. Well, almost. There is a DXV snippet for you. Also: The German Dominion Championship 2022. In spec chat: A panda trap. https://dominion.games/ https://dominionleague.org/current_standings https://dominionstrategy.com/ Music by Justin Mahar: Pumped.

I've got some presents for you. And love! Bonus poem: GRobberRocky by Sharur (Adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky) ‘Twas Brigand, and the Smithy Troves Did Hireling Gamble Astrolabe: All Impy were the Sacred Groves, And the Tomb Rats Upgrabe. “Beware the GRobberRock, my son! The plays that gain, the plays that trash! Beware the Magpie split, and shun The Groomious Bandit Stash!” He took his O...

Open door 24 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Ambassador by Sharur (ft. volfied) Based on El Matador by The Kingston Trio (https://youtu.be/8YxiN-wna9U) Donald help us, he’s here! Ambassador! I see your eyes, they are wide as you tremble in fear! I feel your heart, for it pounds as the junk cards come near!...

Open door 23 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Counting House by Sharur (to the tune of Ghost Riders in the Sky) I am a Copper Strategist, Don’t care for normal draws. Avoiding thinning’s my real test, And treasures are my cause. I scour kingdoms ‘cross the land, As I search far and wide. Each starting card,...

Open door 22 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Silk Road by saltroza In the annals of history, myriad nodes Have been braided and twined into splendid silk roads, Each traversed till there wasn’t a road left to wend As it twisted away to a sudden dead end. Over empires and centuries, goods were conveyed On a...

Open door 21 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Sea Hag by seanahan Born by the sea Raised on its shores She could see the future, But only a little And what she saw brought ruin And what she saw brought pain She could see the future, But only a little Your future you see, is not yet woven And the patterns in...

Open door 20 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Oracle by saltroza The oracle could tell you what’s in store: In bygone days, she’d share her delphic gift, But won’t dispense her wisdom any more. Just drawing through your deck is such a chore; You’d rather make this shuffle sweet and swift? The oracle could te...

Open door 19 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Odes of the day: Mountebank by seanahan Mountebank Mountebank Games with it really stank So much junk decks would tank Then you would dud Mountebank Mountebank Engines? Completely jank! Donald said walk the plank He is our bud Mountebank Mountebank All of its memes were dank Ski...

Open door 18 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Trade Route by Sharur I don’t know if it’s Root or Rout, But certainly this is true: Since trashing’s good, without a doubt, This Action card must be too. Moreover, it does something that Not many more cards can claim: You’ll see its power level rise Throughout a...

Open door 17 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Embassy by JNails You gave high fives but then went “Not so fast! Deceptively, I’m no more draw than Vault” It’s come to pass, the joke’s on you at last Some say it’s that old Baba Yaga’s fault The kingdom’s renovating with the times Yes, even way out in the hint...

Open door 16 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Venture by saltroza At times, when once I looked upon a board Whose drawlessness foretold a sorry game And wondered how I'd manage to afford The provinces my heart would seek to claim, I'd scan the kingdom yet, until my eye Fell wearily upon a yellow gleam More t...

Open door 15 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Embargo by JNails You sparked a great fire inside of my soul Those tactical tokens I sought and revered But others could not see your critical role The vanishing Silver's once more disappeared My heart's palpitations have started to slow No fancy Duration could b...

Open door 14 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Loan by Sharur There once was a card made for thinning That, confusingly, didn’t cause winning Many times, its reveals Led to furious squeals And it felt like your wheels were just spinning With his gaze on a crystalline ball Donald X made a radical call New Pros...

Open door 13 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Cache by JNails Cache can’t curse or dole out spiced up tokens Merely gains on-gain that make one wince So it fell as new cards were awoken Death knell dealt to copper strategists While it was the furthest thing from broken No one save its strongest malcontents W...

Open door 12 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Noble Brigand by saltroza Your deck is close to golden — frig! and Yet I do not give a fig, and Plan to play it bold and big and As you zag, instead I’ll zig, and Profit from your clunky rig and Through your precious cards I’ll dig, and Swipe your silver, dance a...

Open door 11 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Goons by Sharur (To the tune of Beans, Beans) Goons, Goons, a magical card! The more you have, the more it's hard To keep your scoring under control. As payload, it fills every role! Goons, Goons, departed too soon. Collection’s strength is more in tune. It had t...

Open door 10 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Pirate Ship by seanhan The pirate ship sailed out from port To plunder natives in their village The islands offered cache in spades With treasures ripe to trash and pillage Could magic make this ship retire? For years it lurched but never sank Could second coming...

Open door 9 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Explorer by Sharur Oh come with me, and we’ll explore The gold and silver found offshore! We’ll gather riches, more and more! Can’t wait to show you what’s in store! What’s that you say? No more Explorer? You’re filling me with abject horror! My Provinces, what ar...

Open door 8 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Contraband by saltroza Perhaps you’ve got illicit goods you’re trying to import? This card’s unhelpful even then — a buy of last resort, And in its place we’ve now procured a chest in which to store Our weapons, just in case we’ll be preparing for a war. So don’t...

Open door 7 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Duchess by JNails Duchy had value not for its VP Nor for the buff it bestowed upon me But because with it were given for free Two who, in truth, to my heart held the key Lass and young lad, must you tragically be Gone now for good to the realm of 1E? Farewell dear...

Open door 6 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Odes of the day: Mandarin by Sharur Topdecky-stopdecky Even though Mandarin’s Often rejected as Nothing but trash Orange you glad that he Sponsors your spending spree, Capitalistically Laundering cash? Talisman by saltroza Gainery-chainery Magical artifact, Charming possessor of...

Open door 5 of the DLW Advent Calendar 2022! Join the discord to look at the card history while you listen to Donald X. Ode of the day: Nomad Camp by seanahan By their nature they pack up and leave Never stayIng too long in their camp Though they lingered for just enough time To leave on the hinterlands quite a big stamp Yes their camels were bound to depart Though the price that we paid was not s...