Strategy game. Easy to learn. Innovative blend of mechanics. Asymmetrical. Thematic. Tense. Surprising. Team play. 1-4 players. 90 min.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
New add-ons & First social goal fight!
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 08:06:51 PM
Hello Everyone!
Perhaps many of you do not know that PHALANX has already released several games and has successfully conducted 9 campaigns on Kickstarter, and some of our games are available for sale or pre-order. So, for backers of Domination, we have decided to make it possible to purchase our games to be added to your Domination order. Some of these games (Successors, 1941: Race to Moscow, Rocketmen) are currently in production and so this is the last chance to order them before their release.
Here are all the games that will be included in the add-ons section. Add-ons will also be available in the Pledge Manager, which backers will have access to a few weeks after the end of the campaign. You can now increase the value of your pledge by the amount for the game (add-on) you would like to add to your reward.
In addition, we are starting the first social goals fight - in the first fight the Tiger I will face the Sherman! The Tiger I will replace some of the models in German Armies, and the Sherman in US Armies, so there will be two different tank models in these armies. Except that the fight (vote) will not be so easy! You can only make one vote by interacting on Facebook! But, but...all you have to do is get at least 30 interactions and one figurine will be added to the game. If both figurines get at least 30 interactions, they both go into the game! How fast? It's up to you!
Mortal engines, cold struggle & viva la revolution!
almost 4 years ago
– Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:08:51 PM
Stand at attention, Soldiers!
You clearly liked the method of choosing the order of stretch goals and we saw a fierce "fight" between individual stretch goals. The "U-Boot Expansion" won the second vote, and it will soon be in the box.
Below you will find descriptions of the second-order technologies that may be helpful in the next vote.
U-Boot Expansion
The "U-Boot Expansion" will bring a new mechanism to the game, with a U-Boot in the Atlantic or Caribbean making it difficult for the Western Allies to bring US forces into the war. The player controlling the Western Allies must play a card with a higher number of OPs for each U-Boot on the board (i.e. 1 U-Boot: 4+ OP card, 2 U-Boots: 5+ OP card, 3 U-Boots: 6 OP card).
U-Boot is a special German naval unit. U-Boots can only be in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas (marked with a U-Boot symbol). U-Boot units do not need to be in supply to move. Spend 2 OPs to move one U-Boot between areas.
The "U-Boot Expansion" adds 3 U-Boot tokens to the game box (in the Deluxe Edition 3 figurines).
Bomber Expansion
The "Bomber Expansion" introduces a new unit for everyone (Western Allies, Germany, USSR, and Japan), which has different attack mechanics and movement.
You can use an Air Fleet for an Air Strike action to destroy one or more enemy units in an area. You must have an Air Fleet in supply at most two spaces away from the area with the opponent’s units. The Air Fleet can perform only one Air Strike per round; it then becomes exhausted and cannot perform any other action later in that round. One Air Fleet can destroy more than one unit in the chosen area but it cannot attack multiple areas. You may choose to destroy some or all of the enemy units in the target area.
When unlocked 5 tokens, or markers for the Deluxe Edition, will go into the game box (two for the Western Allies and one each for the other players).
North Pole Expansion
The "North Pole Expansion" will make the game board double-sided. On one side there will be the standard playing board, which is presented in the campaign and by the reviewers. On the other side, there will be a board including the North Pole, which adds 5 new neutral areas to develop new strategies and enable new moves.
The North Pole Arctic is an area where you cannot place a bomber, but players from one team will be able to swap cards.
Resistance Expansion
The "Resistance Expansion" is a new mechanic available for the Western Allies and USSR, which works as an event. Players can use resistance events to put up to three tokens (markers) on neutral areas occupied by enemy units. One token (marker) deducts one VP from this area (you cannot remove more VPs than the area is worth). To remove a marker from an area, the player must spend 2 OPs.
The expansion adds 6 resistance tokens to the game box 6 resistance markers (in the Deluxe Edition). The symbol for the tokens (or markers) is an Anchor (Kotwica) that was used by the Warsaw resistance - participants in the biggest uprising during World War II.
Stay safe!
Adrian & PHALANX Team
First stretch goal unlocked and next voting!
almost 4 years ago
– Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 03:13:09 PM
Stand at attention, soldiers!
The first stretch goal has been unblocked - selected in a special ballot prepared on BGG. An upgraded tech board will be added to Domination - there will now be two-layer tech boards (as in Scythe), with matching sets of cubes (in different colors - corresponding to particular types of technology).
Over 50 cubes will be added to easily mark the developed techs and OPs required for each action.
A second vote has also started, in which you can choose which stretch goal will go into the box with the game next. Among the four voting options are: Radar Technology (with four cards and four cubes), the France Expansion (with completely new mechanics - Coalition Partners, the two-sided token applied to France and two figures/tokens: Armies & Naval), the Italy Expansion (the Italian equivalent of the France expansion, with analogous components) and new... the U-Boat Expansion.
U-Boot is a special German sea unit. U-Boots can be only in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas (marked with a U-Boot symbol). U-Boots units don't need to be in supply to move. Spend 2 OPs to move one U-Boot between areas.
Don't wait! Vote for the next stretch goal now!
Stay safe!
Adrian & PHALANX Team
Battleships of the World
almost 4 years ago
– Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:42:55 PM
Hello Everyone!
Today it’s time to present the battleship miniatures from the core Deluxe Miniature set. The Navy is crucial for total Domination - no one can deny that.
The models are made in 1:4500 scale. Here are some pictures and short notes for each battleship class (courtesy of Dr. Eric Pinzelli).
UK: QUEEN ELIZABETH class
The Queen Elizabeth-class was the spearhead of the Home Fleet throughout the interwar period. The super dreadnoughts of this class were among the finest battleships ever built. They were far superior in firepower, armor, and speed to the previous Iron Duke-class. At 24 knots, they were even considered to be the first fast battleships. After outstanding service during the Great War, the five Queen Elizabeth-class ships received significant upgrades, especially HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant, that were almost completely redesigned between 1937 and 1941. The main armament was the 15-inch (38.1 cm) gun in twin turrets, the most efficient and accurate heavy gun ever developed by the Royal Navy, as a response to the Bayern-class, the new generation of super dreadnoughts Germany was building at the time. HMS Warspite still holds the record of the longest shell-hit ever scored by one battleship on another in combat when on July 9, 1940, Warspite hit the Italian Giulio Cesare battleship at a range of more than 24 km!
JAPAN: KONGO class
The Kongō-class ships, originally classified as battlecruisers, were designed by George Thurston and built at the Vickers-Armstrong yard in Barrow-in-Furness. Those ships were essentially upgraded versions of the HMS Lion battlecruiser (1910), the Grand Fleet’s flagship.
Kongō was launched in May 1912. She was the last Japanese capital ship constructed outside Japan, her three sister ships Haruna, Kirishima and Hie were built with British technical assistance at the Kawasaki shipyards in Kobe, at the Yokuzuka navy yard and by Mitsubishi at Nagasaki. When launched, the four Kongō-class dreadnoughts displaced 27,940 tons. Their main armament was the brand-new Vickers 14-inch (360 mm) gun mounted in four twin gun turrets. They could reach a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h). Like other Japanese heavy ships, they were equipped with submerged torpedo tubes.
Unable to construct new capital ships until 1931, Japan resorted to rebuilding and upgrading her existing battleships and battlecruisers, including the four Kongō-class warships. These upgrades ensured that the Kongō-class had the longest service of any Japanese dreadnoughts.
USSR: MARAT BATTLESHIP
At the outset of the war, the 26,000 ton battleship Marat was considered a symbol of the Soviet navy - it was the most filmed, photographed and acclaimed warship of the Red fleet, the capital ship selected by Stalin to represent the Soviet Union at the 1937 British Coronation Fleet Review. In her 40-year service, she managed to survive four wars. Originally called Petropavlosk, she was laid down at the Baltic Works shipyards in St Petersburg on June 15, 1909 and launched on August 27, 1911 and as such became the 2nd ship of the Gangut-class. The crew of Petropavlovsk joined the Kronstadt Rebellion of March 1921. After it was crushed by the Bolsheviks, the battleship was renamed Marat to honor the radical French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat.
In 1928-1931, the battleship underwent major repairs and modernization. Marat used her Obukhovskii Pattern 1907 305 mm guns against Finnish coastal batteries during the Winter War and later participated as a naval floating battery in the defense of Leningrad in the aftermath of the 1941 German invasion. In September 1941, the battleship was sunk at its moorings by direct hits from Stuka attacks led by Luftwaffe ace Hans-Ulrich Rudel. The Kronstadt repair plant and surviving sailors attempted to restore the ship, the non-submerged part of the ship remained in use, and a month later, 3 turrets were able to open fire again. The Soviet Navy remained bottled up in the Gulf of Finland for most of the remaining campaigns. In May 31, 1943 the battleship was returned to its former name "Petropavlovsk".
GERMANY: BISMARCK CLASS
Bismarck was laid down on July 1, 1936 and commissioned in August 1940, with Captain Ernst Lindemann in command. The battleship, with a displacement of 46,000 tons, mounted a main battery of eight 15" guns, and was capable of a top speed of over 30 knots. At the time, the Bismarck was widely considered as one of the most powerful, largest, fastest, and most protected warships in the world. Her engineering, radar and fire control, engines and gunnery were top-notch. By early May 1941, Bismarck was ready for combat operations. Bismarck would be followed a few months later by Tirpitz, the second battleship of the same class. The British Admiralty worried over what both battleships could do to convoys, Britain’s lifeline…
USA: IOWA class
In 1939/1940, the US Navy ordered six fast battleships. They were initially intended to intercept fast battleships such as the Japanese Kongo class while also being capable of serving in a traditional battle line alongside slower battleships and act as its "fast wing".
The four Iowa-class ships were the last battleships commissioned in the US Navy. Only four of the planned six were completed. They are 860 ft 0 in (262.13 m) long at the waterline and 887 ft 3 in (270.43 m) long overall. The powerplant of the Iowas consists of eight boilers and four sets of double reduction cross-compound geared, which produced 212,000 shp (158,000 kW) and propelled the ship up to a maximum speed of 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
The primary guns used on these battleships were the nine 16-inch (406 mm) naval guns. The secondary guns were twenty 5-inch (127 mm) guns in ten enclosed base ring mounts. Originally designed to be mounted upon destroyers built in the 1930s, these guns were so successful that they were added to many American ships during the Second World War.
All 4 ships of the Iowa class are now preserved as museum ships in Los Angeles (USS Iowa), Camden (USS New Jersey), Pearl Harbor (USS Missouri), and Norfolk (USS Wisconsin).
Stay safe!
Waldemar & PHALANX Team
Change of social goal rules!
almost 4 years ago
– Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 10:18:48 PM
Stand at attention, soldiers!
You did very well in interactions on BGG, but Facebook is a difficult challenge, and we would love you to enjoy damage markers faster, which is why we have given you a replacement task - leave 50 "thumbs up" under the new graphic on BGG. Below you will find a button referring to the graphic. To battle!
