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'Britannia' looks a lot as if 'Defender of the Crown', the computer game, was a partial rip-off.

Well, kinda, but...

Britannia begins with the Roman invasion and ends with William the Conqueror, if I remember correctly. The turns represent tens of years, meaning that you have, for example, Boudicca to use for only one turn. The games takes hours, mind. As a positive, even though you are tied to specific nations and you could well play the game many times with the same factions, every game manages to be different. And even with minute differences, the outcome can change a lot.

Nowadays, after watching the sheep shaggers of Wales sit pretty and rule their lands for ages, we have started to put pressure on them from the get-go. Driven to the mountains, the Welsh are not able to produce their foul offspring which opens opportunities for the different groups from Ireland to populate their lands.

I've learned more of the history of perfidious Albion playing that game than I ever did in school.

And yes: Dominion rocks. Even my friends that hate board games have wanted to have another go. And I suggest you stay with the basic game. At least the first expansion was, sadly, pretty weak. I have the second one, too, but haven't tried it out yet.