The world is huge and your kingdom gigantic. It's not really a kingdom any longer; it's an empire — which means you are the emperor. This gives you to a better chair, plus you can name a salad after yourself.

It's hard being emperor. The day starts early, when you light the sacred flame; then it's long committee meetings, trying to establish exactly why the sacred flame keeps going out. Sometimes your armies conquer a continent and you just have no idea where to put it. Plus there's the risk of assassination; you have a food taster, and a dagger tester, who gets stabbed by anything before it stabs you. You've taken to staying at home when it's the Ides of anything. Still, it's a great job. You wouldn't give it up it for the world — especially given how much of the world you already own.

Dominion: Empires, the 10th addition to the game of Dominion, has 96 metal tokens and 300 cards, with cards you can buy now and pay for later, piles with two different cards, and Landmarks that bring new ways to score. Plus VP tokens and Events return from previous sets.