The year is 2021. Environmental upheavals, accelerated resource depletion, and escalating warfare have destabilized world politics past the point of no return. Political alliances have long since dissolved as each power block struggles for survival. In this declining world, technological advancement has ground to a halt, while the world’s armed forces make do with the weapons available from bygone decades. You enter this desperate struggle for survival as the leader of one of the six remaining factions. Game Design Global Domination uses the "deck Building" game mechanic used by some popular recent games like Dominion. Deck building is very cool. It takes all the good and none of the bad from collectible card games. In a deck building game, you lay out the different types of cards on the table, and everyone starts with the same handful of cards. As the game plays, you get to select which cards on the table you wish to add to your individual deck, thus creating your own means of winning the game. To add an additional decision point, deck building games might come with 20 card types in the box, but you randomly select 12 for any given game. Figuring out the best strategy based on the cards in play, and what your opponents are doing is the challenge. Global Domination has an Axis and Allies level of difficulty, so it is easily playable by new people or experienced gamers. Each game lasts about 1 to 2 hours and supports 2 to 6 players. The game also plays very intensely because a game only lasts 6 turns. This means that everyone knows they have to make each turn count. You score points at the end of each of the 6 game turns, so game play is very intense.