Take the 2-minute tour ×  When the action cards on board are
lacking in gaining money additions, what's your strategy in
purchasing money vs action cards in the early rounds? More
money, or look for actions that drill through your deck (+X
cards and + actions?)?   share|improve this question add comment
3 Answers  up vote 5 down vote accepted  The answer, of course,
is it depends. It depends on what's out there and where your
deck is going. As a general rule of thumb, buy more money than
you think you'll need. It's rare to draw a hand full of silvers
mutter a curse under your breath. Don't open not buying treasure
or a money-producing card without good reason.  There's two
issues tied up in this: making sure you have enough money to buy
more/bigger cards later, and keeping the odds low of
"collisions" of terminal actions so you can only use one. Buying
a balance of action cards and treasure cards helps with both,
but how much to buy depends on the specific action cards you're
getting.  I try to create an ove