Board Game Arena

This game feels broken. You can put nothing in your base (except maybe hit the missions), pass every turn for money unless you can beef up your character stats. If you just focus on building a character so strong that it can steal all or most of your opponent's secrets, and put nothing to little in your own base, that seems like the optimal strategy... but I really doubt that's how the develepors intended the game to be played. Something needs to be adjusted because right now you've got a dominant low-risk strategy, definitely a red flag.

I love the concept but I can't play while passing 85% of your turns is the dominant strategy.

Simplest fix I can think of: No money when you pass. If the only way to get more money is to play secrets, people will have to play secrets if they want any character stats. I just played another high-ELO player. Both of our bases were empty of anything but a few walls (for a mission).

That wouldn't work on me, just saying. If you want to try it, challenge me to a game.