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[bodybuilder]

I have, thanks to your advice, dominion, intrigue, cornucopia, seaside and prosperity. and every time we do the setup random because we think that the best way to enjoy this great game.
I really like to play with action cards, and I take always varied, but my team always plays the strategy to take a lot of money and hurry up to buy provinces, I think it's called Big Money. and many times they are the ones to win easily.
then I ask you, it is best to put always in the setup at least a victory card alternative? (gardens, duke, etc. ..), or at least one attack card? or is there still a way to beat big money without these cards?

[Awaclus]

Yes, big money is usually not very good. Make sure you're buying enough treasures yourself and having a nice balance between action cards and cards that give +actions, and buy Chapel if it's there. And even if your opponents get a few early Provinces, it's fine, because their decks are going to get slower and slower while your deck is going to get faster and faster, so don't hurry for the victory cards too early (however, hurry for them before the piles are empty).

Sometimes there will be the kingdom where Big Money with one or two action cards is dominant, but that doesn't happen very often if you randomize your kingdoms. And I think that it's fine.

[TWoos]

Yes, you can beat Big Money without alternative victory cards or attack cards.

One method, and this is not the only method, is to build an "engine".

http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/07/30/building-the-first-game-engine/

This might get you started, but there's a number of forum posts about this too, by players who know much more than I do.

[jsh357]

Are you playing 4 player games?  Big Money strategies can be very effective (or at least more effective than very weak engines) in those.  Keep trying to build powerful decks, but you should always be aware of when a Big Money strategy is effective and try to weigh whether or not it's even worth building the engine.