Cache

Cache
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Treasure
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Hinterlands
Illustrator(s)	RC Torres
Card text
When you gain this, gain 2 Coppers.

Cache is a Treasure card from Hinterlands. It generates , like Gold, but comes with two Coppers as a drawback.

Cache was removed from the second edition of Hinterlands.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• If there are not two Coppers left, gain as many as you can.

Strategy

Before it was removed, Cache was a very weak Kingdom Treasure; it can be thought of as a slightly cheaper Gold that comes with two junk cards. While adding in total payload may sound appealing, doing so at the cost of adding three stop cards is relatively weak as a way to improve your money density in money strategies and actively harmful to the vast majority of engines. The weakness of this effect and the card’s high opportunity cost make it skippable in the majority of games.

Even if you have good deck control, plenty of overdraw, and the ability to trash the Coppers easily (e.g. with Watchtower), Cache is a mediocre option for payload at a high price and likely more risky than just a Gold. If there is no viable payload other than Treasures and Gold is a liability (e.g. due to Bandit Fort), it may occasionally be usable as a substitute. Its best use cases, however, are in a few scenarios where gaining Copper is actively desirable. For example, if Forager is your only source of +Buy and you have run out of junk for it to trash, Cache provides extra fodder. This is most likely to be useful in Kingdoms with strong draw but limited sources of extra gains. The Copper-gaining can also be a benefit if you have Guildhall or if it helps you score with Gardens, Fountain, or Keep.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		When you gain this, gain two Coppers.	Hinterlands	October 2011
		When you gain this, gain 2 Coppers.	Hinterlands (2016 printing)	December 2016

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Czech	Úkryt
Dutch	Bewaarplaats
Finnish	Piilo (lit. hideout)
French	Cache
German	Schatztruhe			Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, nimm 2 Kupfer.	(2019)
Italian	Forziere (lit. coffer)
Japanese	埋蔵金 (pron. maizō-kin, lit. buried treasure)			これを獲得するとき、銅貨2枚を獲得する。
Polish	Skrytka				Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of Empires rulebook
Russian	Схрон (pron. skhron)
Spanish	Hallazgo

Trivia

Official card art.

Theme

A bunch of treasure!

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Hinterlands Cards

Secret History

One of the oldest cards in the set, dating back to the 2006 version, and I never changed it.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Hinterlands Cards

Donald X. on fixing Cache

Move the +1 Buy from Margrave to here (also fixes Margrave). Yes or be happy with Banquet.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Fix the worst cards

Second Edition removal

I like Cache, except for it being bad. If only I could move the +Buy from Margrave onto Cache (and from Wharf onto Merchant Ship). But I can't. And I mean. It's bad.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Hinterlands 2E Preview 2