by gciscell
Other things I do:Be sure to have at least one mystic energy before any production roll. The more you have, the more control you have over deciding how much you want to spend, etc. (more generally, be sure you don't neglect mystic energy).
Be intentional about what components you build and in what order.
In a 2-player game, I would take plenty of risks to get the best actions out of your placements, because you're far less likely to lose your action than in a game where more misfortunes are drawn every turn. Also see above (mystic energy) - keeping enough on hand to cancel that one misfortune that happens to target a tile where you have one or more Atlanteans placed can mitigate this risk altogether.
Good luck!