Don't hire a person on your first trip. The game is kind and keeps robbers away until the second trip. Load up on leather, sell it in the next town, and then hire a dude and give em a gun. Or at least a sword.
I honestly have no idea how to play this game. I'm dumping money into R+D, and getting nothing back. No one wants to sponsor me because my driver sucks and can't place higher than 6th. I have no idea how to use the info he gives me.
Just had my second ever zilchless game. Oh wait, I zilched out first turn because I got a 1 on my first roll, and a bunch of nothing on my second roll. God damn it...
Another thing I'd like to see is in-match weapon switching. Some waves are loaded with mages, and the next is mostly tanks. You struggle no matter what you choose.
There also needs to be a way to override the defensive melee. I can't count how many times I've died because I tried to fight my way out of a cluster rather than run like a survivor.