[Xavier]

then you're doing something wrong...even with no gold events I can have a castle and a temple on turn 7, and have enough cash to start another castle on the following turn.

try increasing your taxes to 200% in every province, and make sure you take farms and other high-income provinces near your capital ASAP, to maximize income before your dominion wipes out the population.

also, with the increased dom kill I think you're pretty much forced into taking luck 3 (as though you didn't have the points to spare) for the gold events.