diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 0ab9afe..7b3ce25 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { initialState } from './util/stateSetters';
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { initialState } from './hooks/stateSetters';
+import { useState } from 'react'
 
 import Gameboard from './components/Gameboard/Gameboard'
 import GameConstructor from './components/GameConstructor';
-import './App.css'
 import ResumeGame from './components/ResumeGame';
+import './App.css'
 
 function App() {
   const [state, setState] = useState(initialState);
diff --git a/src/components/Card/Card.tsx b/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
index 856a697..40cd713 100644
--- a/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { CardProps } from '../../util/propTypes';
 import { ResourceCost } from '../../util/types';
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../util/useCurrentPlayer';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer';
 import { buyCardActions } from '../Player/ActionMethods';
 import { hasMaxReserved, reserveCard } from '../Player/ActionMethods/reserveCardActions';
 const { buyCard, tooExpensive } = buyCardActions;
diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx b/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
index d58fb3f..846bd59 100644
--- a/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Gameboard/Gameboard.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { StateProps } from '../../util/propTypes';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 // components
-import Nobles from './Nobles';
+import Nobles from '../Nobles/Nobles';
 import initializeBoard, { setCardRows } from '../../util/initializeBoard';
 import AvailableChips from '../Resources/AvailableChips';
 import AllPlayers from '../Player/AllPlayers';
diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/gameboard.test.ts b/src/components/Gameboard/gameboard.test.ts
index 05a6b30..8dc2f53 100644
--- a/src/components/Gameboard/gameboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Gameboard/gameboard.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { expect, it, describe, vi } from 'vitest';
 import initializeBoard from '../../util/initializeBoard';
-import { initialState } from '../../util/stateSetters';
+import { initialState } from '../../hooks/stateSetters';
 import { AppState, setStateType } from '../../util/types';
 
 describe('game config', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.css b/src/components/Nobles/Nobles.css
similarity index 100%
rename from src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.css
rename to src/components/Nobles/Nobles.css
diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.test.ts b/src/components/Nobles/Nobles.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.test.ts
rename to src/components/Nobles/Nobles.test.ts
diff --git a/src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.tsx b/src/components/Nobles/Nobles.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.tsx
rename to src/components/Nobles/Nobles.tsx
index 488b743..1184e53 100644
--- a/src/components/Gameboard/Nobles.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Nobles/Nobles.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import { NobleData, ResourceCost } from "../../util/types";
 import { StateProps } from "../../util/propTypes";
-import "./Nobles.css"
+import "../Nobles/Nobles.css"
 
 export default function Nobles({ state }: StateProps) {
     if (!state.gameboard.nobles.length) {
diff --git a/src/util/canPickUpNoble.ts b/src/components/Nobles/canPickUpNoble.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/util/canPickUpNoble.ts
rename to src/components/Nobles/canPickUpNoble.ts
index 2021bc4..0fe3d6e 100644
--- a/src/util/canPickUpNoble.ts
+++ b/src/components/Nobles/canPickUpNoble.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import getTotalBuyingPower from "./getTotalBuyingPower";
-import { NobleData, PlayerData, ResourceCost } from "./types";
+import getTotalBuyingPower from "../../util/getTotalBuyingPower";
+import { NobleData, PlayerData, ResourceCost } from "../../util/types";
 
 export const canPickUpNoble = (player: PlayerData, noble: NobleData) => {
     const totalBuyingPower = getTotalBuyingPower(player);
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCard.test.tsx b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCard.test.tsx
index d838987..4d28fc0 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCard.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expensiveCard, midGameCardOne, midGameCardTwo, midGameState, mockPlayerOne, mockPlayerTwo, mockState } from '../../../util/testUtils';
 import { buyCard, tooExpensive } from './buyCardActions';
 import getTotalBuyingPower from '../../../util/getTotalBuyingPower';
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../../util/useCurrentPlayer';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer';
 import { AppState, CardData, PlayerData, ResourceCost } from '../../../util/types';
 import { test, expect, describe, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import { renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
index 4b4c480..a41e7e5 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardActions.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { turnOrderUtil } from "../../../util/turnOrderUtil";
 import { AppState, CardData, FullDeck, ResourceCost, setStateType } from "../../../util/types";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../util/useCurrentPlayer";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 import getTotalBuyingPower from "../../../util/getTotalBuyingPower";
-import { initialActions, setStateGetNoble } from "../../../util/stateSetters";
-import { canPickUpNoble } from "../../../util/canPickUpNoble";
+import { initialActions, setStateGetNoble } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
+import { canPickUpNoble } from "../../Nobles/canPickUpNoble";
+import usePreviousPlayer from "../../../hooks/usePreviousPlayer";
 
 export const tooExpensive = (card: CardData, state: AppState): boolean => {
     const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
@@ -95,10 +96,13 @@ export const buyCard = (state: AppState, setState: setStateType, card: CardData)
         }
     });
 
-    for (let each of state.gameboard.nobles) {
-        if (canPickUpNoble(currentPlayer, each)) {
-            console.log(`${currentPlayer.name} can pick up noble ${state.gameboard.nobles.indexOf(each)}`);
-            setState((prev) => setStateGetNoble(prev, each));
+    // iterates through gameboard nobles to determine if any can be acquired
+    for (let noble of state.gameboard.nobles) {
+        const previousPlayer = usePreviousPlayer(state);
+        if (!previousPlayer) return;
+        
+        if (canPickUpNoble(previousPlayer, noble)) {
+            setState((prev) => setStateGetNoble(prev, noble, previousPlayer));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChips.test.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChips.test.ts
index bbddf47..293e55e 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChips.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChips.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, test } from "vitest";
-import { initialActions } from "../../../util/stateSetters";
+import { initialActions } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
 import { mockPlayerOne, mockState } from "../../../util/testUtils";
 import { AppState, PlayerData } from "../../../util/types";
 import { hasMaxChips, validateChips } from "./getChipsActions";
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts
index c5ea69c..35d096f 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { AppState, PlayerData, setStateType } from '../../../util/types';
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../../util/useCurrentPlayer';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer';
 // @ts-ignore
 import { turnOrderUtil } from '../../../util/turnOrderUtil';
-import { initialActions } from "../../../util/stateSetters";
+import { initialActions } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
 
 export const hasMaxChips = (player: PlayerData | null): boolean => {
     if (!player) return true;
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/reserveCardActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/reserveCardActions.ts
index b440d7e..b64249b 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/reserveCardActions.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/reserveCardActions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import cardTierToKey from "../../../util/cardTierToKey";
-import { initialActions } from "../../../util/stateSetters";
+import { initialActions } from "../../../hooks/stateSetters";
 import { turnOrderUtil } from "../../../util/turnOrderUtil";
 import { AppState, CardData, FullDeck, PlayerData, setStateType } from "../../../util/types";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../util/useCurrentPlayer";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 
 export const goldAllowable = (player: PlayerData | null): boolean => {
     if (!player) return false;
diff --git a/src/components/Player/Player.tsx b/src/components/Player/Player.tsx
index 503c131..e884c67 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/Player.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Player/Player.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { setStateAwaitAction, setStateBuyCard, setStateGetChips, setStateReserveCard } from "../../util/stateSetters";
+import { setStateAwaitAction, setStateBuyCard, setStateGetChips, setStateReserveCard } from "../../hooks/stateSetters";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { PlayerProps } from "../../util/propTypes";
 import { CardData, PlayerData } from "../../util/types"
@@ -88,9 +88,26 @@ export default function Player({ player, state, setState }: PlayerProps) {
             <section className="turn-and-action-based">
                 <p>Score: {dynamic && dynamic.points}</p>
                 <p>{dynamic?.turnActive ? "It's your turn!" : "..."}</p>
-                <button disabled={dynamic && hasMaxChips(dynamic)} onClick={() => handleClick(0)}>Get Chips</button>
-                <button onClick={() => handleClick(1)}>Buy Card</button>
-                <button disabled={dynamic && hasMaxReserved(dynamic)} onClick={() => handleClick(2)}>Reserve Card</button>
+
+                {/* Player actions */}
+                <button
+                    disabled={(dynamic && hasMaxChips(dynamic)) || (!dynamic?.turnActive)}
+                    onClick={() => handleClick(0)}>
+                        Get Chips
+                </button>
+
+                <button
+                    disabled={!dynamic?.turnActive}
+                    onClick={() => handleClick(1)}>
+                        Buy Card
+                </button>
+
+                <button
+                    disabled={(dynamic && hasMaxReserved(dynamic)) || (!dynamic?.turnActive)}
+                    onClick={() => handleClick(2)}>
+                        Reserve Card
+                </button>
+
             </section>
 
             <section className="resources">
diff --git a/src/components/Resources/AvailableChips.tsx b/src/components/Resources/AvailableChips.tsx
index 486a4f0..058f7a5 100644
--- a/src/components/Resources/AvailableChips.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Resources/AvailableChips.tsx
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 import { ResourceProps } from "../../util/propTypes";
 import { ResourceCost } from "../../util/types";
-import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import "./AvailableChips.css"
 
-export default function AvailableChips({ state, setState, liftSelection }: ResourceProps) {
-    useEffect(() => {
-        return;
-    }, [state])
-
+export default function AvailableChips({ state, liftSelection }: ResourceProps) {
     return (
         <div className="available-chips">
             {
-                Object.keys(state.gameboard.tradingResources).map((key: string | keyof ResourceCost) => {
+                Object.keys(state.gameboard.tradingResources).map((key: string) => {
+                    const typedKey = key as keyof ResourceCost;
                     return (
                         <div key={v4()} className={`chips-${key}`}>
                             <button
                                 key={v4()}
                                 value={key}
-                                onClick={() => liftSelection(key as keyof ResourceCost)}
+                                // @ts-ignore
+                                disabled={state.gameboard.tradingResources[typedKey] <= 0}
+                                onClick={() => liftSelection(typedKey)}
                                 >
-                                {key}: {state.gameboard.tradingResources[key as keyof ResourceCost]}
+                                {key}: {state.gameboard.tradingResources[typedKey]}
                             </button>
                         </div>
                     )
diff --git a/src/components/Resources/SelectionView.tsx b/src/components/Resources/SelectionView.tsx
index 62e2f06..d6ad369 100644
--- a/src/components/Resources/SelectionView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Resources/SelectionView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { StateProps } from "../../util/propTypes";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../util/useCurrentPlayer";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 import { GetChipsHTML, ReserveCardHTML } from "./ViewHTML";
 
 export default function SelectionView({ state, setState }: StateProps) {
diff --git a/src/components/Resources/ViewHTML.tsx b/src/components/Resources/ViewHTML.tsx
index bc29628..4c85f84 100644
--- a/src/components/Resources/ViewHTML.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Resources/ViewHTML.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { setStateGetChips } from "../../util/stateSetters";
+import { setStateGetChips } from "../../hooks/stateSetters";
 import { StateProps } from "../../util/propTypes";
 import { ResourceCost } from "../../util/types";
 import { getChipsActions } from "../Player/ActionMethods";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../util/useCurrentPlayer";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 import { hasMaxChips } from "../Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions";
 const { getChips } = getChipsActions;
 
diff --git a/src/util/stateSetters.ts b/src/hooks/stateSetters.ts
similarity index 86%
rename from src/util/stateSetters.ts
rename to src/hooks/stateSetters.ts
index bdd05ca..d2c5976 100644
--- a/src/util/stateSetters.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/stateSetters.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { AppState, CardData, NobleData, PlayerData, ResourceCost } from "./types";
+import { AppState, CardData, NobleData, PlayerData, ResourceCost } from "../util/types";
 import CardDeck from '../data/cards.json';
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "./useCurrentPlayer";
 
 export const initialActions = {
     buyCard: { active: false },
@@ -79,17 +78,14 @@ export const setStateReserveCard = (prev: AppState) => {
     }
 }
 
-export const setStateGetNoble = (prev: AppState, noble: NobleData) => {
-    const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(prev);
-    if (!currentPlayer) return prev;
-
+export const setStateGetNoble = (prev: AppState, noble: NobleData, prevPlayer: PlayerData) => {
     const updatedPlayer = {
-        ...currentPlayer,
-        nobles: [...currentPlayer.nobles, noble],
-        points: currentPlayer.points + 3
+        ...prevPlayer,
+        nobles: [...prevPlayer.nobles, noble],
+        points: prevPlayer.points + 3
     }
 
-    const idx = prev.players.indexOf(currentPlayer);
+    const idx = prev.players.indexOf(prevPlayer);
     const newPlayers = prev.players;
     newPlayers[idx] = updatedPlayer;
 
diff --git a/src/util/useCurrentPlayer.tsx b/src/hooks/useCurrentPlayer.tsx
similarity index 89%
rename from src/util/useCurrentPlayer.tsx
rename to src/hooks/useCurrentPlayer.tsx
index c0467c1..b4a3eca 100644
--- a/src/util/useCurrentPlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useCurrentPlayer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { AppState, PlayerData } from "./types";
+import { AppState, PlayerData } from "../util/types";
 
 export const useCurrentPlayer = (state: AppState): PlayerData | null => {
     /**
diff --git a/src/hooks/usePreviousPlayer.tsx b/src/hooks/usePreviousPlayer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..474bafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/usePreviousPlayer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { AppState } from "../util/types";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "./useCurrentPlayer";
+
+export default function usePreviousPlayer(state: AppState) {
+    const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
+    if (!currentPlayer) return;
+
+    const numPlayers = state.players.length;
+    const targetID = currentPlayer.id;
+    const idx = ((targetID - 2) < 0) ? (numPlayers - 1) : (targetID - 2);
+    return state.players[idx];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util/testUtils.ts b/src/util/testUtils.ts
index dcdee0c..b6ab5ef 100644
--- a/src/util/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/util/testUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { initialState } from "./stateSetters"
+import { initialState } from "../hooks/stateSetters"
 import { AppState, CardData, NobleData, PlayerData } from "./types"
 
 // mock data for early game
diff --git a/src/util/util.test.ts b/src/util/util.test.ts
index 8a3cc5a..2cd403e 100644
--- a/src/util/util.test.ts
+++ b/src/util/util.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest"
 import cardTierToKey from "./cardTierToKey";
 import { mockPlayerOne, mockState } from "./testUtils";
 import { turnOrderUtil } from "./turnOrderUtil";
-import { useCurrentPlayer } from "./useCurrentPlayer";
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../hooks/useCurrentPlayer";
 
 describe('app utilities', () => {
     test('useCurrentPlayer', () => {