diff --git a/src/components/Card/Card.tsx b/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
index 8cec869..582fcc2 100644
--- a/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Card/Card.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import { CardData, StateProps } from '../../util/types';
-import { tooExpensive } from '../Player/ActionMethods';
+import { tooExpensive, buyCard } from '../Player/ActionMethods';
 
 interface CardProps extends StateProps {
     data: CardData
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ export default function Card({ data, state, setState }: CardProps) {
                         return (data.resourceCost[key] > 0) && <p key={v4()}>{key}: {data.resourceCost[key]}</p>
                     })
                 }
-                { state.actions.buyCard.active && <button disabled={tooExpensive(data, state)}>Buy This Card</button> }
+                { state.actions.buyCard.active &&
+                    <button
+                        onClick={() => buyCard(data, state, setState)}
+                        disabled={tooExpensive(data, state)}
+                        >
+                        Buy This Card
+                    </button>
+                }
             </div>
         </div>
     )
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods.ts
index 3a73a5f..b06cc57 100644
--- a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods.ts
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AppState, CardData, PlayerData, setStateType } from "../../util/types";
-import { turnOrderUtil } from "../../util/TurnOrderUtil";
+import { turnOrderUtil } from "../../util/turnOrderUtil";
 import { initialActions } from "../../util/stateSetters";
 import { useCurrentPlayer } from "../../util/useCurrentPlayer";
 
@@ -90,8 +90,31 @@ export const tooExpensive = (card: CardData, state: AppState): boolean => {
     return false;
 }
 
-export const buyCard = () => {
-    return;
+export const buyCard = (card: CardData, state: AppState, setState: setStateType) => {
+    /**
+     * functionality: adds target card's data to current player's collection of cards,
+     * removes the card from the active state of the gameboard, replaces it with
+     * a new card in the correct tier, and runs turn order utility
+     * 
+     * @param card -> the target card, @param state -> current app state
+    */
+
+    const currentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
+    if (!currentPlayer) return;
+
+    setState((prev: AppState) => {
+        let updatedPlayer = {
+            ...currentPlayer,
+            cards: [
+                ...currentPlayer.cards,
+                card
+            ]
+        }
+
+        return {
+            ...prev
+        }
+    })
 }
 
 export const reserveCard = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardsActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/buyCardsActions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ed07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/getChipsActions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { AppState, setStateType } from '../../../util/types';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from '../../../util/useCurrentPlayer';
+import { turnOrderUtil } from '../../../util/turnOrderUtil';
+import { initialActions } from "../../../util/stateSetters";
+
+export const validateChips = (state: AppState): boolean => {
+    if (!state.actions.getChips.active || !state.actions.getChips.selection) return false;
+
+    const selection = state.actions.getChips.selection;
+    
+    if (selection.length === 0 || selection.length > 3) return false;
+    const unique = new Set(selection);
+
+    if (selection.length === 3 && selection.length > unique.size) return false;
+
+    let globalResourceCopy = { ...state.gameboard.tradingResources }
+
+    for (let item of selection) {
+        for (let key of Object.keys(globalResourceCopy)) {
+            if (item === key) {
+                globalResourceCopy[key] -= 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (let value of Object.values(globalResourceCopy)) {
+        if (value < 0) return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+export const getChips = (state: AppState, setState: setStateType) => {
+    let targetPlayer = useCurrentPlayer(state);
+
+    setState((prev) => {
+        if (!targetPlayer) return prev;
+
+        const { newPlayers, roundIncrement } = turnOrderUtil(state, targetPlayer);
+        const idx = newPlayers.indexOf(targetPlayer);
+        const resources = state.actions.getChips.selection;
+        let newResources = prev.gameboard.tradingResources;
+
+        if (resources) {
+            for (let value of resources) {
+
+                // update player inventory
+                for (let each in newPlayers[idx].inventory) {
+                    if (value === each) {
+                        newPlayers[idx].inventory[value] += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // update globally available resources 
+                for (let each in newResources) {
+                    if (value === each) {
+                        newResources[value] -= 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return {
+            ...prev,
+            round: (roundIncrement ? prev.round + 1 : prev.round),
+            gameboard: {
+                ...prev.gameboard,
+                tradingResources: newResources
+            },
+            players: newPlayers,
+            actions: initialActions
+        }
+    })
+}
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diff --git a/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/index.ts b/src/components/Player/ActionMethods/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/util/index.ts b/src/util/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c32f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import initializeBoard from './initializeBoard';
+import * as stateSetters from './stateSetters';
+import { turnOrderUtil } from './turnOrderUtil';
+import * as APPTYPES from './types';
+import { useCurrentPlayer } from './useCurrentPlayer';
+
+export default class UTIL {
+    initializeBoard = initializeBoard
+    turnOrderUtil = turnOrderUtil
+    useCurrentPlayer = useCurrentPlayer
+    stateSetters = stateSetters
+    APPTYPES = APPTYPES
+}
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