Hello there! First of all, thanks for trying out the game and giving feedback!
Yes, a lot of what you say is true, and it's something we want to work on towards a newer release, which is adding more depth (be it in more nodes in the map, things that can alter the board itself, or have bigger impact in the hand creation). Just to be clear, the idea is not to go in the incremental direction :)
Thanks! If you are interested in following the development closely, or joining some private Playtests in the future, be sure to join our Discord. Would love to have you there!
https://discord.gg/YQxYNn8TtF