MArcomage

Got a little problem getting to know this game : )
There are these keywords on each and every card - really hard to understand some of them (Basic gain 15, bonus gain 10 - ??), but... How do they work? When i played my card with soldier keyword (Basic gain 15, bonus gain 10, Veteran troops - half of the recruits cost of the played card will be returned) i didn't really get back my 15/2=7.5 recruits... And in general i really didn't see them work at all.

Are there some conditions that need to be made for them to work?

This game is more complicated than i thought ; )


Another question is - why would i even discard cards? I can't think of any reason really...?
Ok, i kinda figured it out, but... hmmm... I kinda get a feeling, that every card with keyword that has this "basic gain, bonus gain, real gain" stuff in it doesn't work for me - what does it mean/do?

Tokens trigger when a) respective token counter is set for this deck (fields for token counters are in top right corner of deck edit page), b) it becomes more than or equal to 100 after your turn. Basic gain shows how many tokens you'll get if you play a card with this keyword, additional gain shows how many tokens you'll get for each card with this keyword in your hand.
For example, if you have 8 Alliance cards and play one of them, you'll get 17 + 7*3 = 38 tokens. If you have one Burning and play it, you'll get only 3 tokens.

It's the least intuitive thing about keywords - chains and "standalone" keywords are much simpler.

About discards: some cards have additional effect if played after discards, or, maybe, there's no reason to spend your resources now. If you mean discarding cards like Auxilia - usually you don't want to have 8 common cards in your hand, believe me.

ok, sooooo...

As far as i understand it - these keywords which have "basic gain" whatever in them require some tokens to be used, right? And they're gonna be used when my whole tokens are above or equal 100 after my turn, or i get some token counter for my deck (wth is that?!), right?

Keywords are basically a side effect for a card you play. Each keyword has different trigger condition and different effect. You can view all keywords and their descriptions here.

Token related keywords such as Soldier, need to have a token counter set up (in the deck section). Once the counter is set up every time you play card with Soldier keyword, soldier tokens will accumulate. Once you have 100, the keyword effect will trigger. Also note that deck bilder automatically sets up token counters for keywords that are most frequent in your deck.

Ok, now everything is very clear, especially that i have 1-st lvl, and my deck tab is visible for me : )

Next question, last one probably - are these token points visible for me during the game when i play card with token keyword effect whatever and start to accumulate these points? Where are they?

Yes, they are in the left bottom part of the screen above opponent's cards.

Thanks everyone for answers, it's all pretty clear now. See ya in game : )

A short explanation to clarify strategy:
Say you only have soldier cards in hand, so any card you play will trigger the effect (half your recruits returned) but you're one turn away from affording an expensive soldier. You can either
A) Play a cheap soldier and get like 3 recruits
B) Discard a card, then next turn play an expensive soldier and get 20 recruits back.

Out of curiosity, how did you find this game?