Game Terminology
This page contains a list of Game and World terminology within the Altered TCG.
| Term | Type | Explanation |
| Anchored | Game | At night I don't go to the Reserve and I lose the anchored ability. |
| Anchored Token | Game | A token to signify that a character have the anchored ability. |
| Arkaster | World | The Capital city of the World, run by the Ordis. |
| Asgartha | World | The name of the world |
| Asleep | Game | A character who is asleep ignores their biome statistics to the expedition count at dusk |
| Banish | Game | Send the card to the discard pile instead of the Reserve |
| Base Stats | Game | The three biome strengths printed on the card |
| Black Wave | World | A magical phenonenom that holds many mysteries and perils |
| Boost | Game | A +1/+1/+1 counter that goes on a creature to increase its abilities in the biomes. It is removed when the creature goes to the reserve. |
| Boost Counter | Game | A counter that sybolises one or more boosts on a creature |
| Confluence | World | An earth shattering catalysm whereby the real world collided with the imaginary world which reshaped the Earth. |
| Companion | Game | A being of the imaginary world that has made a connection with your hero - also know as the Alter-ego of the Hero. |
| Concord | World | A peace treay between the factions after the Three Factions' War. |
| Dawn | Game | The first phase of the day. |
| Delay | Game | End your turn as though you have played a card. You may play a card after the opponent this turn. |
| Dusk | Game | The third phase in the game turn when the count is made for both expeditions to see which ones advance. |
| Eidolon | World | An Eidolon is the materialization of a sentient being; a phontom image that can also be conjured from memories and is sustained by mana for some time. |
| Expedition | Game | There are two expeditions. A Hero expedition and a Companion expedition that start at the opposite ends of the path. |
| Fleeting | Game | After this effect finishes the card goes to the discard pile instead of the reserve |
| Fleeting Token | Game | A token to indicate that a character is fleeting and should go to the discard pile rather than the reserve |
| Gigantic | Game | A keyword that means that the character's biome stats apply to both hero and companion expeditions |
| Hero | Game | The hero is an Alterer capable of reaching out through to the imaginery world to connect with a Companion. The hero chracater starts at the hero end of the Path. |
| Kaibara | World | Agartha's dreaded Leviathan that bonded with Niahve who founded the Muna. |
| Kasirga Clan House | Wolrd | A floating city that houses the Kasirga Lyra Clan and also is home to Asmodeus' Gambling den |
| Kelon Ingots | World | Energy crystals found in the Kelon mines by the Axiom Surveyor's Guild |
| Kurung Barracks | World | Where Hua Mulan trains the Bravosi warriors |
| Path | Game | The sei randomised area on which the game is played and the two expeditions move towards each other. |
| Rampart | World | A wall built by the Ordis to keep the Kraken, a ruthless Leviathan at bay who invaded the beautiful Caer Oorun at bay |
| Reserve | Game | An area where cards go to during dusk that can be recast during subsequent turns for their reserve cost |
| Region | Game | The half side of the path card that the expeditions must traverse. It will have 1-3 biomes printed on it |
| Resupply | Game | Put the top card of the deck into your reserve face up. |
| Sabotage | Game | A keyword that allows the player to remove a card from the opponent's reserve |
| Skein | World | The energy network connecting all things and all beings used by the Muna. |
| Sleep Counter | Game | A counter representing that a character has been put in a sleep state |
| Tumult | World | The remnant of the Confluence that still torments the world mutating all beings in its wake to hostile forms. |
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