Altered Glossary
1.2.2 Objects
1.2.2.a Objects are the game pieces of Altered.
1.2.2.b Most things in a game of Altered are either objects, properties of objects or sets of objects.
1.2.2.c Objects have characteristics:
- Type (Character, Emblem, Hero, Permanent, Region, Spell)
- Sub-type
- Name
- Rarity (common
, rare 
, unique 
) - Version
- Hand Cost
- Reserve cost
- Faction (Axiom
, Bravos 
, Lyra 
, Muna 
, Ordis 
, Yzmir 
) - Statistics (one number for each of
, 
, 
) - Abilities
- Reserve limit (only for Heroes)
- Landmark limit (only for Heroes)
- Duration (only for Emblems)
1.2.2.d An object may lack some of these characteristics.
2.2.3 Name
2.2.3.a The name of an object is a series of words and symbols.
2.2.3.b An object has only one name, even if it contains several words.
2.2.3.c The name of an object is its English name, even if it is represented by a card printed in a different language.
Example. Fée Clochette is the French version of Tinker Bell. The name of an object represented by that card is Tinker Bell.
2.2.3.d The name of an object represented by a Permanent card is written in the middle of the card, below the rarity gem and above the type line.
2.2.3.e The name of an object represented by a non-Permanent card is written on the top of the card, below the rarity gem.
Remark. Cards with the same name may have different characteristics, if they have different raritys, different factions, or they are unique.
2.2.3.f The name of a token is defined by the effect that creates it. It is composed of the words written before its statistics.
Example. Ordis Cadets has the reaction "
Create an Ordis Recruit 1/1/1 Soldier token in my Expedition". The name of the token created when this Reaction resolves is "Ordis Recruit".
2.2.3.g Emblems have no name.
2.2.8 Faction
2.2.8.a A faction is one of the following: Axiom, Bravos, Lyra, Muna, Ordis, Yzmir.
2.2.8.b Some objects have no faction. They are called neutral.
2.2.8.c The faction of an object represented by a card is defined by its faction symbol and its background color.
2.2.8.d Tokens, reactions, and emblems have no faction.
Remark. The tokens printed by Equinox have a background color and a faction symbol. This is purely for aesthetic reasons and has no rules implications.
6.1 Costs and Events
6.1.a Costs and effect are sequences of instructions that affect the game state. Paying a cost or resolving an effect consist in following these instructions.
6.1.b An effect may involve multiple steps.
6.1.c There is a separate step for each verb in an effect description, unless these verbs are said to happen "simultaneously"
Example. Spy Craft has the effect "Sabotage, then Resupply". The resolution of Spy Craft involves two steps. In the first step, the controller of Spy Craft performs Sabotage. In the second step, they perform Resupply.
6.1.d Costs always have a single step.
Example. Subhash & Marmo have the Reaction "At Noon l You may pay 
and put a card from your Hand in Reserve to create a Brassbug 2/2/2 Robot token in target Expedition". Paying and putting a card from Hand to to Reserve happen in the same step.
6.1.e A single step may involve multiple objects. In this case, there is a separate atomic action for each affected object.
Example. Open the Gates has the effect "Create two Ordis Recruit 1/1/1 Soldier tokens in each of you Expeditions". There is only one step in the resolution of Open the Gates. It has four atomic actions, one for each token.
6.1.f Atomic actions in a single Step happen simultaneously.
6.1.g Some steps require decisions by more than one player. Such choices are made in initiative order. If that choice involves an object from a visible zone, other players know which object has been chosen. If the choice involves a card from a hidden zone, they must make their choice explicit, but they do not need to reveal the chosen card.
++Example. Ninette plays a game against Lithium. During her turn, Ninette plays Kitsune from her Hand. Kitsune has the reaction "
Each player may Resupply". She must let Lithium know whether or not she chooses to Resupply before he takes his decision. However, if she chooses to Resupply, Lithium will not see Ninette's top card until after he decides whether to Resupply or not.
In his turn, Lithium plays Anubis , which has the reaction " Each player sacrifices a Character". Lithium must choose which Character to sacrifice before Ninette, and Ninette knows which Character he chose to sacrifice when she makes her choice. Both Characters are sacrificed simultaneously.++
7.1.3 Faction symbol
7.1.3.a The symbol represents the Axiom faction.
7.1.3.b The symbol represents the Bravos faction.
7.1.3.c The symbol represents the Lyra faction.
7.1.3.d The symbol represents the Muna faction.
7.1.3.e The symbol represents the Ordis faction.
7.1.3.f The symbol represents the Yzmir faction.
7.3.3 Create
7.3.3.a To create a token is to put a new character token in the Expedition zone.
7.3.3.b Costs and effects that create tokens use the following template: "create a [name] [x/y/z] [sub-types] token with [abilitys] in [expedition]".
Example. Open the Gates (common) has the effect "Create two Ordis Recruit 1/1/1 Soldier token in each of your Expeditions". When Open the Games resolves, four tokens are created. They all have the name "Ordis Recruit", the type "Character", the sub-type "Soldier", all three statistics equal to 1, and no abilitys.