Board Thread:General Discussion and Questions/@comment-98.210.122.69-20160116174045/@comment-24668482-20160117101900

In terms of 1), it is also worth mentioning that visiting friends is free, in that the game doesn't have an equivalent of strength/power in Secret Society that you use for each charge. But then the rewards for charging items on a friend's board (experience points and coins) is considerably lower as a result, so visiting is not really a good way to earn experience points if running out of energy.

But 2), trading with townspeople (and also banishing monsters) is not only free to do in terms of energy (as long as you have the right trading/banishing item) but earns a significant amount of experience points if you do a lot together, and is definitely worth doing ifhave run out of energy

8) the gifting interface is quite different (and not always for the better). But being able to select one item and then send it to many friends at once is very convenient.