While playing, we ran into a question about Civil Service and trade tokens. Trade tokens add +1 Control Token apply to civil service. Now, does this addition add to the initial 2 control tokens you place or to the secondary effect which allows you to place 1 control token on a space matching the terrain, or both? There are no clarifications to the rules here and we have done it both ways, but want to know what the limitation is.
Civil Service
I'd say that trade tokens gives +1 to the primary card abilities only.
Since it doesn't specify, I took it as being up to you at which point in the card's affect you add an extra token.
the official answer is the first one (place 2 control tokens...). Trade tokens only modify the base effect of a focus card.
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1919765/trade-tokens-and-focus-cards