There is a month old podcast I just saw the other day that aggroed is talking about adding similar features like gyms, and the map version he talks about in a peakmonsters podcast with jarvie and nealmcspadden. He also talked about certain cards being used for mining of rare materials and stuff like that. Cards that may not fight well at all may in fact be really good miners, or useful miners in that respect. It bewilders the mind where they can take this game and how quickly it's developing into a real force to be reckoned with.