The way of acquiring those resources varies from event to event but mostly they are awarded for completing event quests. Those resources can be traded in for rewards or are used an an intermediate to procure items which may give the rewards.
Goods are produced in goods buildings. They are unlocked through advancing in the technology tree.
-open the GB, go to it's 3rd label and select a friend. once per day, you get the same amount of goods that your friend collected from his/her city. the goods are from the era of your friend. -whenever you level up one of your great buildings, there is a probability to get X% of the first place reward.
You can buy more forge points by clicking on the small plus sign on the bar. Forge points are used to open all your technologies, donating to great buildings, and paying for trades. How do I get Forge Points? Forge Points are generated each hour in your Forge Point bar, until you have reached 10.
To buy Forge Points, you just click/tap on the plus sign next to the FP bar. A window will show giving you the option to buy FP with coins or Diamonds. To invite players that do not currently play, I believe you have to provide their email for Inno to send them an invitation.
To help construct a Great Building, simply visit a city of one of your friends, neighbors or guild-mates in which a Great Building construction is present, and click on the Great Building. You may now donate Forge Points, and also view which reward you will receive (if any) for your current donations.
Goods Spent Whenever a good is spent, its point value will be added to the ranking (research tree, Great Buildings, sector negotiation, donations to the Guild Treasury and so on).
Forge Points Buildings Arctic Orangery. Winter Wonderland Pyramid. Abandoned Asylum. Innovation Tower.
Generally you advance your city to increase the number of forge points (fps) you can collect from it each day. This can mean adding levels to forge point generating great buildings or adding buildings won from events or GE that make forge points.