Maybe this question has been asked, but I am new to this forum and don't quite know how to navigate yet. Friends Tavern:
1. Does just visiting your friend give them silver or do you have to do something?
2. Do you need to talk to whomever is there?
3. Should your friend be in the empty chair (is this a bug)?
4. What can you do with the silver besides upgrading your tavern?
Pabell in response to your questions:
1) All you need to do is visit your friend, and if there is a chair available you will sit down and Tavern Silver will automatically be added to the table. If there is not a chair available no Tavern Silver is added and you have not helped your Friend and may want to try again after he collects the coins from a full table.
2) You do not need to do anything, other than take a chair.
3) Your friend does not interact with you in the tavern, in fact there is no actual interaction in the tavern.
4) If you open your tavern, near the top are two tabs, one is labeled Tavern shop. Open that and it will show you all the things you can buy with your Tavern Silver.
In order to get more silver you need more chairs, to get more chairs you need more silver, so upgrade your table and after a while you will be able to start saving silver instead of just upgrading your table. Takes about 2-3 weeks of normal play to get a table for 14.
Hope that helps