New Player - A Few Questions After 1st Game
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:46 pm
Thank you in advance for taking a look at this thread. I played through the scripted game from the 2-player starter set and had a blast with a buddy of mine. The collection I have is primarily commons and uncommons for The Wizards and The Dragon sets right now. I haven't purchased any Challenge Decks or anything else, but I have a few questions, mostly about where to go from here:
1. Do players coordinate ahead of time which wizards they will include in their decks, so that we don't both run 3 copies of Gandalf in there and then only one player gets to have a wizard? I assume the answer is no, and that would be why you'd want to have 2 of a wizard and 1 of another.
2. I understand the purpose of the Site cards. Do the Region Cards serve any purpose apart from filling out a card collection? I got a decent number of Site cards, but only a few Region cards. Also, I assume I'd want to have a full set of Site cards for each player, since they can freely look through them when selecting where to move? Are there ones I definitely want to make sure I have for both of us at the early point in our gaming experience?
3. I had to proxy my wizards into the deck because I have no wizards. Are they only found in fixed sets, such as the challenge decks? If so, would that mean I need to buy three of the same challenge deck in order to have three copies of said wizard?
4. I plan on using the cards I have from The Wizards set and building us both a new deck to use next week for our first unscripted play. What size deck would you recommend we start with? Which two wizards would be the ideal ones for learning the game?
5. Going with the above, are there any "must-have" staple cards that I should make sure I get into my collection first for these early plays? I know there are a ton of gaps in the collection, and I assume that (apart from Challenge decks) the ideal way to grow the collection is through boosters when possible and through singles. This is mostly to see what singles I should target first to make sure I have at least a copy to use in decks.
6. How soon should I look at incorporating cards from The Dragons set? I assume we'll want to play at least a few without to get the mechanics and flow down, but expanding the card pool for options is always a good thing!
I think that's all for now. Thanks in advance!
David
1. Do players coordinate ahead of time which wizards they will include in their decks, so that we don't both run 3 copies of Gandalf in there and then only one player gets to have a wizard? I assume the answer is no, and that would be why you'd want to have 2 of a wizard and 1 of another.
2. I understand the purpose of the Site cards. Do the Region Cards serve any purpose apart from filling out a card collection? I got a decent number of Site cards, but only a few Region cards. Also, I assume I'd want to have a full set of Site cards for each player, since they can freely look through them when selecting where to move? Are there ones I definitely want to make sure I have for both of us at the early point in our gaming experience?
3. I had to proxy my wizards into the deck because I have no wizards. Are they only found in fixed sets, such as the challenge decks? If so, would that mean I need to buy three of the same challenge deck in order to have three copies of said wizard?
4. I plan on using the cards I have from The Wizards set and building us both a new deck to use next week for our first unscripted play. What size deck would you recommend we start with? Which two wizards would be the ideal ones for learning the game?
5. Going with the above, are there any "must-have" staple cards that I should make sure I get into my collection first for these early plays? I know there are a ton of gaps in the collection, and I assume that (apart from Challenge decks) the ideal way to grow the collection is through boosters when possible and through singles. This is mostly to see what singles I should target first to make sure I have at least a copy to use in decks.
6. How soon should I look at incorporating cards from The Dragons set? I assume we'll want to play at least a few without to get the mechanics and flow down, but expanding the card pool for options is always a good thing!
I think that's all for now. Thanks in advance!
David