Hi,
I think of start playing AGOT LGC.
I look at the article and I like what I saw.
My noob questions:
1. Do I have to own the core set in order to play or i can just buy chapter packs and play the game?
2. In the setup phase, do I choose which cards from my deck worth up to five gold coins to put face down, or First, I draw seven cards and then choose from them?
3. Where can I obtain spoiler lists to know what is the best suitable chapter pack for me?
Best,
Y.
mike2008 said:
2. In the setup phase, do I choose which cards from my deck worth up to five gold coins to put face down, or First, I draw seven cards and then choose from them?
3. Where can I obtain spoiler lists to know what is the best suitable chapter pack for me?
1. You need a Core Set. Inability to build a coherent deck aside, Chapter Packs are meant to supplement the Core Set and won't give you enough plots and basic resources to play on their own. Now, you and a few friends could always chip in for a single Core Set and choose Houses out of it.
2. You draw 7 cards, then choose up to 5 gold worth from those 7 cards for setup.
3. tzumainn.com/agot/cards (It's a fansite. FFG does not post spoiler lists.)
Thank you very much fro your prompt repsonse.
I'll buy the core set, money is not an issue.
Thank you for your helpful comments.
Best,
Y.
You may also want to check this out if you have any other basic questions as you're getting starting. Its quite well put together: new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp
If money is truly not an issue, you might consider buying two core sets. With only a few exceptions, most of the cards in the core set are singletons (only one copy each). By buying two core sets, you will have a chance to play around with deckbuilding before you buy any chapter packs.
Plus, speaking for myself, I've been frustrated by the lack of predictability in the core set decks -- I can play three games with the same deck and feel like it was a different deck each time because I drew a greatly different combination of cards. That's tough when you're learning the game.
Actually that made it more fun to learn the game for me....but it did make the game very 'dicey'...err...tactical since you are exposed to different card pool nearly every game, due to the singleton nature of the coreset as you point out.