Hey everyone my name is Dashie. My wife and myself are new to the game and have played a few apprentice games and we are looking into starting to build our own books. We only have the core set so I was wandering what our next few purchases should be. What expansions should we grab and should we be buying the spell compendium or whatever they are called? Any advice would be great. Thanks.
I'd probably start with
Druid vs Necromancer, and if funds allow,
Conquest of Kumanjaro. The former adds 2 new mages that are fun and strong right out of the box, and the latter provides lots of new spells that benefit the core set mages (along with alternate versions of the Beastmaster and Priest).
Once you've had fun with that for a while and find you thirst for even more, I'd grab
Forcemaster vs Warlord and
Forged in Fire. Forcemaster feels quite a bit different than most other mages, and is probably my favourite mage overall. The Warlord makes the game feel more like a real-time strategy video game (e.g. like Warcraft), but he needs some cards from
Forged in Fire to really bring him closer to the power level of the other mages. Oh, and Forged in Fire also gives you an alternate Warlock and some new toys for your Dark school mages, which are always welcome.
P.S. If you find you never seem to have enough copies of core set spells and aren't interested in proxying them, I'd recommend another copy of the core set over either Core Spell Tome 1 or 2; more bang for your buck. And I'd highly recommend
Battlegrounds Domination if you plan on playing with 3+ players, but if it's just you and your wife, then I'd prioritize the "X vs Y" and other expansions over Domination.
