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Any good way to make this game work for two? It's okay if it doesn't.
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The only alternate map I have played is the Library. It's weird and I only played it once, but I can't say it was great.
Your choice of expansion factions will depend on your taste since they all lean towards a certain play style. The Sleeper (orange) tends to sit around and watch other people play, then make big plays at the end. Boring, in my opinion.
Of all of the extra factions, I enjoyed Ithaqua (ice blue) the most. You get to grief people and get in fights. Recommended.
I have to say that the core factions are so good that you could play this game for a long time and never need anything else.
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Mad Dog wrote: Just get High Priests. Anything else can wait until you've played enough to decide for yourself which expansions you want.
This.
Eventually you'll want everything.
Two players is something I've never done. It looks awful in the old rules. That said, there's supposedly better rules now, not sure where to find them though (maybe Petersen games' site).
Even three players is something I wouldn't heavily recommend. It's top notch at 4 or 5 though.
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Second, I would get a faction or two, starting with Opener of the Way due to how differently it plays as compared to the other factions. Then I'd get whatever else strikes your fancy, leaving Tcho Tcho for last (Tcho Tcho was overpowered and ill-balanced when it came out with Onslaught 2 and they're releasing errated spellbooks with Onslaught 3).
New maps and neutral old gods and monsters can wait since there is plenty of game there with just the base game, the High Priests and a faction or two. If you feel like you want to get just a few neutrals to spice things up the Azathoth expansion is a good choice. Where most of the neutral expansions give either old gods or monsters but not both, the Azathoth expansion has a new old god plus four new monsters, which should be plenty for you to determine whether or not you want/need neutrals but without breaking the bank. Plus, Azathoth and the four monsters (Dimensional Shamblers, Elder Things, Servitors of the Outer Gods and Star Vampires) are classic Mythos entities that are more recognizable than some of the others.
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stormseeker75 wrote: And which should I get? I found the Barnes/Charlie thread and read through that. Sounds like you can't go too far wrong.
Any good way to make this game work for two? It's okay if it doesn't.
I suggest you buy every single expansion.
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After that, an expansion faction or two. Opener and Sleeper are the two most interesting, then I'd say great old one pack 1, which is just outstanding, then maps. The Library map is just absurd in the best possible way.
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