Things to know before first game?

[blamoball]

I recently picked up a box of Series Edition starters and will probably be playing my first games this weekend. This seems like a friendly community of dedicated players, so I though I should join up and ask if there is anything I should know before getting started.

Are there rules that new players tend to overlook? Funky card interactions in the set I should look out for? Are the starters really playable right out of the box or will we need to change some things around before we even try to get going?

I have looked over the rules online, but haven't seen any of the cards yet as they're all still sealed. Any information you're willing to share will be appreciated by me and my buddies.

Thank you for your time.

[rplantau]

blamoball said:

I recently picked up a box of Series Edition starters and will probably be playing my first games this weekend. This seems like a friendly community of dedicated players, so I though I should join up and ask if there is anything I should know before getting started.

Are there rules that new players tend to overlook? Funky card interactions in the set I should look out for? Are the starters really playable right out of the box or will we need to change some things around before we even try to get going?

I have looked over the rules online, but haven't seen any of the cards yet as they're all still sealed. Any information you're willing to share will be appreciated by me and my buddies.

Thank you for your time.

OK the first thing would be that Series edition is from the Highlander 1st edition game, which is the old game but popular amongst those on this forum.

Probably the majority of players here have cards from the 1st edition and the majority of those would still play using them.

Currently there is a second edition of the same game, with some modified rules etc. and the current sets are "Beta" and "Beta Expansion". A much anticipated release of the next set (Ramirez/The Gathering) has been announced to be expected this month.

When you play with 1st ed you would typically use a starter and 2 (maybe 3) boosters and construct your deck from there.

watcherdatabase.tk/ is a great resource for 1st edition information and there are a number of other sites around on the net too.

There's plenty more to expand on but I'll leave that for some other people

[xavier]

First, welcome...

You are about to play a d**n good game : )

Just know the 1ed has been living for a while already:
There was 6 extentions:
TV
Movie
Watcher's chronicles
Movie 2 The gathering
Arm & Tactics
Four Horsemen

That is 31 immortals to play with

You will be able to find boxes for some of those extentions.
For others, it will be very hard.
The advantage is if you find cards, there will be usually very cheap. But some you will have a very hard time to find..

The 2ed is not yet 1 year old.
The 2 first beta expansions have only been available online.
The game should be available in game stores from the next expansion: Ramirez.

The 2ed is not as rich and complex as the first one yet (because it is quite new), but all the cards should be easier to get.

At last, you have to know that 50% at least of the 2ed cards can be played with the 1ed.

Do not hesitate to ask any other questions.

[zarth2k]

xavier said:

First, welcome...

You are about to play a d**n good game : )

Just know the 1ed has been living for a while already:
There was 6 extentions:
TV
Movie
Watcher's chronicles
Movie 2 The gathering
Arm & Tactics
Four Horsemen

That is 31 immortals to play with

You will be able to find boxes for some of those extentions.
For others, it will be very hard.
The advantage is if you find cards, there will be usually very cheap. But some you will have a very hard time to find..

The 2ed is not yet 1 year old.
The 2 first beta expansions have only been available online.
The game should be available in game stores from the next expansion: Ramirez.

The 2ed is not as rich and complex as the first one yet (because it is quite new), but all the cards should be easier to get.

At last, you have to know that 50% at least of the 2ed cards can be played with the 1ed.

Do not hesitate to ask any other questions.

Actually, it’s 32 Immortals. You forgot Methos from the Methos collection. Not to be a pain, I just am a big fan of the character.

Oh! And, welcome to the Game Blamoball. You're in for a whole lot of fun.