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Thank you for your response, Firebird. I think I'll take your advice and stick to the base box as you say - keeps life simple. I'm hoping my wife may give the game a try, perhaps we can do The Crystal Song together for her to learn the rules.

Related question that probably doesn't deserve its own thread: Is there an easy way to extract just the cards needed for The Crystal Song curse from WGUMCD to be combined with the Classic Edition cards?

Context: I've received the classic edition base box and WGUMCD. Because they are a Christmas present to myself from my darling wife, they're still in their shrink wrap. I'll be visiting family for Christmas and will probably get some time to play (hurrah!). I won't have room for both big boxes in the suitcase , but I'd still like to start with The Crystal Song if I can fish the right cards out beforehand. When I get home in January I'll be able to use all the cards as normal.

Thanks, Kriticizmas! I see from the shop that those curses are showing as 'available soon' (and that WGUMCD is not, so no regrets on that score), so I shall look out for them once I've given the base game a good go

Hi, thanks for your helpful response. Sounds like I can take them or leave them without seriously affecting my experience of the rest of the game.

I had read before about the minor incompatibility issue and that it could be solved - I decided that was worth it to me. Is there a typo in your response - I thought the WGUMCD curses came earlier in the list than Icy Maze and Sanctuary?

Totally new here having missed the kickstarters, I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to get in on the 7th Continent action with the Classic Edition. I've pre-ordered this with WGUMCD (seems to make sense to me as it'll eventually go out of stock and I wanted Crystal Song and the satchel folder anyway). I understand the received wisdom is: "add the cards from all the expansions you have into the game before playing, it's better that way".

The cost of the two big boxes is pushing the upper limit of what I can bring myself to shell out for a single board game - but I suspect this one might work well enough for me that I might want to order The Icy Maze and the Forbidden Sanctuary at some future point if they remain available. My question is - would it be worth having those two expansions purely for the effect of mixing in their cards while playing the other curses, even if I don't get around to those curses themselves? If the difference to the experience will be significant, I might find the extra £40 from somewhere now. I also note that the recommended order for curses has Icy Maze and Sanctuary suggested before the curses in WGUMCD - will I have a hard time going from Classic Edition to WGUMCD without playing these?