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>What is Krosmaster?
It's a turn-based miniatures skirmish game based off of Ankama's Krozmoz universe, which includes Dofus and Wakfu.
Players assemble teams made of different types of characters, each with their own card that contains all their spells, abilities, and stats, and then take turns beating the crap out of each other.
Currently, there are several expansions, 3 "seasons" worth of playable characters, and a soon to be released co-operative RPG mode called Krosmaster Quest.
>How can I play
The hard way would be to buy the starter set, convince your friends to buy in as well, get a few of the window boxes (this game's version of a pre-constructed deck), and play in real life. See if your FLGS does arranged events, or sign up for tournaments at conventions.
Online shops drastically cut prices on a lot of Krosmaster stuff, so never pay full price for the game or any of its expansion. Maybe consider waiting for the new edition of the starter set, if only to get the newest version of the rules.
If you want an easier way to learn the game and try it out, the far easier way is to try the free PC version of the game. It has a built-in tutorial and an extensive single player challenge mode. There is also ranked online play, but the only people who use it are competitive autists who will rend your fragile asshole in twain.
>PC Version looks like pay2win garbage!
It is and it isn't. Having the most expensive characters isn't a guaranteed success. But, yeah, you can just throw money at the PC version and just get all the characters and thus have an advantage.
There is a weekly rotation of 5 free characters, playing the single player mode earns you currency for more characters, and any figures you buy in real life are going to have a code to redeem for the game to add digital versions for you to use.
Either way, you can try out the game, learn the rules, and experiment with different characters without spending a cent.
>I like this game. What should I buy?
You need the base set at least, which comes with 8 pretty decent starter figures, two of which are exclusive to the starter set.
If you want a different board to play on, Not Mines is cheap and offers some neat new mechanics.
There's also the Piwate Islands boards coming out soon that also offer a few new terrain mechanics, and it includes an exclusive character.
Frigost is a bigger expansion and comes with an exclusive Count Harebourg boss character, but it's a little clunky because it includes a lot of really specific items and powers that aren't as great unless you are using the Frigost board.
Krosmaster Quest looks like it will be best if you have a group to play with. It's essentially RPG mode where one player is the DM and the rest of the players pick a single character to take on adventures, craft gear, and battle unique bosses.
There's also a lot of window boxes for Season 1 and 2 and they are all typically themed around a certain kind of play. If you're not sure which one to get, simply look up each character on Krosfinder.com and take a good look at their stats and powers. If you play in person with others, and they aren't faggots, you can get away with doing proxy matches, since krosfinder has the character card, which is what you need the most to play.