by clydecloggie
Well, there is no way around it: this game is hard.But a number of essential cards that you would expect any decent CCG-type game to have only showed up after the core set for this one. So yes, expansions help. Especially in the resource accelerator / facilitator realm, some staple cards only came out in the adventure packs or bigger expansion boxes (such as the aforementioned Songs). Also some of the best heroes in the game are non-core set.
Splash the cash and you'll be fine. And it's worth it; the depth provided by the new scenarios in particular makes this one very rich gaming experience.