Part 1. Before
you buy any cards
A. As a game OverPower is for
2 players
B. It will be very hard to get
a complete set
Part 2. OverPower
is only a game!
A. You will lose games
B. It is only a game
C. Three types of gamers
D. It is easier to learn from
your defeats than from your victories, at first
Part 3. Types
of cards in OverPower
A. Useful/necessary cards -
beginners should stick with these
B. Somewhat useful - beginners
should experiment with these after learning the rules
C. Non-essential/useless - avoid
some like the plague
Part 4. Building
a deck for beginners
A. Choose your four characters
B. Select their Specials
C. Power cards
D. Universe - Teamworks
Part 5. A
sample deck in detail
Explanation of Game play for Beginners
Part 6. Detailed
explanation of game play
Additional Information
Part 7. Errata
Part 8. Strategies
for beginners
A. Fine
art of placing
B. Card
advantage
C. Legal
stalling
D. Venturing
Part 9. The
differences between Clones and Variants
The Next Step for Beginners
Part 10. Other
card types to try out
A. Events
B. Homebases, Aspects, and Battlesites
C. Tactic: Artifacts
Part 11. How to use Battlesites
Part 12. Why
some cards just do not work
A. Universe: Basic and Training
B. Tactic: Doubleshot
Part 13. What
makes a Character playable or unplayable
Other tools
Glossary of terms - I have compiled a glossary of OverPower terms, both official and player created, on this page. I have links to this glossary on the other pages when the term is used for the first time. This section has a brief explanation of every type of card in the game. I also have a part that explains the Deck Sum Rule so you can know how to create a tournament legal deck.
Sample decks - Take a look at some of my current and past decks if you need some inspiration.
Complete text version - I have this one single page set up with every tip I have written for the beginners section [parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 so far]. I suggest you save this file if you want to easily view this information off-line. As I recently expanded my complete breakdown of each set, I have removed this part from the complete text version.