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 1B.   My recommendations for which cards you should buy, when, and why, along with my new and improved complete breakdown of each expansion 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
 
 

Part 6.   Detailed explanation of game play
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

    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.