# What To Play

### Starting Off

#### Precons  


[https://wiki.ashes.live/books/learn-to-play/page/preconstructed-matchups](https://wiki.ashes.live/books/learn-to-play/page/preconstructed-matchups)

\*\* Note this applies to player vs player ("pvp"). The Red Rains solo/coop game ("pve") has a campaign mode in which is it suggested you start with the precons.

#### Master Set Only  


Once you are comfortable with the basics of Ashes mechanics and rules, you can move on to building decks that use only the core/master set. There are a few options listed here:

[https://wiki.ashes.live/books/deckbuilding/page/master-set-only](https://wiki.ashes.live/books/deckbuilding/page/master-set-only)

### Next Steps

When you (eventually) end up with a complete collection of Ashes, you're ready to dive into the deep end of deck building. There are near infinite ways of assembling a deck which can be overwhelming. To help with that there are two traditionally recommended routes to start with.

[PHG's Reconstructed Series](https://wiki.ashes.live/books/deckbuilding/page/the-reconstructed-series)

[The Aventuring Party Sets](https://wiki.ashes.live/books/deckbuilding/page/adventuring-party)