World of Warcraft Official Strategy Guide

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This is a great book for telling you who is in what village and that besties there are in what area. But that is where it ends. It does give information on the races, classes, and professions, but it is nothing that you couldn't get for free on the many websites out there for WoW.

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If you're very new to World of Warcraft, and have no access (or awareness) of the multiple websites that provide a lot of info and other guides to playing the game, this book would be useful for you. There are maps of most of the original WoW (not expansion) areas, as well as names, level info, and quest info. There's also some information on each class and race (again, not expansion).

Again, there are websites that has every bit of info that this book has, and in a more updated state, but this book still is a good adjunct to that.

Of course, if you haven't bought anything yet, I strongly recommend buying the battlechestWorld of Warcraft Battlechest, since you get this book, as well as 2 games, and the expansion guide with it. Just realize that I don't care for the expansion guide, but since anyone buying this guide is likely new to WoW, by the time they get to the expansion, they won't need the expansion guide anyway.

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For first time players you should invest in this book. It was a world of help to me. Have fun!

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The guide is a good start for someone who has no idea about WOW. It gives details about what you should do as a beginner.

For those who are already familiar with the basic stuff, this is still good as you can take this as a reference guide and use it whenver you need it.

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It has everything you need to understand how to start a new character and get around the world of Azeroth. There were lots of good pointers on how to play the different races, the different classes and what servers would be best for your gameplaying style.