| Technically, you don't have to play them in order. However, the preferred order is going to be main campaign, SoU, and then HoU. There are a couple reasons for this. In the first place, the campaigns are really designed with this progression order. NwN: OC is more 'newbie' friendly, than the two expansions. The most important reason, however, is that there is a sort of story progression that the expansions follow. SoU and HoU share a main character and some story elements. As such, its better to think of them as one game. For that matter, some story elements and NPCs present in the Main campaign are featured in HoU. As such, in HoU you'll see a sort of "conclusion" to the NwN saga (*sort of* being the optimal world).
However, if you're really not wanting to play the OC first, you can probably jump right into SoU and then to HoU without too many repercussions. There will just be a few less surprises in store for you when you do play the first campaign.
Last edited by Faust; 09-06-2005 at 01:00 PM.
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