Originally Posted by
Kathranis
Pretty sure just playing War of Thorns and Battle for Undercity will give you most of what you need to understand it. These novellas are just more in-depth retellings of the Horde and Alliance questlines.
Most likely all three Warbringers shorts will be viewable in-game somehow, just like the Harbingers ones were in Legion.
"Old Soldier" will probably play in-game before the Battle for Lordaeron for Horde players.
So that just leaves the comics, which aren't super important in the grand scheme of things, and Before the Storm, which is important but will likely be summarized in-game if anything directly related to it crops up.
I mean, most of this stuff is made available to us for free anyway. The only thing you'd have to buy is the book.
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Yes, that's what they always said. Did you not read the descriptions of the things you are buying?