The subscriptions to the Kobold Press books are a nice thing to get your feet wet, but after a while, it makes more sense to just buy the books you want and reduce your subscription costs to just what you need.
The first three to grab, preferably on sale, are the core ToV books. This is a no-brainer if this is now your home system. This is your first investment, and will hold you until Monster Vault 2 and Player's Guide 2 come out. Those two will be must-buys as well.
The following two books, The Old Margreve and Campaign Builder: Castles and Crowns, offer more player options. There is a Cities and towns book, too, that provides a few.
The last two are the least expensive, and round out the best options for players. The Midgard Lineages and Heritages book and the Guide to the Labyrinth give you the final pieces to the puzzle. Buying all these is a few months of a full subscription, but over the long haul, I will be saving money on the monthly costs.
The ToV Lineages and Heritages book is also a cheap grab. Past this, buy the monster books and Deep Magic, a book at a time, plus start collecting adventures. Do a book a month to keep your costs down, and just keep working at it.
Compared to a full subscription, you are missing out on the modules and monsters that come with it, but I can purchase them as needed. These eight core books are the heart of the system on Shard, and I can create custom content for the few things I need.
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