Thedas, the setting of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, is vast and complicated. Although players don’t necessarily have to play the first three Dragon Age games before Veilguard, they may be missing out on a lot of context if they don’t. There are a wide variety of characters, historical events, and factions they may need to be familiar with throughout, and although DA‘s in-game Codices (compendiums of lore players can collect as they progress through the game) do their best to explain what’s relevant, players may still be left in the dark on crucial details.