Yeah playing BG1 first is the best idea. In fact I just completed it last night
its taken a good amount of my time up, but it was sooooo satisfying to beat the final boss, I didnt know till like the 5th attempt that killing the main would finish the battle, I kept going after that damm mage who kept casting chaos!
And now I got Tales Of The Sword Coast to do [img]smile.gif[/img] and then onto BG2, just wondering - does BG2 wrap up the whole story or is it like BG1 and leave you waiting for a sequel??