Recommended Bugfixes and Mods for New Player?

[MsCabbage]

I absolutely love this series and about to start playing Warriors of the North.

I would really appreciate if someone could summarise the bugfixes, language mods, or anything else that I should install to get the most from this delicious game!

My base game (as it were) is from Steam the Vahalla Edition that appears to have last been updated 29th Jan 2013. When I go into Betas of the game in Steam there are 3 not clearly named versions... should I use one of these?