I fell off the comics bandwagon last year temporarily, as happens occasionally. Pandemic, personal stuff, blah blah etc. Starting to dig back in now.

I see the X line had a huge crossover event (sigh/groan). How much of that should I read to follow what's happening? I've had a subscription to the main "X-Men" book and "X-Force," so the past several months' issues of those are sitting around my apartment unopened as yet. Will I be lost if I read just those issues? Do I need to read the 3 installments of the central "X of Swords" book by Hickman and Howard?

Thanks.