King Robert Baratheon is dead, and the lands of Westeros brace for battle. Can you claim the Iron Throne? Designed for ages 14 and up, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition is a classic game of warfare, diplomacy, and intrigue for three to six players. Taking control of the well-known characters from
King Robert Baratheon is dead, and the lands of Westeros brace for battle. Can you claim the Iron Throne? Designed for ages 14 and up, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition is a classic game of warfare, diplomacy, and intrigue for three to six players. Taking control of the well-known characters from George R.R. Martin’s beloved fantasy series, players must fight for dominance of the realm. Will you take power through force, coerce your way onto the throne with persuasive speeches, or rally the townsfolk to your side? With opportunities for strategic planning, masterful diplomacy, and clever card play, this game gives you a host of ways to spread your influence over Westeros.
King Robert Baratheon is dead, and the lands of Westeros brace for battle. Can you claim the Iron Throne? Designed for ages 14 and up, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition is a classic game of warfare, diplomacy, and intrigue for three to six players. Taking control of the well-known characters from George R.R. Martin’s beloved fantasy series, players must fight for dominance of the realm. Will you take power through force, coerce your way onto the throne with persuasive speeches, or rally the townsfolk to your side? With opportunities for strategic planning, masterful diplomacy, and clever card play, this game gives you a host of ways to spread your influence over Westeros.
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition At a Glance: A board game based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels Muster armies and march to war on a map that accurately portrays Westeros Negotiate alliances with your opponents in an ever-shifting political struggle Six distinct Great Houses each offer unique, asymmetrical play experiences Detailed artwork and intricately crafted components create a classic aesthetic Age Requirements:
14 years and older Player Recommendation:
3 to 6 players 
A game of warfare, diplomacy, and intrigue, based on George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels. View larger. Claim the Iron Throne
Based on the bestselling fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin (now a hit HBO series), A Game of Thrones: The Board Game draws players into a war-torn world of sun-scorched sands, lush forests, and chilling northlands. Each player takes control of one of six Great Houses of Westeros, then sets out on an epic campaign of combat and politics to secure total dominance.
This board game includes clear, detailed rules to guide you through setup and gameplay. Play begins when each person receives an army of footmen, knights, siege engines and ship units as well as a set of order tokens and other necessary components. Each player also receives a deck of unique house cards, which represent important characters from A Song of Ice and Fire and are used as leaders in battles against rival houses.
Vibrant Art and Intricate Detailing
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game captures the most memorable elements of George R.R. Martin’s popular series. The detailed board represents an accurate map of Westeros, and the tokens and cards convey many of its most significant locations and characters. Attractive marbled plastic figures shaped as footmen, knights, ships, and siege engines display your military might to the realm while contributing to the game’s overall medieval aesthetic.
Game board is enhanced with figures, battle cards, tokens, and overlays. Raise Your House to Dominance
Game play proceeds over the course of ten rounds, after which the player who has claimed the most areas containing castles or strongholds is declared the winner. If at any time throughout the game a player controls seven such areas, that player may immediately claim victory.
Each round in the game is made up of three phases: the Westeros Phase, the Planning Phase, and the Action Phase. The Westeros Phase represents special events and the day-to-day activities in Westeros. In the Planning Phase, players secretly assign orders to all of their units. This portion of the game emphasizes diplomacy and deduction. Can players trust their so-called allies, or is a timely betrayal in the making? Finally, during the Action Phase, orders are revealed, alliances crumble, and fierce battles decide the players’ fates.
House cards include characters from
A Song of Ice and Fire. View larger. 
Detailed player screens conceal
your strategic planning. View larger. A World of Intrigue, Diplomacy, and Warfare
Fragile alliances will form and break over the course of each game, as players promise support to neighboring Houses only to betray them for their own selfish ends. But beware; as the war unfolds, the barbaric Wildings (which are controlled automatically by the game) work to amass their forces in the far north. Players must occasionally set aside their differences to face a common foe–or face the consequences together.
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game draws you into a vibrant gaming world, bringing your favorite characters to life. The board resembles paint on distressed parchment for an old-world look, while the token and card art exhibits intricate detailing fans of the novels will recognize and enjoy.
What’s in the Box
Game board, rule book, 138 plastic units, 105 cards, 6 player screens, and 266 tokens and overlays.
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My first foray into serious board gaming, by a major ASOIAF fan I came into this game not as a board gamer but as a fan of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. Like most people I have played my share of board games in my life, but not many more complex than Monopoly, Clue, or the occasional game of Risk. I’m sure that a more serious board gamer will review this product here in the future, so I will provide what perspective I can.This game is incredible and has made me interested in playing more serious board games in the future. I will not attempt to explain the complex rules of this game. Fantasy Flight Games’s website has very helpful resources for this, including the complete rules PDF and a tutorial video.I recommend that any group intending to play this has each individually watched that tutorial video. On top of that, at least one person will need to read (at least two times probably) the rule book. Trying to explain this game to others is a tall order. However, once the game is understood and a few…
Drawn in So first off I have played a few board games before this one mainly like Risk and Axis and Allies type stuff. I’m a huge fan of the books series and now as a result the HBO show as well I suppose. This game has blown me away with how much fun we have had with it. The rules do take some time to get a feel for and we even made sure to copy some quick reference sheets for each player. With six people there is really a surprising balance to the kingdoms. So much of the game is based on alliances and the right strategies.We have played four games so far. Three of them had six people and the other one had four. First off I want to say that the Westeros cards have made it so each of the four games have gone completely different. Its too hard to explain without explaining all of the rules, but more or less at the start of each round there are a series of cards that are drawn at random. Depending on what those cards do the game will change accordingly. One game it was a…
An Incredibly In-Depth Board Game After getting into A Song of Ice and Fire, I decided on a whim to pick up the Game of Thrones board game. My group of friends and I really enjoy board games, and we usually wind up playing Arkham Horror, but I though this might be an interesting change to our game nights. This game absolutely blew me away. I can say that it can seem a bit daunting at first, and our first play-through with 5 people took an incredibly long time. I’ve now played the game 6 times and it gets progressively quicker to finish each time we play. Once you figure out and become comfortable with the rules the game REALLY takes off and becomes interesting.In every game so far, it has come down to the wire. It’s all about calculated movements, and unlike Risk (where-in you become more and more likely to win the more territories you take) Game of Thrones forces you to strike a very delicate balance between sweeping in with masked attacks, fortifying crucial positions, and gathering resources to…