Comments on: A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Second Edition

By: Adam C. Wall

Adam C. Wall — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:48:07 +0000

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…

By: Nick V

Nick V — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:39:30 +0000

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…

By: Daniel Kemp

Daniel Kemp — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:28:40 +0000

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…