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Game of Thrones

Der Eiserne Thron Das Kartenspiel

Based on the novels and the board games already published one represents one of the six great houses of Westeros – Baratheon, Lannister, Stark, Targaryen, Greyjoy and Martell - and gets involved in military confrontations, fights for power and intrigues, using well-known characters. The core game comprises all that you need for a game with four players, and with the separate Chapter Packs you can expand the game to your liking. The Core Set contains ready-to-play decks for the Houses Lannister, Stark, Targaryen and Baratheon with eight different kinds of cards: Characters, Locations, Attachments, Events, Plots, House Cards, Agendas and Multiplayer Titles, all either relating to one of the six Houses or as a neutral card. You start with seven cards in hand, each round comprises seven phases: Strategy with choosing and revealing a strategy card and choosing Title; the you draw from your stack while there are cards; In Phase 3 – Marshalling – you lay down cards and pay the costs; then you can utter Challenges, military, intrigue or power challenge and then challenges are resolved. For Phase 5 – Dominance – you add the strength of all standing characters + gold, if you have the highest total you score a point for your house; then kneeling cards are standing up and in Phase 7 – Taxation – you pay your taxes. If you collect 15 power points on house and character cards, you win.

Game of Thrones, too, is rooted in Trading Card Games, but offers a very careful and felicitous adaption of the novel; if you like sophisticated interrelations of cards you should not miss out on Game of Thrones Der Eiserne Thron Das Kartenspiel.

Players: 2-4

Age: 13+

Time: 90+

Designer: Eric M. Lang, Christian T. Petersen, Nate French

Art: Team

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2012

Web: www.hds-fantasy.de

Genre: Living Card Game

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Card game based on the novels of George R.R. Martin

Sophisticatedly adapted trading card mechanisms

Careful conversion of the novel

Expansions are interesting, but not necessary

Compares to:

All Living Card Games, e.g. Der Herr der Ringe or Warhammer Invasion

Other editions:

A Game of Thrones The Card Game, FFG

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0