Game of Thrones Boardgame, really damn fun

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:00 pm

played it for the first last week, gonna try to play it again this sunday.
Anyone else tried it before?

It was the right combination of simplicity, depth, immersion and ease for me. The idea of Support and Raid actions added a lot, the way boats are used to create 'bridges' to quickly move troops across the map is also cool.

angelfromanotherpin · Post by **angelfromanotherpin** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:30 pm

Did you play first or second edition?

I've played a bunch of first, with various expansions as they came out - it is a good time.

Taishan · Post by **Taishan** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:33 pm

My biggest problem with the first edition was that the game board space was huge, especially with the expansions. What's the footprint of the 2nd edition?

My second biggest problem may have been specific to my group of friends but the game ended up being a lot of backstabbing and yelling, and therefore, took a LONG time to play a whole game (it was like Diplomacy with swords and fun quotes). Can the 2nd edition be completed in an evening?

Wrathzog · Post by **Wrathzog** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:23 pm

Taishan wrote:My second biggest problem may have been specific to my group of friends but the game ended up being a lot of backstabbing and yelling, and therefore, took a LONG time to play a whole game (it was like Diplomacy with swords and fun quotes). Can the 2nd edition be completed in an evening?

That doesn't sound like a problem to me.

If game length is an issue there's gotta be houserules out there to make the game end faster.

Taishan · Post by **Taishan** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:30 pm

Wrathzog wrote: That doesn't sound like a problem to me.

If game length is an issue there's gotta be houserules out there to make the game end faster.

IIRC, the players take turns generating, placing and moving their forces, and every player's turn brought a new instance of politicking and backstabbing. Sure we could have houseruled that you couldn't do that, or that each turn had to be done within a few minutes, but there was a lot of booze involved too

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:50 pm

It's not Game Of Thrones if there isn't more politics and backstabbing than actual action.

rasmuswagner · Post by **rasmuswagner** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:27 am

Drunk, yelling and treacherous... sounds like you got it right.