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Nobody is Playing A Game of Thrones Anymore
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Black Barney wrote: Is there a Traitor mechanic in this thing ?
sort of.
It gets played quite a bit by people i know, or at least it was about a year ago when I went along to gaming groups more often. People who don't post on the internet tend to have less issue with playing older games.
I'd agree that it doesn't really deliver on the character drama of the show. The 6 player game is essentially the normal don't get me get her type wargame which there are a dime a dozen. The only thing its got going for it other than setting is the orders system. I agree that the four player PoD game is quite good though.
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DukeofChutney wrote:
Black Barney wrote: Is there a Traitor mechanic in this thing ?
sort of.
Not the sort Barney was asking about - the only traitor is the typical Diplomacy type where you ally up to provide a bit of support only to break it at sometime, possibly very quickly ... much like the books.
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I traded this away because I love my kids too much to totally wreck them in this game, and family gaming is about all I do. See also: anything with an auction mechanic, because holy shit do they get taken.
I will throw more light on the LCG though--that is a good time. It captures a lot of the interpersonal dynamics found in AGoT, and makes things tense because you aren't just killing some Lannister markers, you are killing a card called Jaime Lannister (THPOILERZ FOR A GAME I PLAYED IN 2014).
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Shellhead wrote: ... but it falls short of capturing the source material.
That's what kills it for me. If the game was released under a different theme that made more sense I'd be more into it. As it is the game is a snapshot of a very specific time in the setting, that specific time isn't what makes the setting interesting, and there's criminally little of the intrigue and politicking that makes the books/show great. The board game is just a fighty game; games like Warrior Knights (either edition) or Medieval Conspiracy actually capture A Game of Thrones better than the game that carries the name.
If the idea of a game about the Battle of Hoth named "STAR WARS: THE BOARD GAME" leaves a bad taste in your mouth then you know how I feel about A Game of Thrones: The Board Game.
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I love this game, but it's not easy to get five people together to play a game of this length. Wish it got to the table more often. Super tight design. I agree with Jeb about the LCG as well. That game rocks, but to get all that you can out of it, you really need a dedicated opponent who knows the game well/has a ton of cards.
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I'd rather have a good Runewars bash.
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I think maybe in the TV show it's more about individual character stories, but in the books all those individual stories just paint the bigger picture. Yes, the game does seem to be a snapshot of a certain period in the books, but aren't Clash of Kings and Storm of Swords pretty heavy on the battles and warfare?
Maybe I'm a minority, but whenever I read/watch a book/series that features some kind of war like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars or Game of Thrones, I'm always interested in games that depicts that war at an operational level. Like what-if Stark and Tyrell joined forces, or how would the war have played out if Frodo took the ring to Gondor, etc.
I'm also quite interested in the LCG game, but it doesn't seem to get played much in Pittsburgh.
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I've never played Runewars or TI, so I can't compare.
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