A Game of Thrones (A Feast For Crows Exp) - Gameplay & Discussion
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2024
- Today we're fighting for the Iron Throne in A Game of Thrones The Board Game!
In this series you'll be joining our group of friends for a post-game discussion of our favorite games. We'll be highlighting exciting moments from the game and cutting to replays during our discussion.
As a note, we're playing the Feast For Crows mini-expansion in this session. This mini-expansion makes the following changes to the rules from the base game.
4 Player Only
Supply is updated at the end of the every round
Victory Points are earned by completing objectives
You need 7 VP to win
you have 1 Special Objective (house specific) and 3 secret objectives (randomly drawn from the objective pile). You are dealt 5 randomly and choose 3 of the 5 objective cards to keep
You never have less than 3 secret objectives (if you go to 2 cards, draw another)
Each round, you can complete your public objective for 1 point
Additionally, you may complete one secret objective each round
VP are scored in a new phase immediately following the CP Phase
Everyone scores VP at the same time, and in the event of ties, tie-breaks are according to the Rulebook tiebreakers (most territory owners, then if still tied, Iron Throne Influence Track Position).
The "Arryn" power token on the Eyrie does not get removed from the board -- it functions as a printed token like the Stark token in Winterfell, as the Eyrie is considered Arryn's home area.
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INDEX
00:00 - Introduction
00:26 - Today's Game
00:55 - Rules Overview
12:14 - Titles and Game Play Montage
12:47 - Main Discussion Begins
13:18 - Replay #1 "Last turn, scoring objectives"
14:12 - Main Discussion / Victory Conditions
16:36 - Replay #2 "Matt let's his guard down"
17:22 - Cam's Regrets
18:05 - Lannister Starting Conditions
19:17 - Replay #3 "Matt proposes an agreement"
20:53 - Matt's Lannister Strategy
22:04 - Cam's Stark Strategy
23:24 - "I hated you all for a little bit"
23:26 - More Stark Strategy Discussion
24:55 - A Feast For Crows Discussion
25:48 - Attacking the Leader
26:17 - Replay #4 - "Trying to stir things up"
27:35 - Strategies for Future Games
31:26 - Something About A Book?
31:41 - Reading the Book / Watching the the Show
32:35 - Thank you and Goodbye
32:56 - Cameron Audet Ladies and Gentleman... - Ігри
i love how, in the fast forward replay, you guys started sitting your seats then gradually started standing one by one... i felt it conveyed the anxious nature this game certainly exudes
I was playing 6 player recently as the Tyrells. The Martells drew out the borders they wanted with myself and the Baratheons in round one then just chilled out and farmed money the whole game to fund against wildling raids. Didn't end up in a single combat. What a legend.
+Lora Logue Wow, that's pretty crazy! I don't think I could ever pull that off! I think that speaks to what makes this game so great. There's just so many different ways to play and you'll never have the same experience twice. Thanks for sharing!
"I trusted you." Lol classic
Trevor Gunter LMAO
So Baelish
THANK YOU FOR TALKING FAST, AND NOT RAMBLING OFF TOPIC!
When I first heard about this channel on watch it played, I was really skeptical about the concept. I seem to had forgotten how fun the after game talk was! Thanks for putting this together ppl. Really good show, really good channel.
Hey, thanks so much! That means a lot to us!
Loving your show format. Being able to associate the game opinions with actual game play elements really helps. Would love to see some full game play episodes as bonus content.
Thanks a lot Brad, that's exactly what we were hoping to do with the series so that's nice to hear. We've done a few full game play episodes, but have been considering putting out bonus episodes featuring the full games as well. It's a little tough right now because it does still require a fair amount of editing for the several hours of game footage (language, breaks, rules, downtime, etc), but it may very well happen in the future!
I just bought this game and am ever so excited to try it out and start losing friends over it.
Great game. It is one of my favorites. The only time I have played the "feast for crows" expansion/variant, the Lannister player rolled over everyone else. I have to agree with how you guys played it, you need to beat up the Lannisters or they will get ahead quickly. Thanks for doing it! Entertaining to watch.
Haha, I saw this coming and I TRIED to avoid it by walking out of King's Landing early on...I still ended up making a few too many aggressive moves and paid the price :)
do another one, plzzzz, no other channel ive seen makes it interesting as you guys make it
Great Video man!
Thank you!
Another awesome show... I have to play this game... looks so much fun
Good Job guys
Thanks Paulo! As always, glad to have you as a viewer :) This game IS a ton of fun! If you play with friends, make sure they don't mind being lied to for a few hours! :P
Thanks for the play through Matt, you should do Merchants and Marauders next ^^
Ohh man, that's a good one! I'll definitely keep that in mind, thanks!
My favorite part of his videos is when he says "click right here to jump ahead..." and pauses, and nothing is there. Always makes me giggle
Haha, yeah I'm guessing you watched this on mobile? Mobile doesn't do the overlays for things and since then UA-cam has completely removed that feature. It should still show up on a desktop machine but for some reason they never bothered with letting mobile browsers see those captions.
@@boardgamereplay Actually no i am watching ob PC and it doesnt work. odd
Need Another video like this one for the Second Edition of this game
can you do a vanilla game of thrones video? or a dance with the dragons one?
First of all, congrats on the show! Very interesting. I've recently started playing this game and it's pretty amazing. One thing that's is missing in your video is a discussion on each house strategy. For instance, what's the best way to start the game for Starks ou Baratheons, does every house have the same chance of victory or which house has the most impact on who will win etc. And what do you think about the players playing with the same house every single time? In your opinion, would it add value for the game? Best wishes from Brazil!
Thanks Ricardo! First, I'll say it's a little tricky (I think) to talk optimal strategies for each house. The main reason for that is just the huge amount of player interaction in the game. You could have an ideal Stark / Baratheon strategy, but if the other players know what you're going for, they'll crush you before you can pull it off... I think that's what makes the game so interesting in the end. Sure, there are probably some good basic strategies to follow with each house...for example Stark is all alone and has few resources way up north, so it's a good idea to try and move south fairly quickly. Aside from things like that, it's really all about making / breaking alliances and working the other players at the table. With that being said I don't necessarily think one house has an easier / harder time winning once everyone at the table is familiar with the game.
I will say though that I do think playing the same house for multiple games will certainly help you. You'll become a lot more comfortable with your surroundings as well as learning your hand of character cards to play. Also multiple games playing with this mini-expansion as the same house will help you learn the various objective cards so you know what to look for.
I know that wasn't directly answering your question, but I certainly hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching :)
Hey guys! Love the videos! But just one request, I think it's great that y'all do this and cut to the best scenes from your sessions. Some of the games you do I'd like to see your entire session, so could you put a link in the description for all your videos to an unedited full version of your gaming sessions? Thanks!
Zach Berly Thanks for the kind words Zach! This is something we've definitely considered, and try to do as often as we can. There usually just ends up being a fair amount of downtime or breaks that ends up requiring quite a bit of additional editing on top of the regular video. It's nothing we can't handle, our time right now is just so limited we try to just keep it to new content as much as possible. Stay tuned though, we're going to try and do this as soon as we can.
17:00 how betrayal feels like.
Great video as always. This is without a doubt my favourite game. I have never looked into getting the expansion, but after seeing you guys playing it I'll be getting it first chance I get. Love the secret objectives, the thought of possibley having different objectives each time is brilliant. Players will have to constantly be having to think of new strategies, brilliant!
Is the expansion for four players or can it be played with up to six?
Finally, could you please upload the video of the full game, I would love to watch it!
Thanks for the nice words! To answer your first question, A Feast For Crows expansion is interesting as it's for exactly 4 players. No more no less. I kind of like that though because it gets a chance to play this excellent game with a smaller group and still have a pretty balanced experience.
As far as the full video goes, I'm not quite ready to include the full videos of all the games yet, but I'm working on a way to do something like this in the future! Thanks again for watching!
When I first played, I did Stark and went total isolationist up north. Only one battle happened in the entire game, and Lannister won in 3 rounds.
I done messed up XD
Haha, I've feel your pain...I've done this too! It's hard to know how to play each House until you've played a few times with them!
You guys should play "Dune" The BOard Game, it was fun to watch u play n learn the game at the same time, good job.
GonTar TC Oh yeah, I've heard great things about Dune...it's just nearly impossible to get a good copy these days! Glad to see you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching!
I believe all ties are resolved by the player who holds the iron throne
I love how when I played this with friends; the gameplay paralleled events from the story and future events lmao
Did anyone play as Starks just keep consolidating power and staying in the North??
It's happen a few times but usually doesn't last too long. Someone always come up to keep them in check!
i'm not massively into board games but this game is amazing. watching you guys get hyped about it is pretty much exactly how me and my mates react after a game! i think we might have to hit up the expansion pack asap! do you guys use the tides of battle cards?
Thanks Eric, really glad you enjoyed it. This mini expansion is the perfect solution for when you can't get all 6 players to the table. We've never played with the Tides of Battle cards but I could certainly be persuaded to try them in the future. Everyone in the group so far just loves that there's no luck in the combat. If you play your highest value cards early, you'll have a much harder time winning combat again soon :)
Hey, Board Game Replay. Thanks for this amazing video! I recently purchased the game and the expansion myself and came across this channel when searching UA-cam for good reviews and gameplay. I know you're probably busy-busy-busy, but is there any chance that you might come back to this game again and possible show more of the in-game action?
Thanks for a great channel!
Cheers
Hey, thanks a lot for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!. As for doing this game again, I can't say it won't happen. One thing we'd really like to do is have a nice full 6 player game. If we did something like that I'm sure we'd feature a lot of game play as it's a 4+ hour experience! So short answer...yes it's possible but may not be for a bit as we've got a few other games we want to cover first. Thanks so much for watching!
Board Game Replay Hehe.. Yeah, I figured as much. Well, keep up the good work!
Thank you!
With the exception of House Arryn are the other 3 house setups the same to the original (unit count and position).
The units and placements are different from the base game. Each house comes with a card detailing their new setup.
Absolutely great video!. This is an amazing game but a bit confusing on the start. Why do you guys play House Tyrell on the lands of House Arryn?
Thanks Cristian! To answer your question, A Feast For Crows Expansion is basically a "mini-expansion" It's just a pack of cards so there are no additional player components for House Arryn. They instruct you the just use the Tyrell pieces instead. Hope this helps! :)
Where did you guys get the figurines/statues to replace the Iron Throne, Crow and Sword? :( I want them! Haha. Love the video too, it was my pushing factor to buy the game a month ago and now my siblings and I love playing it!
Charles Dominguez I actually was able to get everything from Amazon. I searched from "Game of Thrones Mail opener", "Game of Thrones Iron Throne" and "Raven Statue". If you have trouble finding them, send me an email at info@bgreplay.com and I'll send you the links I used.
Board Game Replay Good video, but Baratheon didn't win. What happened is that you confused strongholds with castles. You can see which is which on page nine of the rulebook. When he "won" Baratheon had two strongholds (Dragonstone and King's Landing) and four castles (Harrenhal, Cracklaw Point, The Reach, and Storm's End). At that same time Lannister had two (Lannisport and Riverrun) and Stark had two (Winterfell and Seagard) meaning that Baratheon couldn't score the objective.
Oh wow, you may very well be right! We had multiple times during the game where we made the distinction between the two (for musters and such). It may have partly based on the Stark house objective card stating "Castles OR Strongholds" that had us not noticing that last one. Ultimately I blame the fact that our brains were all fried from fighting each other for the last few hours so we just didn't notice it! Thanks for pointing that out! :)
aah, stumbled on this video and I'm glad that someone else saw the error
i just got the game a few days ago and i'm really excited to play!i don't have a feast for crows expansion though which seems much more entretaining than the simple game.i've noticed that you played with the house tyrell in the game even though the instructions for four plays specify that greyjoy is the fourth house.did you do that because of the AFFC expansion or just because you didn't want to play with the greyjoys(and if so..how does influence the dinamics of the game)?
Actually the AFFC expansion changes the normal game set up rules. It specifically calls for exactly those 4 houses to be played. AFFC introduces House Arryn to the game with it's own deck of house cards and objectives, but you still have to use the units and tokens from House Tyrell (that's why it looked like we played with them). I hope that helps!
The main reason we played with the AFFC expansion is because it keeps the main spirit of the game intact, but plays in a much shorter time frame. AFFC is balanced to support exactly 4 players and the objective cards help keep things moving along. While I LOVE the base game experience, I wasn't sure we wanted to do a 3-4 hour video :)
Hey, where did you guys get the cool influence track pieces from? I played this weekend and our pieces were cardboard.
Sorry Gabriel, I don't think I ever saw a notification on my feed from your comment. To answer your question, the sword, the throne and the raven were all bought from Amazon. If you want to shoot me an email at info (at) bgreplay (dot) com I'd be happy to send you the links to all the pieces :)
Do you have to place power tokens in your capital areas (for example in Winterfell when playing Stark) when you march all your units out of there?
Nope, you don't need to do that if it's your home area. Each home area has the printed symbol for each house on it, so there's no need to leave a power token there. Hope that helps!
The winning card that I think was played is "A Stalwart Position" which does give Baratheon 2 Victory points if they control more Strongholds than the other houses. Strongholds, Not Castles! What strongholds is Baratheon claiming to hold? I count 2 Dragonstone and Kings Landing. You shouldn't count Crackclaw point, Harrenhal or the Reach as they are castles. Lannister also appears to hold Lannisport and Riverrun meaning that the card played is a tie and grants no victory points. Correct me if i'm wrong
where did u get the valyrian steel, raven and iron throne miniatures? they are awesome.
I actually got all those things straight from Amazon! If you'd like links to all the items send me an email and I'll forward them to you :)
Board Game Replay sure dude. Is this your email? info@bgreplay.com
Board Game Replay sure dude. Is this your email? info@bgreplay.com
Maliq Firuz Yep, that's the one!
I have a cuestion, don the power tokens are discarded when bidding for influence? or only with bidding for the wildlings?
Yes, whenever you bid for influence the power tokens are discarded, just like with the Wildlings phase. Hope that helps!
If I may ask, what mic do you guys use for audio? It sounds fairly clear
This is a Canon WM-V1 we're using. Hope that helps!
Goddamn that's a lot of board games you have o.o ... well, I am sure you don't need me to tell you this but Wil Wheaton's got a series on UA-cam (although yours may actually have come first, don't quote me on that) that reminds me a lot of this. Called Tabletop. Do you like RPGs as well or do you like to simply keep it to the board games? Just curious
where is gj faction? are they not supposed to be one of the 4 houses in a 4man game? Great vid btw!
We're playing with an expansion here that plays exactly 4 players and has it's own set of rules for which houses are present. It also includes cards for House Arryn as well and uses the pieces from Tyrell. Hope that helps...and thank you for the kind words! :)
I have the 2nd edition no expansions and i am pondering if i should buy the expansion, but i have questions regarding rules!
Questions: 1. Does objective cards only come into place if no player have gotten the 7 fort/castles before turn 10. What are victory points apart from claiming forts? Do you count them on paper until the game is finished or until a player have 7 forts? I have played the original game and we go with that if someone has 7 forts, that one is declared the winner. Do you also add victory points after that or is the winner the one with 7 forts?
Question 2: how did you get those badass miniatures with throne, sword and raven?
+MrJL1995 To answer your first set of questions. You always play with the victory points and objective cards and the only way to win is to gain 7 victory points. The victory points are gained from fulfilling the objectives on the cards you currently hold. You can claim one objective per round if you have it completed. The objectives range from things like holding "X" strongholds to being in possession of the Raven token. Also depending on which house you're playing each objective card is worth a different amount of points. For example an area that would be easy for Lannister to hold would likely be worth 1 point, but for Stark it might be much harder to get to, so that would be worth 4 points.
As for the upgraded versions of the tokens, everything there was bought from Amazon. I think I just searched from "Raven Statue" "Game of Thrones Ice Token" and "Iron Throne model"
Hope that helps!
You played with the Tyrells starting in the Vale of Arryn?
This is using the the Feast For Crows mini-expansion which has you using the pieces from Tyrell to represent House Arryn. There's a fair number of changes from the base game with this expansion, that's just one of them. There's also objective cards and a totally different victory condition from the base game. It's also plays exactly 4 players, nothing more or less.
Do you plan on either play a 6 player game or release a uncut version of this play? I'm very interested. I've played this game a dozen of times now and it's too bad it takes so much time and effort to get 6 players to actually play. :(
+Nas González Mendoza At the moment we don't have any plans to record a full 6 player game. It doesn't mean we'll never do it, but it's just tough to get that large of a group together for a long game (just as you mentioned). As far as the full video for this game, we don't have it to release as I was never intending to use the raw footage back when it was recorded. Sorry about that!
Oh and the funny thing is I am 100% convinced that the whole "who will sit the Iron Throne at the end of the day?" is a red herring both on the part of the books as well as (especially) the show. NOBODY will sit on the Throne at the end of the day. Just watch.
If I have 4 or 5 players, and I make a move how long will I wait to make another move. About how many hours did your game take and how long would a full 10 rounds take? Also, great format for your videos! I enjoyed it.
Can you even play with 5 people? or is it only even numbers of players?
kunjapper this expansion we're playing in this video is a 4 player only version. It needs exactly 4 to play. The standard game mode allows for 3-6, but I think the best count is a full 6 players. Also, playing that way means a very long game. Very long...but awesome! Time between turns isn't bad because you are always paying attention to what's happening as everything affects you in some way.
That said, this 4 player expansion takes about 2 hours start to finish. It has objectives that help push the game along and give it a much faster ending. Hope that helps!
Great video. Hopefully you can helped me with a question. Played this last week for the first time and it was a bit differnt than you discribed.
1) We were under the impression the house combat cards remain face down and pulled at random during the combat phase. Are you sure players choose which cards to use.
After some debate We came to the conclusion that they we're random via a text card that read "if you lose combat you can place back in deck and RESHUFFLE Deck"
The deck of house cards are used to select a character to add to a battle during combat. The players look at their hand of cards and choose 1 to play face down (and then reveal simultaneously). After combat is resolved that card is discarded. You don't get to choose the same card again you've used all other cards in the house deck (Page. 19 of the rules). Are you sure you're not thinking of the Tides of Battle optional variant (with the small cards)? I've never played with that variant but I do know there's a separate deck of combat cards that are drawn / shuffled during the game. That might be where the confusion lies? Hope this helps!
Board Game Replay Thank you for the fast response, you 100% right, "both attacker and defender now secretly select one house card..." after spending literally over an hour just understating the basics of the game we easily missed that detail. felt like we spent more time learning the rules than actually playing, most complicated board game ever but defiantly worth it!
Happy to help and I totally understand, it's big game! Took quite a while to wrap our heads around everything. Even then we still got a few things wrong!
Quick question about the House cards during combat. After you used one in combat, is it discarded? If not, then what would keep a player from spamming say Balon greyjoy?
Yes, after you use one it gets discarded. Once you completely run out of House cards, you get your whole hand back. The interesting part is that your hand of combat cards is public knowledge. So at the beginning of each combat your opponent can ask to see your hand of cards that remain so they'll always know your options. Hope this helps!
thanks. also, how do you regain the power chips. I think that's what they are called.
***** Glad to help! Those tokens you're referring to are Power Tokens. You get them from placing Consolidate Power orders on specific areas you control.
Thank you so much. I am considering getting the game, and just had some questions I didn't really find anywhere. Thank you for the help
***** I'm happy to help, hope this one works out for you and your group! It's a fantastic game :)
Is that Super Dungeon Explore I see on the shelf on the top left corner? Such an awesome game, why don't you do that next?
Yep, it's back there on the shelf. I have been itching to get that one back to the table again so I'll certainly keep it in mind for a future episode. Thanks for watching!
Board Game Replay For sure, I'll keep watching. I stumbled on you from watching WatchItPlayed, when you were fighting Rodney Smith in BattleCON (and you ended up killing yourself with your own finisher).
I decided to check your channel out and I really like how you review these games. Keep it up.
Red Mage Thanks a lot for coming to check us out. Really glad you like what we're doing. That BattleCON game was a blast, even if he stomped me. I've already demanded a rematch at GenCon :)
Board Game Replay I wish I can go to GenCon, but being in Australia, well...
Forgot to explain what happens to armies that lose in battle. Fun video though. Is there a reason you used Tyrels instead of Greyjoys in the 4 player mode? I've read some people do that. Just wondering if you have the same opinion or if everyone should play that way now? Or is it a rule with the new expansion? Never mind. Just read another comment and your response that answered that question. Thanks.
Thanks for the heads up. Yeah, do occasionally glance over rules during the overview, but it's usually just to avoid getting too detailed and lengthy. I like to give the basic idea of the game so the discussion makes sense, but not necessarily cover every rule in detail. Thanks for watching!
hey, did you find that it took a long time to learn and explain the rules to other people? i was also wondering if you consider it a complicated game.
Hey Felix, good question. I'd say this game certainly takes a bit longer to teach than others. The reason for that isn't necessarily rules complexity...it's more the sheer amount of little rules to know that makes it a tougher one to teach. Aside from Ports the rules are very easy to understand, there's just a lot of minutia with all the various phases, tokens, timings, etc. Once the ayers get past the learning curve though, the game is pretty smooth.
sweet, thanks guys. :)
How many victory points do you need to win in a ffc mini expansion?
Hey! Loved your show, but I have a question.
The green ones are Tyrell house, right? When you play with 4 players tyrell is not available in a 4 players game or im wrong? Did you use a diferent rule? Im asking because I bought the game, and I want Martell house, but I wont have 6 players all the time.
Thanks in advance!
First of all, thank you for the kind words...much appreciated! To answer your question, we were actually playing with the A Feast For Crows Expansion and that changes many of the set up rules and positions as well as introducing House Arryn to the game. It also specifically calls for exactly those 4 houses to be played. House Arryn has it's own deck of house cards and objectives, but you still have to use the units and tokens from House Tyrell and that's why it looked like we played with them.
The main reason we played with the AFFC expansion is because it keeps the main spirit of the game intact, but plays in a much shorter time frame. AFFC is balanced to support exactly 4 players and the objective cards help keep things moving along.
Now for getting to play House Martell, I'm not familiar with any official rules to do that with less than 6 players unfortunately. Your best bet may be to head over to either the BGG or FFG variant forums and see what other people have tried or suggested. Hope this helps...thanks so much for watching!
Oh thanks! It all makes sense now!
Keep it up with your show, Im looking foward for more episodes (:
Hey Nicolas, I have heard of great variants regarding this game as the one for 4 players is not really balanced (read: blows).
4 Players: Rumble in the South
In this variant, Stark and Greyjoy are unplayable and their lands are impassable. The impassable regions thus include: Bay of Ice, Flint's Finger, Ironman's Bay, Seagard, The Mountains of the Moon and The Narrow Sea. This variant is excellent at creating a true 4-way battle with shifting alliances! However I tend to make the win condition only 6 castles instead of 7 to speed up the game.
I copy pasted this one from BGG. Should you be interested in other variants, simply type into google: "Game of thrones the board game variants".
What happens to power tokens when you march back to that territory you own, and had placed a power token there before?
As far as I know, the power token just stays in that space. It will then be there for other turns if you walk off the space again, or be removed when another player enters it. Hope this helps!
Board Game Replay all right, makes more sense than throwing to the thrash. Thanks for the info and great video! Lots of fun
Nice playthrough! Do you play sometimes cooperative games? Or you prefer straight competition?
We do play cooperative games, we just haven't had the chance to feature one on the show. It's something we'll likely do in the future!
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I'd love to see replay of Ghost Stories...
from what I read the feast for crows adds a new house as well but not sure
A Feast for Crows adds House Arryn to the game, but only with House cards and Objectives. It does not come with any physical board pieces to represent them so instead you use the components from House Tyrell. Hope that helps!
oh right that's what I heard and yeah it helped thank you :)
can House Arryn be used if you are doing a regular base game 5 player game?
+Indecision101 There are no official rules for doing so, but you could certainly house rule something. Just keep in mind that for this, House Arryn uses the same board pieces as House Tyrell.
Good video, but you played the wrong 4 houses first, in a 4 player game you can only play the starks, greyjoys, baratheons, and lanisters, 5 player game adds tyrells, and 6 player martels
for a three player you take out the greyjoys and the south and pyke cannot be taken
In this video we're playing with the Feast for Crows expansion, which changes the starting rules. It's designed to played EXACTLY 4 players and with these starting houses.
+Board Game Replay gotcha, sorry about that
No problem! Thank for checking out the video!
Where did you buy those little crow and sword?
+Vinícius Fto. I actually got them both from Amazon. I just searched for Game of Thrones Ice Sword, and Raven Statue. If you can't find them with that, let me know!
i have one question guys ships are mastered only in areas with port or at any area with caste or stronghold with sea next to it. i ask cause house arryn can't master ships if you need the port and it is kinda difficult to play without.
You actually don't need a port to muster into the sea areas. On page 9 of the rules, if you look at the Mustering Example box's number 3, it shows Riverrun mustering a ship and just adding it to an adjacent sea space (even though Riverrun has no port). Hope this helps!
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that helped and you are right i missed the example part. so arryn can recruit ships but if they lost it can't take the sea back since no port for them. also the Eyrie is consider as stronghold? since its the home area for arryn or as a castle . i couldn't find in the instructions of the expansion anything for that.
Fearisclose64 Hmm that's a good question. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I'll take a look tonight and get back to you!
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any luck so far?
Fearisclose64 Ok I just looked at there's nothing I can see that counts the Eyrie as a stronghold. It's purely a castle but does still provide you with 1 muster point. It's marked with the Highgarden garrison token at the start of the game to indicate that it's a home area as well. You are correct though, controlling the Eyrie does not let you muster ships because it does not have a port on, or adjacent to it.
I LOVE THIS GAME!!! i can't believe my friends don't like it :( and i can't play alone (duh) why can't they be more into it!?
Join us mate, we need the 4th player, we are tired of playing with only 3 :(
There is an online version, it's pretty good.
+Hannes Schwarz really?Is that still about, link?
The Panda
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How do you organize your pieces? My board is all busted up and I put all the pieces in a sack.
Hans Oliveira I just use small plastic bags for everything. Cards, pieces, etc. Sometimes I'll use a Plano box or some kind of other storage but I found the bags work just fine for this one.
Board Game Replay Someone told me the same, but I need to find where to buy little plastic bags. Thanks for the answer!
Which expansion is better, and how do they differ from the original games..... are they worth it? thanks for vid, and i love the original
I have only played AFFC expansion and I can't really say it's "better" than the original game per say. The biggest change is that AFFC is meant for exactly 4 players. It also introduces objective cards that each house can attempt to complete making the game move a bit faster. While the base game is fantastic, it can have some small issues with different player counts (a full 6 player game is really best). So with that in mind AFFC is a great way to get a lot of the experience of the base game, but balanced well for 4 players.
The other expansion A Dance With Dragons I haven't played, but it's meant for "expert" players. It requires exactly 6 players and no less. It gives every house a new hand of cards with completely different strengths and weaknesses from the base game. It also changes all the starting positions as well. It's something I really hope to try someday but just haven't had the time. I hope this helps!
Where did you get the big messenger raven?
+Ethan Newman Just a quick search on amazon for "Raven Statue" will get you what you need. It should run less than $20.
How often do you use all 9 footman unit in this game ? recently i found i copy with only 8 footman for lanister army. The price is $20 Cheaper. Is it worth it ?
+NaufalDrums I'd say putting ALL footmen out on the board isn't very common. Most of the time you'll be trading them up for other units. That said though, you may even be able to pick up that game and just email FFG for a replacement. They're pretty good about that stuff!
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Thank you so much for a quick response ! I will definitely pick this one up :) thank you thank you thank you !
You're very welcome, hope you enjoy it! :)
where did you guys got that iron throne and raven?
I actually just searched for them on Amazon and they came right up! Game of Thrones Iron Throne and "Raven Statue" and they should be there for you too!
do you have stratego ?
version for 9 players - boardgamegeek.com/thread/1579591/game-thrones-9-players-epic-variant
I want it
Whats that game with the Joker on it behind you ?? :o :o :o 0.51 sec :o pls reply :O
That's the DC Deckbuilding Game.
What is all those Resident Evil Board Games?
+Jeremy Orr It's The Resident Evil Deck Building Game. They're kind of broken in terms of game balance and flow...but they can be really thematic and fun game if you house rule a few of the problems. Overall it's a good game, just really suffers from a lack of playtesting.
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How do you get more ships and footmen?
Freya Mikaelson There are cards in the Westeros Deck that trigger Mustering in the game. Whenever that happens players are given a certain number of "Muster Points" depending on the number of castles and or strongholds they control. They can spend these points to either upgrade their existing units or place new units into areas they control (respecting their supply limits). Footmen and Ships cost 1, Knights and Siege Engines cost 2. Footmen already on the board can also be upgraded to either a Knight or Siege engine for 1 point. Hope that helps! :)
Gracias.
I'm right here full of jealous can't play Board Game cause no one to play with and i don't have Board Games :(
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How long did it take playing with expansion?
+Vinícius Fto. Since this expansion plays exactly 4 players and has the victory point conditions, it's generally over in about 2 hours. Hope that helps!
+Board Game Replay You all liked it or still prefer the regular game?
We like this one, only because it gets it to the table more often. 4 players and 2 hours is just easier to get together. The ideal experience with the base game is 6 for us though, so when we've got that many together and a good 5-6 hours, we'll go for the base game.
i think you play it wrong when you are taking castle or stronghold it count as 1
How did Tyrell get isolated all the way up there?
I think in this expansion green is playing the Arryns of the Vail, not the Tyrells.
I wish I could understand what they were saying...
is this better than game of thrones risk?
Well I can't say I've played Game of Thrones Risk but I'm generally not a fan of the basic Risk games, so if that's similar I'd certainly have to say this game is far better :)
yes
Sorry to break it to the Baratheon player but he didn't win the game. Strongholds are the big grey houses/castles on the board not the small brown ones, those are castles. Which means you guys were playing this game wrong. It would be way to easy for the Baratheons to get more castles then everyone else due to the fact that they have the most surrounding them, so why would it be worth 2 points?!?!?!
You're absolutely right! We actually had someone point this out to us in the comments a few months ago as well. An unfortunate mistake, but we were all so caught up in the excitement of the game that we missed it...Thanks for letting us know!
Board Game Replay Yeah no worries, hahahaha it is very easy to get swept up in this game I find. I just got this expansion a few days ago and found that it doesn't seem very balanced for an overall game play experience. The Lannisters just have a clear advantage to the game straight off the bat and the Starks are just dead in the water very quickly as well. Have you guys played more and found this to be the case as well? My friends and I are trying to put in some house rules and tinker around with maybe giving the Lannisters less stars and the Starks at least one. Might break the game or make it better we feel that it needs some work to make it better.
My2Cents I'll totally agree that Lannister starts this one off with a big advantage because he's already got a guaranteed victory point every round and King's Landing is well fortified. I think this is all by design though. With repeat plays, all the players know the power Lannister has holding that spot and can gang up pretty hard and take him down early. This actually makes it pretty tough for Lannister to combat if he doesn't plan accordingly (as you can see I tried giving up the space early to avoid getting crushed). With that said I think you'll rarely find true "balance" in a heavily social and political game. One player having a particularly strong, or weak starting strength just means that they have to find interesting ways to work the other players at the table. We've played a game where Stark formed early alliances due to his non-threatening position and wound up destroying us all by the end. That whole political aspect is really the heart of this game as it ties perfectly into the theme as well. If you've ever played Cosmic Encounter, it's similar. Some Alien powers in that game are significantly stronger than others (by design), to force heavy social interaction throughout the game.
That's just my 2 cents on it though. To each their own in finding what works best for the group!
lol...the show was based on the books.
After seeing this video, I don't think I will buy the game because it seems kind of hard.