Kirk Hamilton at Kotaku reviews one of my favorite board games:
The challenge of writing about this board game is that it is very, very complicated. I’d say “Don’t let that scare you off,” but if the idea of a super-duper complicated board game that requires four to six hours to play and many more to master turns you off, well, then maybe this isn’t the game for you. But if you’re up for it, A Game of Thrones: TBG is not only fun, it’s a damned accurate encapsulation of everything that makes George R.R. Martin’s books so enjoyable.
A game involves three to six players, each of whom represents one of the major houses from the books. In our game, I played as House Stark in the north, my friends played as Greyjoy in the west, Lannister to the south of him, House Tyrell in the southwest, and Baratheon in the southeast. Martell would have been in the far Southeast, but we were missing a sixth player.
If you like board games, or if you are at all a fan of George R. R. Martin’s books, you owe it to yourself to try this game.
