A Game of Thrones: The Board Game News

Those of the town gathered to hear the king's proclamation, an announcement of great importance was set to be made after the arrival of one of the king's ravens...

The king of Westeros, crowned through battle and diplomacy declares that upon the date of April 07 a new DLC for A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition will be launching on Steam! Be sure to learn more about the upcoming A Dance with Dragons DLC by reading the below information. Be sure to pick up the base game at 20% off to celebrate the launch of this DLC!

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Radically change your strategy in the war for the Iron Throne with new cards, and a new starting set up caused by many years of war and the evolution of Westeros. Will you be able to take on the challenge of this expert 6-round scenario against the other houses of the Seven Kingdoms?



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Beware the dangers that approach from all sides and use your diplomacy and tactics to seize the Iron Throne for your house!

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Greetings fellow members of the seven Great Houses,

We gather here today to discuss the coming of a new patch for Westeros, a guiding light in our objective to bring about a greater life for all those that live within the Seven Kingdoms. Please read on as to discover what awaits you the next time you venture through these lands and wage war for the coveted Iron Throne:



[h2]Patch Notes:[/h2]

[h3]Bug Fixes:[/h3]

• Soft Lock - If an AI gained its seventh castle through battle for a neutral territory, the game would soft lock.
  
• Soft Lock - If a player denied support to an AI attacking neutral territory, the AI will get stuck in a support request loop
  
• Cards: Patchface would not remove the last card in hand correctly
  
• Rules: If a house is moved to last on the Iron Throne track through Doran Martell, their turn can be skipped
  
• Rules: Several rule fixes and clarifications made
  
• Ports: If a port was made uncontrolled due to card effects, ships would not be correctly dealt with
  
• Chat: he first letter of chat messages was frequently missed or dropped
  
• Main Menu: The "Quit Game" prompt would stack if "escape" was hit repeatedly in the main menu
  
• Lobby Matches: Live games would not give a prompt when saving and exiting
  
• UI: Wildling Track details were hidden by influence track bidding
  
• UI: Combat prompts would not progress if you panned away from battle
  
• UI: Battle Prompting would not display in southern areas of the map at two zoom levels
  
• UI: Battle Values would not be visible as Martel when attacking Tyrell from East to West Summer Sea
  

[h3]New Features:[/h3]

• Tooltips have been updated
  

To everyone who has reported bugs, provided details, given feedback; we want to offer our greatest thanks possible and assure you that our improvements and changes for A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition have not stopped. We are already working on a new patch to address further concerns of the community and will communicate more on this in the future.

Thank you and may the gods you worship bring you favor in battle and triumph in war!

Westeros needs a king to sit upon the Iron Throne. The Great Houses are battling with their armies, diplomacy and subterfuge in order to be the one that will seize control and take what they deem as theirs by rights! Lead one of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms by purchasing A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition at a 20% discount before it ends on January 05 2021!

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“We've Finally Got A Great Game Of Thrones Game.”
Kotaku

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition is the digital adaptation of the top-selling strategy board game from Fantasy Flight Games. Players will spread their influence across Westeros using strategic planning, masterful diplomacy, and military might. Conquer lands with your bannermen, forge alliances, rally your townsfolk, or even cunningly coerce your way to the Iron Throne.

“An excellent experience in both single- and multi-player.”
4/5 – Screen Rant



“A must-buy for any Game of Thrones gamers or fans. Excellent all-around.”
4.5/5 – Hey Poor Player

Always remember that today’s foe can be tomorrow’s ally, as can be the inverse! Use negotiation and deception to gain power and influence across the lands, but never forget the threat from the north… Wildlings gather, and all players will need to band together to defend the wall. If not, the repercussions could be disastrous…

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When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die...

Greeting to all those who covet the Iron Throne!

It has been one month since A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition was released. We have remained, unbowed, unbent and unbroken in the face of the battles that came and have fought to ensure that the experience of all players is the best it can be. We want to thank every player that has taken a part in the Game of Thrones for your tireless passion, feedback and bug reports to help us make this the best game it possibly can be!

Over the past month we have released a number of new features and fixed a number of bugs that were causing issues for players, thanks to all of your feedback. Take a few moments to review all of the changes that we have made below, to improve the experience of all users:

New Features & Implementations

• Live Game Mode - A feature that is enabled by the game host. It ensures that when a player leaves the match they are immediately replaced by a bot for the interim of their absence. This feature provides users with a more syncronous play experience.
  
• Player clock visibility - We made additional changes to allow users to see the time left on all user's player clocks. This provides more visibility into the state of other player's remaining time.
  
• Visual feedback on Bot replacement - Some users were not aware of when a user was replaced with a bot. To help users identify this switch, a new visual feedback for this was added.
  
• Passwords removed for friend matches - As invites were required for friend matches, the password requirement was removed to meet player demands.
  
• Password no longer required after joining match - Once a match with a password is joined, you no longer require to enter it again at a later point. This was to reduce input requirements on players and hasten reconnections to matches.
  
• All players can now see the time remaining on other's player clocks
  
• A new visual feedback has been added for when a player is replaced by a bot

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue causing the game to soft-lock upon a player forfeiture.
  
• Cards from a player's hand will no longer get stuck in the middle of your screen.
  
• Ports can now be appropriately raided by adjascent territories.
  
• You will now receive an additional power token when a ship occupies a castle's port.
  
• Sir Rodrik spelling error has now been corrected.
  
• You can now select ships in port for Wildling card effects that require units to be destroyed
  
• Patchface card interactions with other cards, such as Roose Bolton, have been fixed
  
• Patchface now resolves correctly when the opponent has no cards in hand.
  
• The Direwolf card being played if a user has no more cards to play will no longer cause a user to get all 7 cards back to their hand.
  
• Betting on tracks no longer appears as "?/X" where X could be a random number for some users. This will now only display as "?"
  
• Soft lock - If someone loses all their cards outside of combat, they have none when next combat begins. Cards should now be correctly returned.
  
• Boats are now properly destroyed when losing an area with a port attached.
  
• Territories on land are no longer capable of supporting the sea in some edge cases.
  
• A Vassal using Beric Dondarrion will no longer soft lock if the only participating unit was a Garrison.
  
• If a player leaves during their turn and an AI takes over, the game will no longer soft lock.
  
• Order tokens that mysteriously changed when revealed should no longer change.
  
• Lannister should now be able to properly retreat to Lannisport from Golden Sound when losing combat.
  
• You no longer need to use a power token to keep your home castle if it is reclaimed after losing it.
  
• A siege engine lost as a result of combat is no longer counted amongst the units to destroy by card effects.

Looking to the future

As we move into the future of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition more changes will come on raven wings, we want to assure you that we remain committed to improving the game to provide you with the best play experience possible. We will continue to deploy new patches and improvements, and keep you up to date with any potential new content coming down the line!

Greeting to all those who covet the Iron Throne!

In this blog we will share with you some great tips and tricks about how you can become one of the greatest rulers that the Seven Kingdoms has ever seen! Read on, if you have the courage to seize the Iron Throne and claim what is yours by rights!

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Basic Tips

1. [h3]Play the Tutorial[/h3]
   A 3-step tutorial is available for any new players to A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition. Each of these three tutorials will focus on a core aspect of the game: Ordering your troops, resource management, Mustering, Events as well as the alliance gameplay features!
   
2. [h3]Finish the Digital Exclusive Challenges[/h3]
   Set during the War of the Five Kings, the ten digital exclusive challenge missions will put the player in the role of some of the Great Houses after the death of King Robert Baratheon. With unique set ups and winning conditions, these missions will provide you with the perfect training in more advanced mechanics of the game to help you master the core gameplay of each house!

Pro Tips - Strategies per Great House

[h2]House Lannister - "Hear me roar"[/h2]
The Lannisters start the game surrounded by foes, but consequently they are all within your reach. Strike alliances with those willing and advance slowly, but surely... Make them hear your roar as you claim territories and grow your strength.

The Lannisters face early challenges, being surrounded by many enemies, yet they do have the tools needed to succeed.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• Take the Sunset Sea, whilst you reinforce the Golden Sound with ships to push the Greyjoy away from you.
  
• Use the Messenger Raven for riskier plays, as you will be able to react to your opponents strategies.
  
• Take the Searoad Marches with only a footman to avoid appearing too aggressive towards House Tyrell.

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Use support from the Golden Sound and raid from Sunset Sea to control the area
  
• Take Flint's Finger and push eastward using your amle supplies
  
• Negotiate with the Stark to take down the Greyjoy

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Betray the Stark when the opportunity presents itself!
  
• Use feints to deceive the Baratheon as to where you will attack.
  
• Take Highgarden if the Martell is keeping Tyrell busy.

[h2]House Stark - "Winter is Coming"[/h2]

You are the Warden of the North, the shield of your people. As such you will need to conquer and hold vital chokepoints leading to your lands.Winter is coming, and you with it!

The Starks benefit from a defensible start and are good at playing around spreading their influence.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• Take Moat Caillin and brace yourself for the Greyjoy and lannister Assaults.
  
• Take the surrounding Supplies to compensate for your start.
  
• Start recruiting troops in Winterfell for the war to come.

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• You cannot defeat the Baratheon or Greyjoy on the seas, but you can be a risky tarket. Take control of the Narrow Sea and threaten the Seagard to dissuade any invasions.
  
• Use your influence advantage to outbid your opponents during events or on the influence track.
  
• If the Greyjoy is too big of a threat, you can always team up with the Lannisters.

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• You probably will not be able to grab seven castles, but you can aim for the Eyrie.
  
• Take the Seagard and Flint's Finger.
  
• Advance towards Riverrun to win by castle Majority.

[h2]House Greyjoy - "We do not sow"[/h2]

True sea raiders, the Greyjoy are most powerful at sea. Use your uncontested navy to hide your true intentions and threaten wider areas. Choose one target and crush them. You will not be able to recruit enough troops for a war on two fronts. You do not sow, for they will pay the iron price.

As an aggressive House, the Greyjoys will be relying on an early rush and sea control.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• You are the strongest in the early game with the Valyrian Sword token, don't be afraid to pick a fight.
  
• If you choose to go against the Stark, try to come to an agreement with the Lannisters to delay their inevitable backstabbing. Start heading towards Moat Callin whilst taking the Bay of Ice.
  
• If you choose to fight the Lannisters instead, take Riverrun and Seagard to accumulate power tokens as to defned your Valyrian Sword. Make a move on Lannisport as soon as you are strong enough!

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Whoever you chose to attack, you now need to burn their capital down and sieze as many castles as you can!
  
• As you will probably be the most aggressive player, prepare to face a coalition by increasing your defenses and striking a deal with the Martell.

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• With one of your neighbors dealt with, turn your attention toward the other. They will kindly provide you with the castles you require for victory!
  
• Do not be afraid to use your superior mobility to snatch up vulnerable castles around the map.

[h2]House Baratheon - "Ours is the fury"[/h2]

As the true heir to the Iron Throne, you start close to King's Landing. Use your navy in support as to ensure that none will challenge your might. Be wary though, as you will need to control Blackwater to field a respectable army. Once you have landed, fury will be yours!

The Baratheons have many opportunities as a very versatile House.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• Use your three movement orders to take control of King's Landing and the areas around it.
  
• Aim for Blackwater and the Reach, but keep some forces back to gain the much-needed Power tokens.
  
• Be sure to control the sea for protection and future opportunities.

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Both the Stark and Martell are prime targets for a naval invasion, but be wary of the card "Doran Martell". It may be used to throw you off form an Influence track. Counter it, or wait for the card to be discarded before attacking them!
  
• You may find your position inland contested by the Tyrell and Lannister, so avoid heading too far from the support of your ships!

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Winning with the seventh castle is hard, but you may be able to get six castles, ensuring a strong chance of victory!
  
• You can either try to completely take over the Stark or Martell, or alternatively defend the Reach, Harrenhal and Storms End through extensive support from fortified positions.

[h2]House Tyrell - "Growing Strong"[/h2]

The court may disregard you, but you will show them what the Tyrells are made of. You will not be able to recruit at first, but you have a great defensive position. Bide your time, grow strong and when the time is ripe, sieze the throne for yourself!

The Tyrells have a weak early game, which will blossom into a strong late game.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• Grab Oldtown as well as Prince's Pass
  
• Gather as much influence as possible to climb on the King's Court and be able to recruit.
  
• Negotiate a peace with lannister. You both have an enemy to deal with first, in your case: Martell.

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• By nowyou should have started gathering an army. Use it to contest Starfell and the Reach.
  
• Use your 0 and 4 power cards to disrupt your enemy's plans.

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• It is your time to bloom, use "Ser Loras" to take a capital, be it sunspear or Lannisport.
  
• If you are strong enough, you may try to wrestle control of King's Landing out of Baratheon's grasp.

[h2]House Martell - "Unbowed, unbent, unbroken"[/h2]

You lack opportunities to expand, but picking a fight with you is deadly. As the Viper, you must be dissuasive before striking. Once you are ready, take over your neighbours and show your enemies why you remain Unbowed, Unbent and Unbroken!

A beginner friendly House, with a powerful defence and limited opportunities.

[h3]Early Game Strategy:[/h3]

• Build a navy in the Sea of Dorne with a boat in Subspear and one in the East Summer Sea.
  
• Grab as many castles as possible.
  
• If you plan to attack the Tyrell, do it with a knight to avoid Mace Tyrell.

[h3]Mid-Game strategy:[/h3]

• Try to cripple the Tyrell before the grow their defenses.
  
• Propose an alliance with the Stark against Baratheon. A conjoint naval attack will open many more opportunities for you!
  
• Take Storm's End with the support of your fleet.

[h3]Late-Game strategy:[/h3]

• You can aim for the seventh castle victory by taking The Reach and Highgarden
  
• Use Arianne Martell to prevent cheeky attacks. Your opponents will need to commit lots of resources to take you on.

[h2]When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die...[/h2]
We hope that this guide proves to be a helping hand in the battles to come, giving you a strong plan of action how to handle your diplomacy, combat and influence as you fight to become the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms!

Be sure to pick up your copy of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition if you haven't already and remember to leave a review as we always appreciate every players feedback!

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