A Game of Thrones: The Board Game. Players must give orders to armies, control important characters, gather resources for the coming winter, and survive the onslaught of their enemies in order to win dominance over the land.
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Supporting Routed Units in A Game of Thrones
In FFG's A Game of Thrones boardgame, can routed units be supported?
In a recent game, one player (the aggressor) attacked another (the defender) but was defeated. His routed units had to retreat ...
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Game of Thrones: ship rules
It's really not clear to us how ships works in Game of Thrones
Can you use a ship (an empty one, not carrying land units) to attack a castle/fortress/territory/port?
What happens if you attack ...
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Can routed ships retreat to port in the same sea area?
Playing the Game of Thrones board game and using the Clash of Kings Port rules expansion, I was Stark and my ships in the Narrow Sea were attacked by Baratheon and lost. Baratheon didn't have any ...
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Can you support through ships in Game of Thrones?
In Game of Thones, one can send attacking troops to a distant region in one order with a chain of ships. Does this also apply to support orders?
That is, can I support a combat with land troops in ...
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What regions count towards support of another region?
When attacking from a region into another region, do supporting units from territories connected to the region the attackers are coming from count toward their total strength? Or is it only supporting ...
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Is the 4-player variant unbalanced? Is there a fix?
In Game of Thrones (second edition):
I have marveled at the balancing put into this game, specifically for 3-player games, where the whole south of the map is blocked, forcing the game to stay in the ...
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What's new in A Game of Thrones 2nd Edition?
I recently acquired the 2nd Edition of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game. I've played the older edition for years.
I'm having people over to play the new version later today, many of whom are ...
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What is done with discarded Tides of Battle cards?
In A Game of Thrones Second Edition there is an optional rule variant to use the included Tides of Battle (TOB) cards.
However, the rule book does not mention what is to be done with the discards.
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Can I voluntarily kill my own units?
My question is about the second edition, if it makes a difference.
From the Supply section:
A player is never allowed to take any action in the game that would
cause him to exceed his actual ...
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Is house Baratheon meant to be able to expand this quickly?
We just played a 4 player game of Game of Thrones and wondered a bit about the balance of house Baratheon. Unlike in the 3 player game where all of the southern zones are excluded from the game and ...
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When can sea units support land battles, and vice versa?
In the 1st edition rule book it is explained that ships can support an adjacent battle:
Ship units may support adjacent combat in a sea area or a ...
But what if I'm attacking from a spot that ...
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What is the value of the Iron Throne track?
I have only played the game once, but after that experience I do not see why anyone would bid on the Iron Throne track.
The main advantage it offers is to go first, but I never could see a use in it. ...
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In Game of Thrones naval battles, do land units on the ship count?
If I have moved units on to a ship, and then that ship gets attacked, do I add their points to my defense power?
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Can I exceed the maximum Army size by moving in more units?
Lets say I have two units at Winterfell, and two units at White Harbor. I can march from White Harbor. Can I do that with both units and march to Winterfell, and by doing so break the maximum limit of ...
