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Old 01-05-2012, 10:19 PM   #280
Lonnie
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Midlothian, TX
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Originally Posted by mckerney View Post
I got the second edition of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game for Christmas and just played it for the first time the other day and really enjoyed it. It started very slowly due to it taking some time to absorb the rules and gameplay mechanics, but about an hour in we got all had a pretty good handle on them and after that there was nothing too difficult or complex for us.

It's a game for 3-6 plays and we had a 4 player game, and at least from our first play it seemed like it is ideally suited for 6 players. You win by capturing a 7th region with a castle or stronghold (or having the most after 10 rounds) and with only 4 there were too many neutral strongholds that could be captured without player to player combat (though with another play through we might have been more aggressive knowing this), and one of the players seemed to us at a disadvantage. I'm really looking forward to a chance to play it again with 6 people and most of us knowing how to play.

I know I have 1st or 2nd edition and have never really brought it out because of the abstract rules. However, once you read the books the rules start to make sense. So we should try building a thread off a GoT game and document it so others can see what we see.
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