A Game of Thrones C o m po n en t Li st “The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes.
A Game of Thrones Neutral Force Tokens Co mpone nt Ove rvi ew Represent the forces of independent areas unwilling to submit to player control without resistance. The following list briefly describes the components found in A Game of Thrones: The Board Game. Game Board Garrison Tokens Displays the continent of Westeros and several important game tracks. Represent the inherent defensive strength of each player’s home area.
A Game of Thrones G A ME SET U P 5. Place Game Round Marker: Place the Game Round marker on the “1” position of the Round track. Before playing the game, perform the following steps in order: 1. Prepare the Game Board: Unfold the game board and place it in the center of the play area. 6. Determine Player Houses: Each player now selects which House he wishes to control during the game (Stark, Lannister, Greyjoy, Tyrell, Baratheon, or Martell).
A Game of Thrones Setup Diagram (four-player example) 4 19 1 5 3 2 6 12 17 16 17 8 13 20 15 14 15 11 17 16 13 15 14 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14 17 16 13 7 15 9 19 16 13 10 14 19 18 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
A Game of Thrones The Player Screen Important Terms! 1 Be sure to read and understand the following terms before continuing: Unit: A plastic Ship, Footman, Knight, or Siege Engine. Other component types (including Garrisons, Neutral Forces, or Influence tokens) are not units. 4 3 Area: A region of Westeros as depicted on the game board and divided by white or red borders. An area is either a sea area (red borders) or a land area (white borders).
A Game of Thrones T he G a m e R o u n d A Game of Thrones: The Board Game is played over 10 game rounds, each consisting of the following three phases: The Westeros Cards 1. The Westeros Phase (skipped game round 1) The top card of each Westeros deck is drawn, after which each card is resolved in order (I, II, then III). Westeros cards represent important game procedures and events. There are three decks of Westeros cards, each marked with a roman numeral.
A Game of Thrones Westeros Card: Supply Supply Example Lannister has recently lost control of Riverrun and Seagard to Greyjoy (each of which contains a single Supply icon). During a later Westeros Phase, a “Supply” card is revealed. Due to the loss of these areas, Lannister must now adjust his actual Supply from 5 to 3. Before the “Supply” card is drawn, Lannister has four armies of 4, 3, 2, and 2 units.
A Game of Thrones Westeros Card: Mustering Mustering Example 3 The “Mustering” Westeros card represents the efforts of the great Houses in calling their bannermen to action, in training and outfitting warriors, assembling warships, and constructing massive engines of war. 1 When resolving the “Mustering” Westeros card, each player, in turn order, may recruit new units into each area he controls that contains a Castle or Stronghold.
A Game of Thrones Westeros Card: Clash of Kings Bidding on the Influence Tracks When bidding on each Influence track, players first hide all their available power tokens behind their player screens. Then each player secretly places any number of his available power tokens into his hand, hiding them in a closed fist. Once all players have made their selections, everyone simultaneously reveals their bid by opening their hands.
A Game of Thrones The Influence Tracks and Dominance Tokens The game board features three different Influence tracks: The Iron Throne track, the Fiefdoms track, and the King’s Court track. The player in the highest position on each track receives a specific Dominance token: The Iron Throne, the Valyrian Steel Blade, or the Messenger Raven. The effects of each Influence track and its respective Dominance token are described below.
A Game of Thrones T h e Planning Pha se For example (in a six-player game), the House in position “1” of the Kings Court Influence Track may use up to 3 special orders (as indicated by the three stars on the “1” position) during the Planning Phase. The House in 4th position, however, may use only one special order, while the House in 5th position may use no special orders at all. During this phase, players secretly issue orders to areas on the game board.
A Game of Thrones Order Token Summary The Raid Order The Support Order Raid Orders represent aggressive incursions and pillaging of enemy lands. They aim to disrupt enemy plans and drain him of precious resources. Support Orders represent both logistical and martial assistance to forces engaged in nearby battle. Not only may support be granted to a player’s own combat needs, but to that of another player.
A Game of Thrones T h e Action Phas e Example of Raid Order Resolution During the Action Phase, players resolve all orders that were assigned to the game board during the Planning Phase. The Action Phase is resolved by performing the following steps: There are five Raid Orders on the board. Lannister has Raid Orders at The Reach and in the Sunset Sea, Greyjoy has a Raid Order in the West Summer Sea, Tyrell has a Raid Order at the Dornish Marches, while Baratheon has a Special Raid Order at Stoney Sept.
A Game of Thrones 2. Resolve March Orders March Order Example In turn order, each player resolves one of his March Orders on the game board. If a player has no such orders remaining, he simply skips any further action during this step. Keep cycling through the turn order, with each player resolving one March Order at a time, until no March Orders remain on the game board. Play then proceeds to the “Resolve Consolidate Power Orders” step.
A Game of Thrones 3. Resolve Consolidate Power Orders Consolidate Power Order Example In turn order, each player resolves one of his Consolidate Power Orders on the game board. If a player has no such orders remaining, he simply skips any further action during this step. Keep cycling through the turn order, with each player resolving one of his Consolidate Power Orders until none remain on the game board. Play then proceeds to the “Clean Up” step.
A Game of Thrones C o m bat Whenever a player marches one or more of his units into an area containing units from another House, combat ensues. Unit Combat Strengths Each unit type contributes a specific amount of Combat Strength to combat: Combat is resolved by comparing the total Combat Strength of the battling sides. The victor is the player who gathers the highest Combat Strength. Footman: Adds 1 Combat Strength.
A Game of Thrones Other Rules for Support Orders: ɇɇ When a player grants support, his Support Order token is not Support Example removed after the combat. A Support Order may support any number of adjacent combats in the same game round. Tyrell is marching an army of two Knights from The Reach into Blackwater with a +1 March Order. Blackwater contains one Lannister Footman and a Lannister -1 March Order.
A Game of Thrones House Card Breakdown 1. Leader Name and Artwork: The artwork and name 2 identifying a personality from A Song of Ice and Fire. 2. Combat Strength: The Combat Strength of a revealed House card is added to its player’s Combat Strength. 2 1 3. Text Ability: The House card’s special ability that may affect the combat or some other aspect of the game. 4. Combat Icons: Cards without text abilities instead provide one or more sword and/or fortification icons. 4 3.
A Game of Thrones 4. Use Valyrian Steel Blade 6. Combat Resolution If either the attacker or the defender holds the Valyrian Steel Blade token, that player now has the option of using its ability to provide +1 to his total Combat Strength. If used, flip the token to its faded side, as a reminder that it cannot be used again this round. The combat is concluded by performing the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
A Game of Thrones 3. Defeated Player Suffers Casualties: The defeated player must destroy one unit in the embattled area for each Sword icon of the victorious player minus the number of Fortification icons of the defeated player (if the result is zero or less, the defender takes no casualties). Retreating and Routing Example Baratheon has just attacked and defeated Tyrell in the Kingswood. Tyrell has taken his casualties and must retreat.
A Game of Thrones Ot h e r Rul e s T he Sp ecial Orde rs W i l dLi n g Attack s In addition to 10 normal Order tokens, each House also has five Special Order tokens. A player may use any of his 10 normal Order tokens during the Planning Phase, but may use only as many Special Order tokens as he has stars on his King’s Court Influence track position. In the icy north, an army of barbaric wildlings gather to descend upon the continent of Westeros.
A Game of Thrones If the wildling strength exceeds the strength of the Night’s Watch, the wildlings are victorious. Players now resolve the “Consequences of a Wildling Attack” as described in the section below. Example of Ship Transport 5. Adjust Wildlings Track: If the Night’s Watch are victorious, immediately reset the Wildling Threat token to “0“ on the Wildlings track. If the wildlings are victorious, however, the Wildling Threat token is only moved back two positions (to a minimum of “0”). 6.
A Game of Thrones Controlling Home Areas Co ntroll ing Area s A House is said to control a land area when it has at least one Footman, Knight, or Siege Engine in the area, or has previously established control in that area by placing a Power token there (see below). Each House has a home area marked by its House shield (printed directly on the game board).
A Game of Thrones Other Port Rules Ports ɇɇ Ships units may march from an adjacent sea area into a friendly Port, or may march from a Port into an adjacent sea area. However, Ship units may never march into a Port owned by another player. ɇɇ Ship units in a Port may support a combat in the adjacent sea area but may not support a combat in any adjacent land area (not even in its connected land area). Ship units in a Port provide no defensive Combat Strength to a combat in its connected land area.
A Game of Thrones Neut ral Force Token s Attacking a Neutral Force Tyrell wishes to march into Sunspear from Yronwood. However, Sunspear contains a Neutral Force token with a strength of 5. The Tyrell army contains 1 Knight and 1 Footman and is using the March +1 Special order, giving Tyrell a total of 4 Combat Strength. To bring his Combat Strength to 5, Tyrell calls upon his Support order in the Sea of Dorne, where a single Ship unit grants him 1 supporting Combat Strength.
A Game of Thrones G am e Board Featu res While the game board consists mainly of land and sea areas, there are three unique features that deserve additional explanation: Rivers: These watery boundaries prevent movement between the land areas they divide. In other words, two areas separated by a river are not, for any game purpose (marching, supporting, raiding, etc) considered adjacent.
A Game of Thrones Playi ng W i t h F e w e r t h a n six p lay e r s Five-Player Games In a five-player game, House Martell cannot be chosen as a player House. During setup for a five-player game, place the nine Neutral Force tokens marked with the “4-6” and “4-5” player ranges on the game board, matching the name on each Neutral Force token to its corresponding area on the map. Make sure all Neutral Force tokens are placed with the correct player range face up.
A Game of Thrones T i d es o f Battl e After resolving casualties from Sword icons, players resolve any Skull icons on drawn Tides of Battle cards as follows: Tides of Battle is an optional module to A Game of Thrones: The Board Game that adds an element of unpredictably and deadliness to combat.
A Game of Thrones Playtesters: Greg Benage, Daniel Lovat Clark, Mike Dockerty, Cre dits Producer: Jason Walden Tony Doepner, Gabriel Dudrey, David Gagner, John Goodenough, Derek Goodwin, Darrell Hardy, Patrick Harrigan, Carl Hotchkiss, Chris Hulke, Eric M.
A Game of Thrones Now that you’ve experienced the intrigue and excitement of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, see the Seven Kingdoms in a whole new way with Battles of Westeros! This epic board game of battlefield tactics lets players control either House Stark, the stoic and honorable wards of Winterfell, or House Lannister, a cunning force funded by an endless supply of gold.
A Game of Thrones Index Dominance Tokens....................................................11 Iron Throne Token............................................................... 11 Action Phase, The......................................................14 Messenger Raven Token................................................... 11 Resolve Consolidate Power Orders.............................. 16 Valyrian Steel Blade Token.............................................. 11 Resolve March Orders..............
