Mar 24, 2016
Episode 190: House Walden
Episode 190 for the week of February 28, 2016 in which the gentlemen are joined by returning guest host Jason Walden, Game Producer with Fantasy Flight Games. While sipping on an Arbor red and sampling lemon cakes, we chat about the Game of Thrones board game and expansions. We continue our reread of A Storm of Swords, specifically chapters 30 (Arya III). In the aftershow, we switch to Dornish wine and talk about season 5 of Game of Thrones.
Notes: Given that parts of the episode were reordered, the timeline is provided below:
- Board Game Chat: 0-23.
- FFG’s Trivia Game info: 23 – 29.
- Chapter Recap: 29 – 50.
- Aftershow, various topics: 50-59.
- Aftershow, season 5 chat: 59 – end.
The Jon artwork referred to during the show.
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- Azor Ahai Reborn (artist: acazigot)
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FTWard
I really enjoyed this.
I don’t know how many people would be interested in it but I’d love for Jason and Amin to do a real deep dive on either the base game or one of the expansions.
Go over openings, discuss the House cards in detail, explore potential end game strategies for each House etc.
Mar 24th, 2016
Jon Prose
Game of Thrones trivia…
How many kids does Cersei Lannister have?
3 or 4?
Yes.
Mar 24th, 2016
witless chum
Always good to hear from Jason Walden. Even though I’m not a board gamer, he clearly knows and loves the world very well.
Mar 26th, 2016
Euron=Euron
Euron has not been going anywhere special. Just the usual route. Follow the Corsair King. Oh and he is no Dario neither.
Also, there are no towns in the Dothrakhi Sea. They consider settlements as abominations. Read WoIaF
Mar 26th, 2016
A Podcast of Ice and Fire
Yeah we said it was partly Dothraki in that area (in book answer) but speculated the overall sparseness that still exists is due to an avoidance of having to fill out or commit to areas when not needed.
Apr 30th, 2016
Ivana
Kyle: “Wouldn’t you rather be spoiled by a well-written show, than a poorly constructed tweet?”
Amin: “But what if you’re spoiled by a well-constructed tweet, rather than a poorly written show?”
BEST. REPLY. EVER. 🙂
This is one of the reasons why I’m not going to be watching season 6. (Though the main reason is, well, why put myself through it, since it’s likely to be as awful as season 5?)
Apr 21st, 2016
A Podcast of Ice and Fire
Glad we can entertain along with inflame at times 🙂
Apr 30th, 2016
Panon
I’ve played with a mix of base cards and dance cards with my group using the Dance scenario setup and it has worked well:
Baratheon
Stanis Baratheon(dance)
Renly Baratheon
Sor Davos Seaworth
Melisandre (dance)
Brienne of Tarth
Jon Snow (dance)
Mance Rayder (dance)
Patch-Face
Stark
Eddard Stark
Rob Stark
Catelyn Stark
Ramsay Bolton(dance)
Fedor (dance)
Walton iron legs(dance)
Black fish
Walder Frey(dance)
Lannister
Tywin Lannister
Sor Jaime Lannister
Cersei Lannister
Tyrion Lannister
Sor Gregor Clegane
The Hound
Sor Kevan Lannister
Sor Llyn Payne(dance)
Greyjoy
Euron Crow’s Eye(dance)
Victarion Greyjoy
Balon Greyjoy
Asha Greyjoy
Aeron Wet-hair
Rodrik, the reader(dance)
Theon Greyjoy
Qarl Donzel (dance)
Martell
Red Viper
Doran Martell
Aero Hotah(dance)
Quentyn Martell(dance)
Arianne Martell
Obara Sand
Nymeria Sand
Sor Gerris Drinkwater(dance)
Tyrell
Mace Tyrell
Sor Loras Tyrell
Queen of Throns(dance)
Margery Tyrell (dance)
Sor Garlan
Willas Tyrell(dance)
Randyll Tarly(dance)
Alester Florent
The point in this list is NOT to represent any specific moment in the books, but instead give each house the most access to unique and interesting habilities gameplay wise, as well as a good representation of the more iconic characters (some, like qyburn for lannister and rose bolton for stark, were left out for balance reasons).
Yes, some houses will get stronger or weaker by this, but that’s just a different experience than the dance scenario where that already happened (and to be truthfull, at the base game as well, but to a lesser extent).
With this list each house has 8 cards instead of 7, so when you play your second to last one, you get all the other 6 back.
Sep 30th, 2018
Panon
As for the base game Lannister X Greyjoy, the problem is: Greyjoy has a bet to make. He can start being agressive towards Lannister, and then if it happens to come a muster card, he’s in a VERRY strong position. If not, Lannister will take back what he lost, and neighter of then are going to win…
But in a game of 6 players, if you have a 1/3 chance of gaining a huge advantage, you take that bet and hope for the best. That makes greyjoy the strongest house in my opinion, as they have a bigger chance of winning then the others before the game starts.
Sep 30th, 2018
A Podcast of Ice and Fire
Thanks for your comment, we always appreciate getting feedback or comments resulting from our episodes, particularly older ones. We should be having Jason on again later this year with the release of the new expansion.
Oct 2nd, 2018
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