Conquering Westeros!
Nov. 14th, 2021 08:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torkellThe occasional church board game group met up again this afternoon to have a crack at Game of Thrones! JR picked House Stark, S picked Greyjoy (squids!), Other S went for Lannister (lions!), my sister chose Tyrell (Tudors! - because they have the rose as their emblem), and that left me with House Baratheon. After watching an unintentionally hilarious Youtube tutorial (fork!) we felt we had enough of an idea of the rules to give it a go.
Things very quickly settled into three separate areas: S and Other S dueled over the western side of the board, JR steadily conquered all of the north with little opposition, and my sister and I quickly realised that fighting for lands in the south would not end well for either of us and agreed a truce. This lasted for three rounds, with I think my sister in the lead... and then while planning the fourth rounds, I realised that if I broke the truce I could claim a win! Well, this is Game of Thrones, so with her encouragement House Baratheon sent a seige engine via four ships to flatten one neutral force, strolled into a second area, and waltzed into a House Tyrell land which had been left undefended in an earlier round to claim 7 castles for the win!
Naval power turned out to be surprisingly effective - I had ships throughout the entire southeast of the map which meant I could launch attacks to/from any of the coastal areas. I think a single siege engine ended up responsible for destroying three sets of neutral forces. The truce with my sister also helped, along with always bidding high on the Iron Throne - if she'd been able to move before me, she could have heavily reinforced her lands to prevent my win.
Things very quickly settled into three separate areas: S and Other S dueled over the western side of the board, JR steadily conquered all of the north with little opposition, and my sister and I quickly realised that fighting for lands in the south would not end well for either of us and agreed a truce. This lasted for three rounds, with I think my sister in the lead... and then while planning the fourth rounds, I realised that if I broke the truce I could claim a win! Well, this is Game of Thrones, so with her encouragement House Baratheon sent a seige engine via four ships to flatten one neutral force, strolled into a second area, and waltzed into a House Tyrell land which had been left undefended in an earlier round to claim 7 castles for the win!
Naval power turned out to be surprisingly effective - I had ships throughout the entire southeast of the map which meant I could launch attacks to/from any of the coastal areas. I think a single siege engine ended up responsible for destroying three sets of neutral forces. The truce with my sister also helped, along with always bidding high on the Iron Throne - if she'd been able to move before me, she could have heavily reinforced her lands to prevent my win.
