How to Play

A Game of Thrones

3-5 players 180-180 min 7.2 Board Game Geek Rating

Players command great Houses of Westeros, battling for the Iron Throne through strategic warfare, diplomacy, and resource management. Using a unique phase system, participants simultaneously issue orders to armies, control key characters, and gather winter supplies while navigating political intrigue and combat to achieve territorial dominance over the realm.

Published 2003

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Place port tokens

Position the eight port tokens on their corresponding locations: Winterfell (Bay of Ice), Lannisport, Dragonstone, Pyke, Oldtown (Redwyne Straits), White Harbor (The Narrow Sea), Sunspear (East Summer Sea), and Storm's End (Shipbreaker Bay)

Understand port positioning

Ports function as special areas located between the land and sea area they connect

Establish port ownership

Only the player controlling the connected land area may use the port and is considered the port's "owner"

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Occupy ports with ships only

Port areas may only contain Ship units, with a maximum of three ships at any time

Maintain supply compliance

Multiple Ship units in a Port are considered an army and must comply with supply limits

Muster ships in ports

When mustering new units from a connected land area, place Ship units directly in the Port or in the adjacent sea area

Muster despite enemy presence

Ships may be mustered into a connected Port even if the connected sea area contains enemy Ship units

Assign orders to port units

Ship units in a Port must receive an Order token during the Assign Orders step of the Planning Phase

March ships from ports

Ships may march from an adjacent sea area into a friendly Port, or from a Port into an adjacent sea area

Support from ports

Ships in a Port may support combat in the adjacent sea area but may not support combat in any adjacent land area, including the connected land area

Raid from ports

Ships in a Port may raid the adjacent sea area but may not raid any adjacent land area

Raid ports from sea

Ships in a connected sea area may raid a Port, but enemy units in adjacent land areas may not raid a Port

Resolve Consolidate Power in ports

If enemy ships occupy the connected sea area, any Consolidate Power Order on the Port is removed without effect; otherwise it resolves normally as if in a land area with no Power icons

Restrict Special Consolidate Power

A Special Consolidate Power Order cannot muster units if placed on a port but may still collect power as normal

Winning

How to claim victory.

Capture enemy ports

When successfully attacking and taking control of a land area connected to a Port, immediately replace any enemy Ship units in the Port with an equal number of your own available Ship units

Trade with the Free Cities

When the "Game of Thrones" Westeros card is resolved, receive one Power token for each friendly Port containing at least one friendly Ship unit, as long as the connected sea area does not contain enemy Ships (in addition to collecting power for each Power icon)