I was lucky to be the first to playtest this game on Thursday morning of Gencon.

A Song of Ice and Fire: The Adventure Game is set in the land of Westeros. In fact, the map looks very similar to A Game of Thrones. Players each control one unique hero from one of the different houses. Each hero has unique stats, health, morale, and special abilities.

Your goal is to have the highest scores in each of three categories at the end of six rounds of play. If you reach 20 in all three categories then you automatically win.

Each round you receive a given number of action points based on a story card that is drawn at the beginning of the round. These actions points are then used to move, fight battles, draw and use cards, and rest. You gain points by fighting and winning encounters and by completing various tasks as assigned by the cards you play.

There are tons of cards in this game. There is a deck of cards that is specific to each house and then there is a separate deck of "raven" cards. The house cards generally give you allies, bonuses, items, and story plots to complete. The raven cards are used to attack your foes.

I played in House Tyrell as the Queen of Thorns whose quote still just said, "quote". Despite being a woman of few words she rocked the Westeros universe and easily won the game, mostly due to my elite skill and gaming prowess.

I had to sign an agreement that said I would not talk about any of my comments or opinions on the game. The main reason for this is that the game is a work in progress. Elements of the game could be changed and then my comments would be irrelevant...

Anyway, what I can say is that if you like adventure type games with a character-building feel then this will probably be a great game for you.

Thanks Mike Z for the playtest!