Let's take the next two weeks off work to play all of these Game of Thrones games. The best board, computer, and mobile games for GoT fans, with reviews.
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Are you a keeper of secrets from throughout the Seven Kingdoms? Possess the charisma to inspire others to follow you, the strength to be victorious in battle, the strategic foresight to destroy your enemies before they destroy you?
If murder, deception and elaborate plotting is your idea of a good time, I have news for you! Nine years and eight seasons of a mythically successful television show and book series have spawned a vast number of games that can keep your mind in Westeros despite the end of the television series. In fact, there are probably enough options to keep you busy until George R.R. Martin finally drops the final novel. And that could be quite a while.
With a wide range of tabletops, mods, and original ventures to chose from, you can find your chance to slay wights, pursue adventure and claim your rightful place on the Iron Throne. If you have what it takes.
So, take your pick! Here’s an extensive list of epic Game of Thrones games.
Choose which of the Great Houses of Westeros you wish to represent, and vie against your friends and enemies as you plot to claim the throne through diplomacy, strategy, warfare—any means necessary, really.
Bonus: Get the Mother of Dragons expansion pack.
What is there to say? If you like the strategy of Catan, this adaptation featuring the Brothers of the Night’s Watch, wildlings, and the challenges of the unwieldy north beyond the wall is for you.
A card game passed on the cunning and treachery of Game of Thrones, set in King’s Landing. Keep up with its fast pace while courting the great houses for support, scheming with Varys for influence, and brokering deals.
Step into the ranks of Game of Thrones’s most devious power players and take your chance to seize power. Each round of this LCG, players take new plot cards and choose from challenge types to take down your opponents.
Can you follow the clues to solve the murder? I cannot think of a more perfect classic board game adaptation for this show. A double-sided board lets you play in either the Red Keep or Mereen.
Just a normal deck of cards. Decked out with the most ruthless Kings, Queens and Jacks ever. Some characters might take issue with who got to be Kings and Queens.
If your favorite part of Game of Thrones was watching the characters stand around their battle planning table boards, this themed version of Risk basically lets you reenact that.
An expansion pack full of your favorite characters from the Seven Kingdoms to add to your next round of What Do You Meme?, a Cards Against Humanity–style card game full of meme-like phrases to be matched with pop culture images. They’re not shy about the adults-only warning, so it’s bound to be good.
Is it confusing to have a Game of Thrones game simply called A Game of Thrones? Sure it is. But that doesn’t have to stop you from enjoying this MMORGP, known for its expansive exploration of the fantasy world.
Play as your favorite Game of Thrones character in this sprawling recreation of Westeros. The sequel, Civilization 6—A Civ of Ice and Fire, allows you to play as even more of the Game of Thrones power players, including the Night King.
A brand-new game set in 4D that just released at the end of May, following the HBO series conclusion. True to its name, this game throws you into the north beyond the wall to fend off the undead. Available through Viveport subscription.
This game is based on the historical canon of the Game of Thrones books, set about a thousand years earlier. Winner of the Most Colons Squished into a Title Award.
The description says the creators strove to recreate Westeros as precisely as possible based on the books, so it’s bound to be detailed and fascinating.
There are several Game of Thrones mods for Skyrim—too many to justify listing separately here. Follow the link for Winter is Coming Cloaks, Sounds of Westeros, Dorthraki Arakh, and more.
An iOS app game to test your Game of Thrones knowledge. Don’t worry, if you can’t really remember season 1 anymore, you can adjust the challenge level.
Ending on kind of a jewel—take on the persona of Rickon as he runs away from Ramsay before the Battle of the Bastards. Zigzag as much as you like in your efforts to stay alive. That’s it. That’s the game.
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