A Game of Thrones: Board Game 9+

Could not load saved game

Very irritating that sometimes it refuses to load saved game. Also had a problem with a card event where it was waiting forever so I had to quit and reload - thus running the saved game gauntlet. Makes it seem a bit flakey which is shame because it’s a decent game apart from the problems.

Awful, awful awful multiplayer

So, the game itself is OK - reasonably faithful reproduction of the board game, a few inefficient numbers of clicks and slow animations but basically fine. The multiplayer though (which is really why you want to pay 15 dollars for a game like this, right) is super sucky… played four games today and had to forfeit two of them as the server screwed up, constant synchronisation problems, frequently get kicked out and have to rejoin, at one point the chat from a previous game is already forfeited (due to technical faults) was coming through my chat window in a new game with new players. It’s not a fast game either (though faster than the board game, a game can still take 1-2 hours) so it’s a lot of time you potentially invest in a game that ultimately you can’t finish because of server problems. I really wouldn’t recommend now but will update this review if Asmodee sort out the problems with their multiplayer servers.

Developer Response ,

Hello Xcack. We are aware of server stability and connectivity issues that are causing a number of online matches to fail. We are working hard to identify the specific issues and causes. If you could contact our support team with details on what lead up to your problems, as well as the following information, it would help greatly. You can find out support team here: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/hc/en/82-a-game-of-thrones-the-board-game---digital-edition/contact-us/
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Fantastic with Friends

I played the board game with a group of 4 and now we play regularly as a group of 6 using this digital version. Love the game and this is a great adaptation which captures everything from the board game. I’d recommend if you have a few friends keen to try something new and want something to fuel the brain with something strategic for a few hours every week.

There are some game breaking bugs which I suspect are either due to the new expansion or the link from IOS to other platforms but I have faith these will be ironed out in the near future. I played the Steam version on a Mac from launch and this initially had some game-breaking bugs but fixes were quickly introduced.