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A Game of Thrones Collectible Card Game (sometimes referred to as AGoT) is a collectible card game (CCG) produced by Fantasy Flight Games (FFG), based on the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series by George R. R. Martin (GRRM). A number of base sets have been released for the game, each with a number of expansions. The game's primary designer is Eric Lang and the lead developer is Nate French: =Sets & Expansions=

A Game of Thrones: Westeros Edition
* A Sea of Storms
*Westeros Premium Starters
* A Flight of Dragons
A Game of Thrones: Ice and Fire Edition
* A Throne of Blades
* Ice and Fire Premium Starters (Greyjoy VS Targaryen)
* A Crown of Suns
A Game of Thrones: Valyrian Edition
* A Tourney of Swords
* Valyrian Premium Starters (Stark\Baratheon VS Lannister\Martell)
* A Reign of Kings
A Game of Thrones: Winter Edition
* A Song of Twilight
* Winter Premium Starters (March 2006) (Greyjoy VS Targaryen)
* A Song of Night (May 2006)
A Game of Thrones: Seven Kingdoms Edition (September 2006)
* Expansion (November 2006)

A set contains 240 cards. An expansion contains approximately 150 cards.

A booster pack contains 11 cards of which 1 is rare, 3 are uncommon and 7 are common.

A booster box consists of 36 booster packs. 6 booster boxes comprise a case.

A Starter Deck pack contains XX fixed cards and YY Random cards including 2 rares.

A Premium Starters pack contains 2 pre-built decks. 10 brand new cards, and a number (100??) of reprinted cards.

A Draft Pack contains 1 draft card, 5 plot cards, 6 house' cards and 8 locations.

A block refers to all of the cards contained in a set and its expansions. For example the Valyrian Block contains cards from the following sets:
A Game of Thrones: Valyrian Edition

* A Tourney of Swords

* Valyrian Premium Starters (Stark\Baratheon VS Lannister\Martell)

* A Reign of Kings

=Cards=
House
Selecting a house is an important necessity when first constructing a deck. Different houses excell in different areas of play and it is vital to choose the house that best represents the playstyle of each deck in order to maximize that deck's playing ability.

AGoT decks can be built using 1 of 6 houses represented by a House Card: #Stark (Light Violet, Direwolf) #Lannister (Yellow/Gold, Lion) #Baratheon (Dark Green, Crowned Stag) #Greyjoy (Blue, Kraken) #Targaryen (Red, Three Headed Dragon) #Martell (Orange, Sun with Spear) Cards may be played out of house (example: a Baratheon card in a Targaryen deck for example) but with the added hinderance of a 2 gold penalty added to the cost to play each out of house card.
Alliance
With the use of an alliance house card, one can play cards from either of the two houses specified on the alliance house card without having to pay any gold penalties. To help compensate for this advantage, a player using an alliance house card requires an additional 5 power to win the game and cannot play any cards indicating them as "House X only" in their textbox. Also, since alliance house cards were only printed in the Ice and Fire block, they are strictly limited to classic play.

AGoT decks can be built using 1 of 7 alliances represented by an alliance house Card:

Stark/Baratheon

Baratheon/Greyjoy

Lannister/Greyjoy

Lannister/Targaryen

Martell/Targaryen

Martell/Stark

Stark/Targaryen

Agenda (optional)
Decks can also add optional agenda cards to their house cards. Using an agenda often results in a trade-off between a bonus of some type and a penalty, often in the form of requiring an extra 5 power in order to win the game.

Defenders of the North

Heir to the Iron Throne

Kingsguard

Knights of the Realm

Maesters of the Citadel

Night's Watch

Small Council

The Twins

The Wildling Horde

Threat from the East

Treaty

War of the 5 Kings

Players are limited to one agenda per house card and cannot play agendas with an alliance house card.
Plot
Plot cards are generally regarded as the defining feature of the A Game of Thrones CCG. The seven card plot deck which is kept separate from the random draw deck adds a strategic element to to game. Plot decks are built prior to the game and are revealed singly in an order of the player's choosing. This allows a great deal of customizable strategy aside from randomly drawn cards. Plot cards are often balanced with trade-offs. For example, a high gold plot may have a very low inititive; a high claim plot may have next to 0 gold and/or initiative.
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