In other cases, this is turned on its head in ways that keep the battles feeling wonderfully cinematic: for instance, Umber berserkers gain dice as their numbers diminish, making even a single survivor a potentially deadly foe. The trays of models are cleverly woven into the gameplay, with the number of troop ranks remaining used to effortlessly determine how many dice you throw with each assault, giving a palpable feeling of desperation as squads shrink. A selection of game modes – each named after one of Martin's books – support everything from objective-based sparring across the map to a castle siege out of the box, making the set feel even more pleasingly substantial as a self-contained experience. Even the miniatures arrive pre-assembled and colour-coded to the two factions, looking fantastic (and decidedly not bendy) – if not quite up to par with build-them-yourself figures. The designers’ non-miniatures experience is clear: although you’ll measure distances with a ruler, the combination of dice and card action otherwise has the speed and sheen of a board game, wrapping up in a tight hour or so.
A single round of combat can leave piles of plastic corpses, with the brutality of fights bookended by a simple morale system that can swiftly lead to cascading numbers of losses.
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Even with close to the starter box’s full throng of 103 figures on the table, battles never end up feeling like, well, the wait for a new George R.R. There’s plenty of bloodshed to be had here, too.
While it may be more interested in the direct spilling of blood than its plotting and scheming board game counterparts, though, the A Song of Ice and Fire miniatures game doesn’t forget about the characters that give the world its pulse. Westeros is no stranger to death, but it’s rarely been depicted with such intensity and scale on the tabletop as in this sweeping rank-and-file wargame.
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