8-17-08

I played A Game of Thrones today. I liked the game when I played it a year ago, but today I was sufficiently unimpressed. The diplomacy and battle elements are great, but the event cards at the start of each turn have a significant impact on the players' fates and, what's worse, usually favor some players over others. I'm terrible at wargames and probably would have lost even if the event cards hadn't screwed me over every single turn, but it was decidedly unpleasant to feel tossed about by random chance in major ways in a game that takes eight hours.