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Expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game

A Game of Thrones: The Card Game – Princes of the Sun

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Published
2009
Reach
Niche (via base game)
Players
2–4
Play time
60 min
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Main mechanics

  • Hand management
  • Drafting
  • Action programming
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
  • Action programming: You commit to moves in advance and watch them play out.
Full publisher description

Princes of the Sun contains 120 cards for use with A Game of Thrones: The Card Game and is an essential foundation for anyone looking to play House Martell in the LCG environment. Infamous Martell characters like Prince Doran and Princess Arianne Martell, Areo Hotah, Ser Arys Oakheart, Darkstar, the Daynes of Sunspear, and the Red Viper himself are featured, along with the staple building block cards necessary to make the Martells a competitive option. Description for 2011 revised edition from the publisher: The Princes of the Sun reprint for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game , marked with Revised Edition on the front of the box, now includes three copies of each of the 60 unique cards included in the original printing. Featuring the defiant and treacherous vengeance-seekers of the Dornish sands, Princes of the Sun offers players a full play set with which to immediately begin competitive House Martell deck-building. Also included is an intriguing Civil War game variant that lets players compete for the limited resources of a single deck. House Martell excels at icon manipulation, the production of influence, and in vengeance: to do well against this House is asking for punishment. Princes of the Sun showcases House Martell's counterintuitive win strategy, winning through losing . That is, this strategy comprises of letting your opponents win certain challenges in order for you to win others or take some other benefit. Get ready to have a bloodthirsty response to House Martell's slights with Princes of the Sun !

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