Playing a "Game of Thrones"

Here is an answer I wrote to a post on Geoff's blog.

I really enjoyed playing the Game of Thrones, it was really nice. What I liked the most is the diplomacy aspects to it, that come naturally. It's such a crowded board (well, maybe for the house of Stark at the beginning) that after the first turn land grab one needs to talk to his neighbors. I would probably have not fared that well if I had not made peace with Tyrell, played by Brian. Helping Baratheon (Steve) progress in the north while attacking his south was fun as well.

Another nice aspect was that it was one of the first times that I was witnessing an obvious prisoner's dilemma. Both Brian or I could play traitors, which would waste resources in war, or play nice. But the one moving first would have a definite advantage. I guess that the fact that any start of war would make it continue for a few turns made us weary of going for it at the beginning, but as the game advanced, and the number of remaining turns decreased, the chance of an all out war greatly increased (in fact Brian was planning on attacking me the turn Stephanie won).

2 commentaires were on Haloscan

Bonjour, bonjour, je m'appelle Odette.

Je m'excuse d'intervenir dans votre blog (au passage, je trouve les questionnements interessants vis a vis de l'actualité), mais j'essaie par tous les moyens de retrouver Cristelle Dolores Averland.
Grâce à Internet, je crois avoir découvert qu'elle est devenue votre épouse. Peut être pourriez vous nous mettre en relation. A titre de rappel, nous étions au lycée Colbert ensemble. Merci bien. Odette
odette pereira | 26.09.06 - 14:42

J'ai bien reçu votre mail, je lui transmets ce soir.

Alan
Alan Schmitt | Homepage | 26.09.06 - 16:45