Hey,
I am playing this game with a friend and we are getting more and more into it. It's much fun and we are enjoying the sessions more and more.
However, we are looking for some general advice and we are astonished that there is neither discussion about some situations coming up during the game (e.g. "I had this cards (x) on the table, my opponent these (y). What should I do if I have the initiative?") nor any general hints. If you google AGoT card game, you will only find posts on deckbuilding (which I can perfectly understand as well).
To be more specific: When playing our last 5 games, my friend and I, we went for unopposed challenges.nearly all the time. Is this alright? Of course, it depends on many other factors and it is not easy to answer my question in general, but do all the other players experience the same phenomenon? I would say that 4/5 challenges go unopposed, which makes the whole game slightly akwards, since it looks like "chase-and-run".
That being said, I would also like to ask whether some players could give some general advice (on the challenge phase, on marshalling, but not on deck building). E.g. do you try to bring as much cards on the table as possible to outnumber your opponent or do you stick to some other tactics?
And one last point: I would find it pretty useful if there would be some "exercises" to solve, e.g.:
"TAR plays against LAN:
Captain Groleo (Cor) and Pyat Pree (QoD) are on the table, Arrogant Contender (LotR) and Enemy Informer (Core) on the other side. Which challenge order would be best for Tar if he has the advantage?" (I know that this is an isolated problem, but like in chess where you can learn from specific constellations, this would certainly give some insight for newbies like me).
Does anybody know a site providing such exercises?