Hi everyone,

I've played several ccgs in the past, and the lcg format really appeals to me. I love GRRM's series, and my favourite houses are Stark, Barethorn and Targaryen. Any suggestions on what would be the best to buy, apart from the core set to build fun decks around these houses, primarily Stark?

Cheers everyone for any help/ suggestions.

Hello, and welcome to GoT (Game of Thrones). The best advice I can give you is to check out this site and find cards that appeal to you for whatever houses you are interested in building decks for:

http://info.wsisiz.edu.pl/~szczesnj/

This is a card search site for GoT. If you like Stark, you will definitely want to get hold of "Lords of Winter" premium expansion. I hear it's already out in Europe, and hopefully will hit North American shores soon.

Have fun!

I addition for looking up specific cards on the website posted above, Stark is coming out with a new House expansion, Lords of Winter, in about a month or so. If you're interested in Stark, I highly recommend getting it. There will actually be two example decklists in the expansion using cards from the Core Set and the expansion itself.

thanks for the info guys!

Just to clarify, i'll need the starter set in addition to the Stark expansion right? Stark isn't stand alone?

Stark is included in the Core Set, but the new "Lords of Winter" expansion allows for more options for House Stark if that is a house you are interested in.

You can build stand alone Stark decks from Lords of Winter so it is stand alone in that sense, but unless you are playing friends who have their own decks you would probably want to buy something else to have a different house deck to play against.

ahk then, thanks again guys.

I'll brobably get the core set so my mates can play as well, try get them hooked

i found that it took 1 game to get hooked, even with having to recheck rules during gameplay

I dived right in. My friends had been playing it looked good and I wanted to play a different house to my friends (they had only just bought the core set) so I just went in to the deep end and bought the Martell box just so I could play in my first game.

I've been hooked ever since.

Great!

I've ordered the core set into my local store, so I should have it by next week. Once I've played a few games I'll look more into the chapter pack to see what I'm looking for, though I imagine the Lords of Winter box will be on the top of my list... Winter is Coming!

My 2 cents:

I don't like Stark as they are now. The new expansion will help them, but I am not convinced they are the best. I like tricky decks where opponents have to guess what is in your hand, and stark is not really that type of deck.

In multiplayer, at least in my meta, you need to be tricky and deceptive to win a game. Therefore, I really like martell and targaryen.

It depends on your playstyle though. My thoughts (certainly not THE community's thoughts by any means).

Targaryen: Strong attachment control, and good attachments as well. Leans towards P and M challenges, but has adequate I to back it up. Has some great tricks, and some powerful cards.

Baratheon: Best rushing house, lots of power gain, decent military icons, and not a lot of tricks. Pretty straight forward rush with some alternates.

Lannister: Tricky, controlling, not excellent in multiplayer, but can get the job done. One of the best 1v1 houses, with lots of income and kneeling.

Martell: Sneaky assasins. Lots of Intrigue icons, not much power at all. Wins by losing. Lots of fun, and has lots of different strategies and some of the best cards including taste for blood.

Stark: Nearly all based on military. Couldnt find a intrigue icon to save their life. Lots of character kill. Pretty straightforward military prowess.

Greyjoy: Has some of the best locations in the game, Wins initiative a lot, has some cool tactics and one of the few houses that can build a mill deck. Most expensive house to get into.

@ Fieras:

Thanks for the rundown on all the houses.

I'm most interested in stark, but since I'm getting the core set I'll have all the other houses to play with except for Greyjoy and Martell right? Unless I've read wrong somewhere.

I'm also interested in playing Targ, pretty much the only houses I'm not that interested in are Greyjoy and Baratheon, and my presumptions are based more on my feelings towards those houses from the books rather than how they play in the game. I imagine once I play a few games my opinions may sway. Thanks for the quick rundown on houses mate