New Player Questions/Help

By tijuanadagger, in 1. AGoT General Discussion

Hello Everyone!

Just started playing last night and have a few questions we need help with. We have been watching the show and just completed the first book. We want to avoid spoilers at all costs but still want to get into the card game as much as possible.

1) What expansions are currently available to purchase that will not spoil anything beyond the first book?

2) Besides House Lannister, Baratheon, Stark, and Targaryen, what other playable Houses are there?

3) Is there a website that contains a database of all the cards and what sets they are available in?

Again thanks for the help, and please no spoilers ! Sorry to repeat the spoil thing so much :)

tijuanadagger said:

Hello Everyone!

Just started playing last night and have a few questions we need help with. We have been watching the show and just completed the first book. We want to avoid spoilers at all costs but still want to get into the card game as much as possible.

1) What expansions are currently available to purchase that will not spoil anything beyond the first book?

2) Besides House Lannister, Baratheon, Stark, and Targaryen, what other playable Houses are there?

3) Is there a website that contains a database of all the cards and what sets they are available in?

Again thanks for the help, and please no spoilers ! Sorry to repeat the spoil thing so much :)

1) There are very few spoilers in any of the cards, especally from later in the books. Most things are just hints. Check out this thread at boardgamegeek for more discussion on this.

2) Martell and Greyjoy

3) CardGameDB.com has a database of cards

A huge thanks for the information and help! Now of course I now have a few more questions because of what I read on the forum you sent me to.

1) How many expansions currently exist? and are they released every month?

2) It was mentioned that the expansions Greyjoy, Kings of the Seas were x1 and House Martell, Princes of the Sun are x2 of cards. Have they or will they be reprinted in a package that will contain x3 of the cards?

3) Is there any great singles sites to have with completing sets of the cards you want from the above expansions in case they do not reprint those?

tijuanadagger said:

A huge thanks for the information and help! Now of course I now have a few more questions because of what I read on the forum you sent me to.

1) How many expansions currently exist? and are they released every month?

2) It was mentioned that the expansions Greyjoy, Kings of the Seas were x1 and House Martell, Princes of the Sun are x2 of cards. Have they or will they be reprinted in a package that will contain x3 of the cards?

3) Is there any great singles sites to have with completing sets of the cards you want from the above expansions in case they do not reprint those?

1) There are 32 Chapter Packs available, 5 larger expansions and the core set.

2) Kings of the Sea just switched to 3x each card and Princes of the Sun will be switching in August.

3) Not really, occasionally you'll find someone on ebay, but generally the switch to the LCG format has eliminated the singles market.