Review
A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King
An honest retheme of That's My Fish!, with Varys clearing Westeros of people while players close routes in each other’s faces. At three it has room to bite; at four it is over before anyone can hold a grudge.
A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King
- Published
- 2016
- Designer
- Bruno Cathala
- Publisher
- Fantasy Flight Games, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Asterion Press
- Players
- 2–4
- Playing time
- 30 min
A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King is, at heart, an honest retheme of That's My Fish!. Varys clears Westeros out, you pull the floor from under the other players, and a useful route to a character is suddenly gone. Clean. Small. Nasty enough that it is more than a licensed game wearing familiar clothes.
With three players, there is time for plans to get crowded, for you to cut someone off, and for them to return the favour. With four, though, the game evaporates in nanoseconds. You play, you block, it is finished. Where did the intrigue go?
Varys clears Westeros out, you pull the floor from under the other players, and a useful route to a character is suddenly gone.
TheCuttlefish
It is not a bad game. It simply needs three players to give Varys time to do his dirty work.
It simply needs three players to give Varys time to do his dirty work.
TheCuttlefish
Source: BoardGameGeek
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