Having played the regular Game of Thrones Board Game, I can say that this game better suits what I love about strategy games. It gets straight into war and focuses on war only. It plays like your typical risk game with newly added mechanics that can change up the battle and invasion. Although it's a good game, it needed a few house rules for my group to truly find it balanced but once we found its sweet spot, the game became the perfect Risk game we have played. The house rules are the only reason I deducted a star, the base game is a solid 4. Ps. Don't play with victory points, play total domination
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]