Summer fades in Westeros and the shadows extend their reach in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. In the capital city of King’s Landing, Cersei Lannister contends with the zeal of the Faith of the Seven and their newly restored army, the Faith Militant. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen struggles to maintain her hold on Meereen as the Sons of the Harpy plot her destruction. Finally, at the Wall, Jon Snow attempts to forge a peace between the wildlings and the brothers of Night’s Watch while met with resistance on all sides.

In order to survive the games of cloak and dagger that fill the pages of A Dance with Dragons, the leaders of each House must embrace the darkness, lest they risk their downfall. But how far can they go before they become lost in the game of thrones?

The third Chapter Pack in the Dance of Shadows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

Cunning Ambition
Your struggle for the Iron Throne becomes tinted by corruption and underhanded plots with the reintroduction of the player-favorite shadow mechanic. This keyword, originally used in the game's first edition, creates a new space to hold some of your most secretive cards, separate from your hand and play area. Cards with the shadow keyword, also marked by the distinctive dark banner in the upper left corner, can be played normally… or you can pay two gold to marshal them into shadows where they remain hidden from your enemy until the perfect moment. When the time to strike arrives, you can take an Action at any point to pay their shadow cost and play the card.

However, with this new keyword come certain cards that can't be played normally. For example, Growing Ambition (Streets of King’s Landing, 44), is a new event that does not have a gold cost, meaning you must marshal it into shadows. Yet this event also does not have a set shadow cost, instead allowing you to pay any amount of gold at your disposal to play it. But the more gold you're willing to invest, the easier it will be to assemble your plans. If, for example, you pay four gold to play Growing Ambition, you may then search your deck for four cards of your choice and place them into your discard pile, shuffling your deck afterward. Then, your opponent will choose four cards from your discard pile to return to your hand.

If you can play this at a time when there are no other cards in your discard pile—or fewer than four cards—you can ensure that you have at least some of the cards you want in your hand when you need them. With this powerful ability waiting in the wings, your ambition is only limited by your ability to fund it.

The Glass Candles Are Burning
In King’s Landing, the loyalties of the common folk are not only divided between the noble houses, but also by the religions that have begun to take a stronger hold in Westeros. As the nobles fight amongst themselves, it is the poor who die in their wars. This disconnect has led to a resurgence of the vengeful gods of old, and those who speak the words of their god have been given unprecedented power. The High Sparrow (The Faith Miliant, 97) is now protected by his ragged army of Poor Fellows (Streets of King’s Landing, 57) who have grown restless and will have their voices heard. Once the Poor Fellows win a challenge, your opponent must choose to allow the Poor Fellows to gain a power or allow you to draw a card. Little by little, they will reclaim the power that the royals have been hording for far too long.

But religion is not the only force gathering strength in the Dance of Shadows cycle. As magic returns to the realm, things once thought of as impossible have become the everyday; dragons darken the skies, the dead march against the living, and long inanimate artifacts find renewed life. The Glass Candle (Streets of King’s Landing, 59) burns for the first time in a hundred years, allowing its possessor to see across mountains, seas, deserts, and even your opponent’s deck. As a challenges action, you may kneel Glass Candle to look at the top card of any player’s deck and discard it if you so choose. Furthermore, if the character bearing this attachment is a trained Maester, such as Maester Wendamyr (Core Set, 70), who can use the candle’s full potential, they gain the insight keyword, increasing your ability to draw cards from your own deck. But despite this power, you must look on this miraculous attachment with a sense of foreboding—if the glass candles are burning, what other fabled feats are possible? What terrors lurk just over the horizon?

Light the Darkness
The age of strife is coming to a close. With the strengths of so many great houses diminished by the War of the Five Kings, the common folk are ready for an end to the bloodshed, and Westeros is ripe for the taking. Prove that you have the strength to restore the realm to its former glory and take your place on the Iron Throne!

The long summer has drawn to an end in Westeros. The creeping shadows extend their reach and those who thrive in darkness formulate plots that will change the course of the entire world. In Essos, Daenerys Targaryen struggles to secure her position as the queen of Meereen, as assassins plot her downfall and a deadly plague runs rampant through the streets. In King’s Landing, the Faith of the Seven continues to gain popularity and power. In the North, Jon Snow is constantly met with resistance as he attempts to perform his new duties as the Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. When the darkness descends, who will rise and who will fall?

The fourth Chapter Pack in the Dance of Shadows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

Cloak and Dagger
Following the War of the Five Kings, Westeros is in shambles. The few players in the game of thrones must strike now if they wish to win the Iron Throne. To ready your assault, this Chapter Pack offers three copies each of twenty unique cards to strengthen your decks and increase variety in the A Game of Thrones: The Card Game metagame as the story moves deeper into the pages of A Dance with Dragons.

Continuing the themes begun in The Shadow City, Music of Dragons offers a variety of cards that feature the shadow keyword as it makes its resurgence in the game. This new keyword encourages you to embrace the intrigues of A Song of Ice and Fire by creating a new, separate area for you to stow your most treacherous cards, keeping them protected from card effects and intrigue claims that may target your hand. For the small fee of two gold, you can marshal a shadow card facedown into shadows, keeping it at the ready until the time comes for you to reveal your schemes by paying the card’s shadow (X) cost.

But in the Dance of Shadows cycle, treacherous plotting goes beyond the cards that directly bear this new keyword. In Music of Dragons you will also find cards designed to interact with the shadow keyword. For example, Clever Feint (Music of Dragons, 70) allows you to kneel your faction card to choose any number of shadow cards you control and return them to the shadow area. While your opponent may know what awaits in your shadow area, they will still find it difficult to target these cards directly until you choose to bring them to light once again. This can further be used in deadly combination with cards that take effect when they come out of shadows, such as Catspaw (The March on Winterfell, 49) or Ser Robert Strong (The Shadow City, 10) as you dart forward, strike, and then retreat before your enemy can return the blow.

Full of Fear and Rage
While in the capital city, deadly intrigues and shadowplay may be commonplace, in the farthest reaches of the realm, strength of arms is the only language understood. Music of Dragons is filled with fell beasts—creatures that cannot be controlled. As the people of Westeros have become more vicious and violent in order to survive, so have the animals that surround them. In the North, Shaggydog (Music of Dragons, 62) makes his first appearance since his original version (Wolves of the North, 14) in the Wolves of the North deluxe expansion. Once, Shaggydog was only able to lend strength to the Stark child bonded to him. Now, he is able to fight alongside any Stark character you control, and you can even pay a gold to send Shaggydog sprinting to another character's side in the middle of a challenge—daring your opponent to oppose. Still the most savage of the litter, after you win a challenge with Shaggy at your side, your opponent must choose and kill a defending character.

But the Direwolf is not the only legendary creature to return to A Game of Thrones: The Card Game in this pack. Rhaegal (Music of Dragons, 73) has grown from his hatchling form (Core Set, 164) to become more dangerous than his brothers, increasing in both size and ferocity. The Dragon has become stronger, increasing his STR to four and gaining the ambush keyword. The bloodthirsty creature also features a powerful new Reaction, which states that after an opponent’s character is killed by a card effect, such as Consuming Flames (Journey to Oldtown, 34) or Dracarys! (Core Set, 176), Rhaegal stands, ready to lay waste to your enemy’s board. You can even use this ability to play two copies of Dracarys!, kneeling Rhaegal to pay the cost each time. But with the glorious power of a dragon comes a great deal of risk. You must be ready to ask yourself, how dangerous can a beast become before it must be contained?

Unleash the Darkness
As the sun’s light fades on Westeros, you cannot stand by and allow your House to suffer the same fate. Feed the fire of your ambition and claim the Iron Throne in your name!

The shadows of winter descend on Westeros. Evil conspiracies are formed in darkened corners and spoken of in hushed tones, but soon the time will come for those who would seek power to strike. In the city of Meereen, Daenerys Targaryen must fight for the loyalty of her people as the Brazen Beasts plot her downfall. In King’s Landing, Cersei Lannister must contend with the Faith of the Seven, battling against the power she helped them gain. And in the North, the Boltons hold power for now. But those still loyal to the Starks are preparing to fight back.

The fifth Chapter Pack in the Dance of Shadows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

Cloak and Dagger
Continuing the themes of the Dance of Shadows cycle, In Daznak’s Pit provides you with a plethora of cards that feature the new shadow keyword. As we see throughout the cycle, the shadow keyword encourages you to embrace the clandestine intrigues of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire by creating a new way for you to lay your deadly traps. For the price of two gold, you may play a card with the shadow keyword (also indicated by a purple banner in the upper left corner of the card) facedown into shadows. Shadows is a new area separate from both the play area and your hand, where you can protect your most precious cards from military and intrigue challenges, and spring them on your opponents when they least suspect it. When you are ready to reveal your plans, you can pay the card’s shadow (X) cost to bring it into play.

Yet even with the inclusion of this deceitful keyword, you are far from defenseless. In Daznak’s Pit offers you tools to counter your enemy’s shadowplay without stooping to their underhanded methods. He Calls it Thinking (In Daznak’s Pit, 96) features a powerful Interrupt ability that lets you cancel an opponent’s non-agenda, non-plot triggered ability, unless they pay one gold. This seemingly simple card has the potential to shred your opponent’s plan. Either you cancel their ability or they pay a gold, which can mean the difference between whether or not they will be able to carry out their plans. With the dramatic increase in cards with abilities triggered by coming out of shadows, a little preparation can go a long way.

The Winged Shadow
The Great Pit of Daznak is the largest and most extravagant of Meereen’s fighting pits. The violence worshipped by the cheering masses in this location is reflected in the event In Daznak's Pit (In Daznak’s Pit, 94) which forces each character, already bloodied and wearied, to return to battle. When the Challenges Phase ends, you can play this event to cause each character to stand and immediately launch into an additional challenges phase! As this card does not have a gold cost, it cannot be played normally—you must marshal it into shadow. Still, this is a small price to pay. If you have a two-claim plot combined with Khal Drogo (Core Set, 162), or you have Blood of the Dragon (No Middle Ground, 75) revealed, a second challenges phase can let you completely wipe out your opponent.

Warriors, wolves, and elephants are far from the most dangerous things to be found in the fighting pits. Drawn by the commotion and violent spectacle, Drogon (In Daznak’s Pit, 93) returns to A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. In the time that has passed since his first appearance (Core Set, 161) in the Core Set, he has grown in size and strength, surpassing even his brother, Rhaegal (Music of Dragons, 73). The most murderous of Dany’s dragons, Drogon is a creature of fire and blood—the Targaryen words made flesh. Unlike his Hatchling form, Drogon can no longer provide his mother with renown for the simple miracle of his existence. Instead, after this Dragon wins a challenge, you have the ability to reduce the STR of one of your opponent's characters by four, killing them if their strength reaches zero. This nearly mirrors the effect of the player-favorite Dracarys! (Core Set, 176), but without requiring you to kneel Daenerys or one of her Dragons. Plus, where Dracarys! is a single-use event, Drogon is a formidable character with a STR of six, meaning your opponent will have a staggering task before them if they wish to stop him in combat. Strengthen him with A Dragon Is No Slave (Guarding the Realm, 34) or Consuming Flames (Journey to Oldtown, 34) while Daenerys Targaryen (The Faith Militant, 93) is in play, and you will see why he is believed to be the reincarnation of Balerion the Black Dread himself.

Enter the Pits
Give in to your bloodlust. Add the might of In Daznak's Pit to your collection!

The sixth Chapter Pack in the Dance of Shadows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game

Winter has come to Westeros. At the Wall, the brothers of the Night’s Watch constantly question the demands of their Lord Commander, Jon Snow, pondering the demands of their duty and those of their morality. In King’s Landing, the Tyrells, Lannisters, and the newly restored Faith Militant divide the smallfolk as the city becomes a powder keg about to explode. And in Essos, Tyrion makes his way to meet Daenerys Targaryen, not knowing that she has flown from the fighting pits on the back of Drogon and the harpy’s city is now without a queen. Now is the time for those who dwell in the shadows to strike back against the light.

Seen in the Flames
Daggers in the Dark draws you into the last pages of George R.R. Martin’s A Dance with Dragons, where the fight for the Iron Throne has left the battlefields behind, and now emerges in deadly plots where it is nigh impossible to tell friend from foe. In the grand conclusion of the Dance of Shadows cycle, you are given new ways to form strategies and lay your traps with the continual development of the shadow keyword. For the price of two gold, you can play cards with the shadow (x) keyword facedown into shadows, keeping them safely hidden until the opportune moment to reveal them. With this keyword, you can build strategic plans with more security than ever before, with the near certainty that so long as your cards remain under the shroud of shadows, they are safe.

This Chapter Pack is designed to delve deep into darkness, with new events that can only be played from shadows and effects that can even push less nefarious cards into the gloom. Banished from the Light (Daggers in the Dark, 108) lets you move any character to shadows, even if they don’t have the new keyword. You may return one of your own cards to shadows, safeguarding it from harm. Or, you may return one of your opponent's characters to shadows, forcing them to pay a hefty price if they want to bring their character back to the light. Either way, the dark plots you're enacting require careful planning.

The brothers of the Night’s Watch are all too familiar with the need for quiet plotting with their event, Daggers in the Dark (Daggers in the Dark, 106). When you command the Night’s Watch you may use this card, paying two gold to reveal this event and kill an attacking character once you successfully defend your order. The attacking player may sacrifice two characters to cancel this effect, but blood will undoubtedly be shed and your opponent will be forced to question if one life is worth more than the cause of their House?

For the Realm
In Daggers in the Dark, you will also find a variety of cards that become stronger as the shadows stretch longer. The Lannisters’ Underhanded Methods (Daggers in the Dark, 110) increase a character's STR for each of their cards in shadows—and the fact that you can play this attachment from shadows for free, at any time, makes it easy to tip a challenge in your favor. Then, once your plans have ripened and you are ready to spring your trap, you can call upon Cersei Lannister (Daggers in the Dark, 109), whose recent experiences with the Faith Militant, the Tyrells, and even her uncle Kevan have only increased her viciousness. Changing from her original version (Core Set, 84) in the Core Set and her second variant (Lions of Casterly Rock, 1) in Lions of Casterly Rock, Cersei has gained the shadow keyword and a new ability to dismantle her enemy’s plans with her own. During the challenge phase, for each card you bring out of shadows, your opponent must discard a random card from their hand. With the Lannisters’ caches of gold in Casterly Rock, it will be a simple matter for you to store a hoard of cards and play them all at once to shred your opponent’s hand and any hope they have for success.

The lords and ladies of Westeros may spin their webs of treachery and deceit, but none compare with the Spider himself, Varys (Daggers in the Dark, 119). You may choose to marshal him normally, but the Master of Whisperers’s true strength comes from the underhanded shadowplay that has run throughout the entire Dance of Shadows cycle. While Varys has a shadow cost of eight, this is reduced by one for each other card in shadows, regardless of whether they belong to you or your opponent. Then, after Varys comes out of shadows, you may choose and kill a character with power. No matter which House you're pitted against, you can effortlessly remove one of their key characters from the board, taking any power that they had earned with them. Should you wait until your enemy is on the threshold of victory and use the Spider's ability to murder a key renown character like Daario Naharis (The Archmaester’s Key, 14) or Tywin Lannister (Core Set, 90), the blow is sure to be nothing less than devastating.

Dying of the Light
The last light of the sun is about to leave Westeros and after the War of the Five Kings, few are set to survive the long nights ahead. The realm is on the brink of total collapse and you can no longer afford the luxury of scruples. Do you have the strength to do what must be done?

The first Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

The great battles of the War of the Five Kings have ceased with the deaths of Robb Stark, Balon Greyjoy, Renly Baratheon, and Joffrey Baratheon. In King’s Landing, Tommen is hailed as the new king, while Stannis Baratheon and his supporters join the Night’s Watch at the Wall, protecting the realm against the threat from the north. Yet the game of thrones is far from over. Doran Martell sets his plans for vengeance in motion, the ironborn call for a kingsmoot, and Daenerys Targaryen solidifies her control over the city of Meereen. More blood will be spilled, and crows will cover the battlefield before Westeros knows peace.

The Archmaester’s Key is the first expansion of the Flight of Crows cycle, and as such, it serves to introduce the major themes that will play out throughout the cycle. As the name implies, the Flight of Crows cycle broadly follows the narrative of A Feast for Crows, drawing on key characters and events from the fourth book in A Song of Ice and Fire. The bestow keyword gathers strength in this cycle, while other new cards provide incentives for the Great Houses to work together using the Banner agendas. With iconic characters and locations like Daario Naharis, The Iron Bank, The Water Gardens, and Mag the Mighty, The Archmaester’s Key is the perfect way to begin a new cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

All Men Must Serve
The bestow keyword, first introduced in the Blood and Gold cycle, continues to receive support in The Archmaester’s Key Chapter Pack and the Flight of Crows cycle. Each faction gained new ways to boost their economy in the third cycle, and with the advent of the fourth cycle, you’ll find even more ways to bestow your gold—such as on cards like Ashemark (The Archmaester’s Key, 11).

When you play Ashemark, you can bestow up to three gold on it, and in almost every case, you’ll want to spend the full amount. Six gold may be a lot to spend on a location, but the effect is undeniable: if there’s three gold on Ashemark, you can kneel and sacrifice Ashemark after a phase begins to return each character that costs three or less to its owner’s hand. If the effect seems familiar, there’s good reason—Ashemark has much in common with The First Snow of Winter (No Middle Ground, 79).

The First Snow of Winter, however, is limited to one plot in your plot deck—and because you must cycle through your entire plot deck before you can replay a plot, the number of times you can trigger The First Snow of Winter is inherently limited. With Ashemark in your deck, you could easily play The First Snow of Winter, then trigger Ashemark in the subsequent round, stopping your opponent from simply replaying the characters you returned to his hand. And of course, if you have ambush characters like Burned Men (Core Set, 91) or Stone Crows (All Men Are Fools, 9), it’s easy to push through your military challenges and remove more enemy characters—especially if you follow up with Marched to the Wall (Core Set, 15).

While bestow gains momentum in the Flight of Crows cycle, you’ll also find new cards that reward you for bringing factions together in a single deck using the Banner agendas. Just one example is a new Tyrell attachment, Oathkeeper (The Archmaester’s Key, 5). Oathkeeper increases the attached character’s STR, but more importantly, if you win a challenge by five or more STR, you can sacrifice Oathkeeper to search your deck for any non-Tyrell character and add it to your hand! Obviously, grabbing the perfect character for your current situation is an extremely powerful ability. While Oathkeeper may have little to offer to a normal Tyrell deck, if you’re using Banner of the Rose (Core Set, 205B) to bring Oathkeeper into another faction, it could be a powerful tool.

Finally, The Archmaester’s Key heralds the arrival of a new reset plot for the game of thrones. Like the plots that have come before it— Wildfire Assault (Core Set, 26), The First Snow of Winter, and Valar Morghulis (There Is My Claim, 80)— Valar Dohaeris (The Archmaester’s Key, 20) promises to shake up the game.

Valar Dohaeris reads, “When Revealed: Each player chooses any number of characters he or she controls with a total printed cost of 10 or lower. Place each character not chosen on the bottom of its owner’s deck (cannot be saved).” While Valar Dohaeris doesn’t offer the permanent solution of killing characters, it does punish your opponent for playing large, high-cost characters—forcing him to significantly reduce his board presence if he wants to keep those characters around. If you’re playing a deck that focuses on low-cost characters and punishes your opponent for investing in powerful characters like Tywin Lannister (Core Set, 90) or Khal Drogo (Core Set, 162), Valar Dohaeris could be the perfect reset plot for your deck.

Carrion Crows
Dark wings are spreading over the realm of Westeros—and every faction will have to evolve if it’s going to survive.

• The first Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
• Draws from character and events in A Feast for Crows, the fourth book of A Song of Ice and Fire
• The bestow keyword continues to gather strength while other cards offer incentives for using Banner agendas
• Play with iconic characters and locations like Daario Naharis, Mag the Mighty, The Water Gardens, and The Iron Bank
• Contains sixty cards—three copies each of twenty distinct cards

The second Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

Little is certain in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire. Lives are ended with a stroke of steel and mighty strongholds are brought crumbling down into ruin by sieging armies. In such a dangerous and changeable landscape, it seems impossible that something as fragile as a dream could long survive. And yet, a dream—of power, or wealth, or love—may be all that keeps the players of the game of thrones moving forward. Now, you can pursue some of your own dreams with the newest Chapter Pack for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

Journey to Oldtown, like The Archmaester’s Key before it, focuses on amplifying the major themes of the game’s fourth cycle. While it continues to follow A Feast for Crows, this cycle brings new strength to the bestow keyword and provides incentives for the factions to forge alliances and band together. Along the way, you’ll encounter a host of iconic characters and locations entering the game, including The House of Black and White, Thoros of Myr, a new version of Arianne Martell, and a lord of House Botley, Tris Botley.

Dreams of Home
In her journeys and conquests across Essos, Daenerys Targaryen has traveled from the Dothraki Sea, to Qarth, to the great Ghiscari cities of Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen. Still, none of these places, nor even Westeros, have come close to home for Daenerys. Only a faint memory of her past holds the promise of home—dreams of a house with a red door…

Now, Journey to Oldtown lets you give life to your own dreams of home, opening the gates to an unparalleled number of decks with a single new agenda: The House with the Red Door (Journey to Oldtown, 39).

The House with the Red Door impacts your game from before you even begin playing—you can search your deck for any non-limited unique location with a cost of three or lower and put it into play after agendas are revealed! Of course, starting the game with a key location in play is an incredible boon, but as an added bonus, the location cannot be discarded from play, keeping it safe from cards like Newly Made Lord (The King’s Peace, 51), We Do Not Sow (Core Set, 83) or Political Disaster (The Road to Winterfell, 40). Still, there’s a price that must be paid for the privilege of starting with this location in play—you cannot spend more than four gold during your setup.

Few agendas can boast the widespread versatility and variability of The House with the Red Door. A deck that starts with The Iron Throne (Core Set, 38) in play looks incredibly different from a deck that starts with Plaza of Punishment (Core Set, 173), Plaza of Pride (Watchers on the Wall, 36), Great Kraken (Core Set, 78), Bitterbridge Encampment (Across the Seven Kingdoms, 5), or White Tree (Across the Seven Kingdoms, 7).

Of course, there are limits to what locations can be selected by The House with the Red Door, but there are still options to support those decks. You can’t start with Harrenhal (For Family Honor, 50) in play, but you could start with Tower of the Hand (Wolves of the North, 30). You can’t begin the game with The Wall (Core Set, 137) in play, but you could start with Brandon's Gift (The Road to Winterfell, 26) or Castle Black (Core Set, 136). There are new locations coming out in every Chapter Pack, and every new location matching the agenda’s criteria is potentially a new type of deck using The House with the Red Door.

As you might expect, there are locations that work well with The House with the Red Door in Journey to Oldtown, and one is nothing less than the object of your journey— Oldtown (Journey to Oldtown, 24). Oldtown is known as a place of learning—home of the Citadel and the order of maesters. Fittingly, the location itself tests your knowledge: you can kneel Oldtown to name a cardtype and reveal the top card of your deck. If the revealed card matches the cardtype you name, you can immediately draw it and gain one power for your faction!

Of course, you can always guess what the top card of your deck might be, and in most standard decks, guessing “character” would be correct approximately 50% of the time. Still, there are ways to be certain, especially in House Tyrell. Caswell's Keep (There Is My Claim, 64) can be used to determine the top card of your deck, while "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" (Core Set, 197) also gives you precise knowledge of what cards are currently on top of your deck. And, although it means giving up The House with the Red Door, the recently revealed The Conclave (House of Thorns, 45) agenda also works extremely well with Oldtown. After you use The Conclave to place a new card on top of your deck, you simply trigger Oldtown to immediately draw it and gain a power!

Protect Your Stronghold
How will you harness The House with the Red Door? What locations will you pair with it? What place will you call home?

• The second Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
• Increases support for the bestow keyword with an assortment of new characters and locations
• More incentives for factions to work together with cards that reward multi-faction decks
• Introducing a host of new characters and locations including The House of Black and White, Thoros of Myr, and Tris Botley
• Contains sixty cards (three copies each of twenty distinct cards)

A kingsmoot has not been called in hundreds of years. But in the Iron Islands, the tide is changing with the mysterious death of Balon Greyjoy and the sudden return of Euron Crow’s Eye. The Drowned God roils in his watery halls, the ironborn return to the old way, and the first kingsmoot in centuries has been called. Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce Kingsmoot, the third Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

In the tradition of the other Chapter Packs of the Flight of Crows cycle, Kingsmoot contains sixty cards (three copies each of twenty distinct cards), offering brand-new cards for the eight factions of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. As the story of the cycle continues to follow the events of A Feast for Crows, you’ll see characters such as Ramsay Snow, Raff the Sweetling, Jhiqui, and Darkstar entering the game, alongside two new neutral Brotherhood characters. As the bestow keyword gains strength, other cards reward you for forging alliances between factions—but no matter who you fight for, you’ll find the cards you need at the Kingsmoot!

The Old Way
As distant as the Iron Islands are from Westeros, so House Greyjoy is to the other Great Houses. The ironborn worship a different god. Their culture is built on raiding and reaving, rather than politics or mercantile success. They are a hard people, with little interest in the intrigues of courts... but that does not make them uninterested in the game of thrones. In fact, House Greyjoy’s ambitions reach to the Iron Throne and beyond.

Since the Core Set, House Greyjoy has built its success on a few themes—their abundance of ways to save or resurrect characters, the power of their Warships, and effects that capitalize on unopposed challenges. Still, the Iron Islands are a bleak and barren place, and one thing the Greyjoys have not historically had is a surplus of cards. Even with cards like Great Kraken (Core Set, 78) and The Reader (The Road to Winterfell, 31), House Greyjoy has had no ability to ensure they find the exact cards they need in the middle of the game. That’s about to change with the new version of Asha Greyjoy.

Asha Greyjoy (Core Set, 67) has been a staple in Greyjoy decks since the Core Set. With stealth and the powerful ability to participate in multiple challenges, she can pressure your opponent in a way that few other cards can equal. Still, the new version offers something new: the ability to find the exact card you need for any round.

This new version of Asha Greyjoy (Kingsmoot, 51) takes her place among the game’s most powerful and expensive characters with a cost of seven gold, five STR, and all three icons. With only eight Greyjoy characters currently released bearing an intrigue icon—less than any other faction—that icon alone makes Asha Greyjoy worth considering. Like her Core Set version, she also has the stealth keyword, but in this instance, her pillage keyword is almost more interesting. That’s because Asha Greyjoy’s ability reads: “Reaction: After Asha Greyjoy discards a card using pillage, search the top X cards of your deck for a card and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck. X is the number of cards in the losing opponent’s discard pile.”

At its least effective, this ability always lets you draw the top card of your deck. But as your opponent’s discard pile grows, so too does Asha’s power. Perhaps it looks like your opponent is about to reset the board with Valar Morghulis (There Is My Claim, 80). You could search your deck for a copy of Risen from the Sea (Core Set, 81). Or maybe you want to make your next challenge more impactful by searching for Put to the Sword (Core Set, 41) or We Do Not Sow (Core Set, 83). Perhaps you simply need more characters or more Warships to build your armada. No matter what you need, Asha Greyjoy can help you find it.

House Greyjoy can move fast, acquiring massive power quickly due to their habit of winning unopposed challenges and cards like Rise of the Kraken (Taking the Black, 12). They’re even faster if you can find the exact cards you need with Asha Greyjoy. Still, there’s always the risk that you’ll come up just short of your goal—and your opponent will control your board or kill your characters, and you won’t be able to close out the game. You need to return to the old ways. You need to hold a Kingsmoot (Kingsmoot, 52).

Kingsmoot is a two-gold event that gives you just that extra burst of power that you need to win the game. After you win dominance (already granting you one power), you simply play Kingsmoot and choose one of your unique Greyjoy characters. Then, that character gains one power for each unique Greyjoy character you control! Though it may not be worth playing for just one or two power, it’s not uncommon for a Kingsmoot to grant you three or even four power—which could be more than enough to close out the game and grant you victory. And of course, Victarion Greyjoy (Lions of Casterly Rock, 27) is a natural target, since he can use that extra power to save himself if you can’t win the game immediately.

Listen to the Waves!
The power of House Greyjoy is rising with the tides, and your longships are already prowling Ironman’s Bay.

The fourth Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

The world of Westeros has been defined and shaped by religion. For much of the south, the faith of the Seven is professed—but in the north, the Old Gods still hold sway. The ironborn worship the Drowned God, and the fires of R’hllor are spreading from Essos across the Narrow Sea. Whether held devoutly or used as a pretense for power, these religions have a profound effect on the game of thrones and those who play it.

In Favor of the Old Gods, you’ll find the continuation of the Flight of Crows cycle—drawing players deeper into the events of A Feast for Crows with cards that feature the bestow keyword or reward you for forging alliances between factions. This pack also features an assortment of cards with traits such as Old Gods, The Seven, or R’hllor, hearkening to the many religions that have played their roles in the tumultuous game of thrones. From a new agenda evoking the mystical powers of the greenseers to characters like Selyse Baratheon and Ser Balon Swann, this Chapter Pack has plenty to offer for every faction.

Power of the Red God
From the days of the Core Set, the adherents of R’hllor have been bound to House Baratheon. Only recently, with the release of Beric Dondarrion (The Brotherhood Without Banners, 117), has there been any option for including R’hllor cards outside of the Baratheon faction. In the game, R’hllor cards often play into two distinct strategies, aptly illustrated by the two versions of Melisandre.

Some R’hllor cards, such as Melisandre (Core Set, 47) focus on kneeling your opponent’s figures and controlling the game in that way. Other R’hllor cards, like Melisandre (Guarding the Realm, 27) can give you some insight into your opponent’s hand of cards, exposing his secret plans and discarding cards of your choice. In Favor of the Old Gods, you’ll find two new Baratheon cards that play directly into the faction’s kneeling strategy—forcing all opponents to bow to their rightful king.

There are many abilities in the Baratheon arsenal that can kneel a single character. With the new version of Selyse Baratheon (Favor of the Old Gods, 67), however, they gain a character who can flatten your opponent’s entire board. Selyse Baratheon bears a Forced Reaction: “After you marshal Selyse Baratheon, kneel your faction card. Then, kneel each non-Lady character.” So long as you’re going second, Selyse Baratheon can leave your opponent powerless, with only his Lady characters left standing. And, because Selyse Baratheon has the R’hllor trait, you may even combine her with the Core Set version of Melisandre to kneel a Lady left standing.

Of course, you’ll be kneeling many of your own characters as well, but the power that Selyse Baratheon offers is more than worth it. You may even combine her with Stannis Baratheon (Core Set, 52), to ensure that your opponent can only stand a couple of his knelt characters.

The downside of kneeling your opponent's characters is that it’s only a temporary solution in most cases. Every character stands in the standing phase near the end of the round, and your opponent can even negate your efforts sooner by using cards that stand characters. With effects like Plaza of Pride (Watchers on the Wall, 36) readily available, it’s important to have ways to make your kneel effects more permanent, such as the Core Set version of Stannis Baratheon. In Favor of the Old Gods, you’ll find another tool with Dragonstone Castle (Favor of the Old Gods, 68).

Dragonstone Castle can be knelt after any phase begins to choose a character—until the end of the phase, that character cannot stand. The ways you can apply Dragonstone Castle to your games are nearly limitless. You may use it in challenges to prevent effects like Plaza of Pride or Seal of the Hand (Core Set, 32). Or, you may use it in the standing phase, to keep your opponent’s most powerful character knelt. You may even use it on your own characters, keeping Ser Barristan Selmy (True Steel, 107) knelt if you anticipate your opponent’s Valar Morghulis (There Is My Claim, 80). With the power of Dragonstone Castle at your back, even the most stalwart opponents will be forced to recognize your rightful claim.

Light the Fires
The power of R’hllor is strong—but the Red God is not the only power stirring in Westeros. Will you uphold the claim of House Baratheon or forsake them for another faction?

• The fourth Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
• Continue to follow the events of the fourth book in A Song of Ice and Fire, A Feast for Crows
• New bestow cards offer ways to spend your gold, while other cards reward you for forging alliances between factions
• Includes recognizable characters like Selyse Baratheon and Ser Balon Swann, along with a new agenda
• Contains sixty brand-new cards (three copies each of twenty distinct cards)

The sixth Chapter Pack in the Flight of Crows cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

As A Feast for Crows draw to a close, countless conspiracies are revealed. Victarion Greyjoy has been dispatched to Essos to fetch back Daenerys Targaryen, but secretly, he plans to win her for himself. Arianne Martell plots to crown Myrcella Baratheon and lead a new rebellion in Dorne. House Lannister, House Tyrell, and the church of the Seven bicker for power in King’s Landing, and Ser Jaime Lannister turns his back on his sister’s plea for aid. Now, you have the chance to bring these conspiracies to your own intrigues in A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

Someone Always Tells is the sixth Chapter Pack of the Flight of Crows cycle, and it brings a fitting conclusion to the major themes explored in this cycle. As with the other expansions, you’ll find new cards with the bestow keyword, an attachment and a location devoted to the faith of The Seven, and cards that reward players for forging alliances between the factions. You’ll also discover plenty of recognizable characters and locations from the saga that you can add to your decks, such as Mace Tyrell, Qyburn, and the Great Sept of Baelor.

A Conspiracy in Dorne
House Martell may prefer to wait in the shadows, but Arianne Martell’s actions have set new conspiracies in motion. Doran Martell has called his banners, and though they have not yet been ordered into battle, their very presence makes an intimidating sight.

The first Martell card you’ll find in this Chapter Pack is Host of the Boneway (Someone Always Tells, 115), one of the Armies that guards a key mountain passage into Dorne. This character has the vital intimidate keyword, helping you to kneel your opponent’s forces when you win challenges as the attacker. Of course, the power of the intimidate keyword is directly linked to the STR by which you win the challenge. At only four STR, Host of the Boneway is not very impressive at first. Fortunately, it won’t stay that way.

Just as the Martell princes are known for their patience, so your Host of the Boneway will become stronger as the game goes on. In fact, this character’s STR is increased by one for each plot in your used pile! Already, players have ways to push the number of used plots with Ricasso (All Men Are Fools, 15), and with the upcoming The Wars to Come (Sands of Dorne, 45) agenda increasing your plot deck to ten cards, Host of the Boneway could become a force to be reckoned with.

Still, House Martell is not commonly known for its power on the battlefield. Instead, they rely on unexpected tricks and twists to surprise their opponents and gain the upper hand. Now, they gain an unprecedented ability—an event that can allow them to cancel plots. This card is the namesake of the Chapter Pack: Someone Always Tells (Someone Always Tells, 116). For two gold, you can play this event to cancel the effects of your opponent’s event or a triggered plot ability!

In most circumstances, your plot deck is outside of your opponent’s reach. You choose the plots that you reveal, and their effects couldn’t be cancelled—until now. It’s easy to imagine the control that Someone Always Tells can give you. Perhaps your opponent has run out of cards and needs to play Counting Coppers (Core Set, 10) to refill their hand. Maybe they’re trying to reset the board with Valar Morghulis (There Is My Claim, 80), or Valar Dohaeris (The Archmaester’s Key, 20), or Wildfire Assault (Core Set, 26). They could even be using Trade Routes (House of Thorns, 51) to gain a massive amount of gold and fuel their economy. With Someone Always Tells, you have the power to take all of that away.

There’s just one catch—you’ll almost never have two gold in the plot phase, when you would need to play Someone Always Tells to cancel a When Revealed ability. Unless, that is, you have an informant on the inside... If you can correctly deduce what your opponent is about to play, you can lay your own plans ahead of time. And as it so happens, House Martell has a variety of ways to ensure that they have gold in the plot phase. The Long Plan (Taking the Black, 16) lets you keep your gold through the taxation phase. Calling the Banners (Core Set, 7) or Trade Routes give you gold in the plot phase, provided you win initiative and can ensure that your plot triggers first. Even oft-neglected cards like Ranger's Cache (Wolves of the North, 52) or In Doran's Name (The Road to Winterfell, 36) give you the gold you need to stop your opponent’s plot before it begins.

Predict Their Next Move
Swords are drawn in the game of thrones, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wits—of secret plans and conspiracies and desperate gambles with the highest stakes. A Game of Thrones: The Card Game is no different. It’s time to prove you have what it takes to claim the Iron Throne.

At the Gates, the first Chapter Pack in the King’s Landing cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game

Over the course of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, you have followed your most beloved and most reviled characters from the first pages of A Game of Thrones to the closing chapters of A Dance with Dragons. You have led the hosts of Westeros through the War of the Five Kings and witnessed the fallout of their struggle for the Iron Throne. Characters you may have once thought safe have perished before your eyes and the meek have grown mighty. The only constant in the world of Westeros is change.

But the realm lives on, and now, the A Game of Thrones: The Card Game takes a new direction with the themes of this cycle. Rather than following the events of A Song of Ice and Fire by moving through the books of the saga, this new cycle draws the spotlight to the vibrant capital of Westeros—King's Landing itself. You'll find all kinds of cards throughout the cycle with a tie to King's Landing and the battle for the throne, as well as the continued development of the shadows keyword established in the fifth cycle! With a host of new shadows cards and support for your shadows decks, the game's sixth cycle promises to bring an exciting new direction to your battles and intrigues across the Seven Kingdoms.

The City Watch
At the Gates marks the beginning of the sixth cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. The King’s Landing cycle is firmly centered on the capital of Westeros, focusing on the people, places, and events tied to this location across the entirety of A Song of Ice and Fire, as well as continuing to develop the shadows keyword and the cards that hide in the darkness. The shadows have grown over the years, and the city of King’s Landing has changed since the Starks first traveled south at the command of King Robert, and now you have the chance to explore its twisting alleys like never before.

Your journey begins at the great wall that surrounds the city and the scattered gates that connect the capital to the outside world. The number seven is sacred to the Faith, and as such Aegon I Targaryen had seven gates built as the entrances to his grand metropolis. Now, in the At the Gates Chapter Pack, the great Houses of Westeros gain access to these locations. Each gate is a low-cost location that provide you with income from their tolls. If card draw is more important to you than gold, however, you have the chance to sacrifice these locations in exchange for cards. For example, when House Stark is in control of the Old Gate (At the Gates, 2), they may sacrifice the Old Gate to draw two cards if each of their characters are loyal Northmen, while the Gate of the Gods (At the Gates, 4) requires House Tyrell to control the strongest character in play, and the King's Gate (At the Gates, 8) can only be used if House Baratheon has five or more power on their faction card.

Bringing these locations into play early is made all the easier with the new plot card, At the Gates (At the Gates, 20). This plot lets you search your deck for a limited location with a cost of one or lower and add it to your hand. If this is your first time using a City plot in the game, you can even put the location into play, allowing you to immediately begin taking advantage of the location. Whether you're searching for one of the new gates or a location like The Kingsroad (Core Set, 39), At the Gates can ensure you get your economy when you need it.

Climbing the Ladder
Throughout A Song of Ice and Fire, King’s Landing has been likened to a pit of snakes or a city of spiders—all with good cause. The King’s Landing cycle continues the use of the shadow keyword, which was first introduced to the game's second edition during the Dance of Shadows cycle. By paying two gold, you can marshal a card with the shadow (x) keyword facedown into the separate shadow area, keeping your precious schemes protected until you're ready to strike.

If ever there was a character destined for the shadows, it would be the Master of Coin, Littlefinger (At the Gates, 17). Lord Baelish knows that you must play the game of thrones everywhere, at all times, and he is always ready to alter strategies and alliances the moment it suits him. If you can convince Littlefinger to support your claim, he can help you find alternate strategies with his Reaction. After one of your characters comes out of shadows, whether it's Littlefinger himself or another scheming ally, you can move up to three cards from your hand on the bottom of your deck, then draw an equal number of cards, helping you easily cycle through your deck and find the best cards for your current plans.

But perhaps the character who has undergone one of the greatest changes, at least physically, is the dragon Viserion (At the Gates, 13). Growing from his fledgling form (Core Set, 166), the beast’s strength has doubled, and he now bear the ambush (5) keyword, which lets you bring him into play in the midst of the challenges phase. With well laid plans and a touch of luck, you can surprise your opponent with Viserion’s new ability, gaining intimidate after you win a challenge for the miniscule price of a discarded card. After all, the mere sight of a full-grown dragon could be enough to make even a king cower and kneel.

A Pit of Snakes
As a new cycle begins, you are invited to return to King’s Landing and find serenity in its shadows. But be wary—many have met their end in the ruthless capital of Westeros. Still, if you can turn the chaos to your advantage, glory and power await!

The second Chapter Pack in the King’s Landing cycle for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game

Throughout your conquests in A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, you have journeyed to the farthest reaches of Westeros, following those vying for the Iron Throne through George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. But in the sixth cycle of the A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, the game steps beyond the page and into the world.

In the King’s Landing cycle, you are no longer tied to a set time, but to a place—the capital of King's Landing. You have approached the grand city and stood before the walls that surround the pit of snakes. Now, you are invited to move past the gates and begin your exploration of the treacherous and majestic city within.

City of Shadows
As A Game of Thrones: The Card Game continues to progress in the King’s Landing cycle, you have the chance to lay new schemes with the continued exploration of the shadows keyword. In every corner of the city, the twisting streets and hidden alleys conceal dangers. Your cards in shadows act as almost a second hand, one protected from intrigue claim and reserve restrictions. There's no telling what traps you have hidden away until you are ready to spring them.

But you are not the only one with their eye set on the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. Threats gather in every corner of the realm, with a new set of events that lurk in the shadows. The Shadow of the South (City of Secrets, 36) lets House Martell steal a challenge icon from a character, while across the Narrow Sea, the Shadow of the East (City of Secrets, 34) gives House Targaryen the chance to destroy one of their opponent’s attachments. Even the Night’s Watch have grown impatient with the meaningless squabbles between Houses and Shadow of the Wall (City of Secrets, 26) lets you stand a character with one or fewer challenge icons.

Each of these events bear a "—" in place of their gold cost, meaning that they can only be played from shadows. But each also has a condition under which you can return the event to your hand, giving you another chance to use its ability in the future. If there is a Scheme plot, like The Long Plan (Taking the Black, 16) revealed, Shadow of the South is returned to your hand, while a Targaryen player may wish to fill their plot deck with Summer cards, and the Night’s Watch waits for Winter plots to divide the weak from the worthy.

No Surprises
Beyond these events that lend each House a tailored advantage, City of Secrets also offers cards that interact with the shadows in new and powerful ways. City of Secrets introduces some characters (found throughout the King's Landing cycle) that can work around their shadow cost, allowing you to spring deadly traps even if you are low on funds. For example, the Red Keep Gaoler (City of Secrets, 27) has a shadow cost of four—but if you'd rather not pay, you can move two power from your faction card to a Baratheon character in order to put the goaler into play. Meanwhile, Cersei and the Lannisters can recall a non-Lannister Ally worth four or more gold to put The Regent's Guard (City of Secrets, 29) into play from shadows.

But even those who don't wish to rely on the underhanded intrigues of King’s Landing find powerful new tools and allies in the City of Secrets. House Stark can ensure that there are No Surprises (City of Secrets, 22) for a round before sending out warriors like the hasty Smalljon Umber (City of Secrets, 21). But perhaps the best way to defeat your secretive enemies is by joining them, engaging in Shadow Politics (City of Shadows, 38). While the card itself can only be played from shadows, one of its greatest uses is to discard a card from the largely protected shadows. But even if your enemy proves a straightforward opponent, this card can still be a worthy addition as you purge five cards from an opponent’s discard pile, or look at your enemy’s hand, reading their plans and forming a counterstrike.

Lies and Treachery
King’s Landing is not a place for the weak of spirit. Do you have what it takes to stand amongst the plotting courtiers of the capital, or will you meet your end in the capital as so many have before you? Assemble your allies, plan your schemes, and prepare to navigate the City of Secrets!

A Game of Thrones: The Card Game has taken you from the opening pages of A Game of Thrones to the closing chapters of A Dance with Dragons, fighting alongside the greatest warriors of Westeros on the battlefield and plotting courtly intrigues with the finest schemers of the realm. You have stepped beyond the pages to explore the world of A Song of Ice and Fire free from the bounds of time. Through six cycles, you have seen the game evolve, inviting you to find new ways to fight your battles and challenge you to change alongside the world of Westeros.

Now, a new era has arrived for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game—the release model for this game is changing from cycles of monthly Chapter Packs to larger Premium Packs, released at more sporadic intervals. These Premium Packs are a new size of expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, matching the size of Clan Packs in Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game.

A Change of Seasons
The Things We Do for Love is an expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game containing 88 cards, drawing on the game’s rich history as both a collectible card game and a Living Card Game, and bringing powerful and iconic cards from earlier eras of the game’s life to the second edition of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game. Whether it be the return of the Master of Coin, Littlefinger (The Things We Do for Love, 17), or the haunted Harrenhal (The Things We Do for Love, 21), players will find plenty to be excited about.

Each of these carefully selected cards have been updated to fit within the current meta while still holding true to the original spirit of the card. For some, this simply means updating traits or cleaning up text while others, like Catelyn Stark (The Things We Do for Love, 11) have new costs or STR values to better align with how the card would fit in the current state of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game.

In either case, the card’s original art is maintained to celebrate the game’s past as we look forward to its future. The Things We Do for Love also includes a comprehensive insert with a letter to fans from lead designer Nate French, as well as a look at the game’s rich history and an explanation of each included card’s place within that history—offering you a peek behind the curtain at the decision-making process and a chance to see how the game has touched the life of one of its creators.

Wheels Within Wheels
Beyond giving new life to beloved cards, The Things We Do for Love also introduces a new keyword to the second edition of A Game of Thrones: The Card Game in the form of prized. When a character, location, or attachment with the prized (X) keyword leaves play, each opponent of that card’s controller gains X power for his or her faction. But this is no easy task. The Targaryens have always built their armies around a few key characters they must protect, and the return of Mad King Aerys (The Things We Do for Love, 13) offers their House a character who cannot be killed unless your opponent controls a Lord or Lady character, or the Kingslayer Ser Jaime Lannister (Core Set, 87). Furthermore, the king may himself choose to kill one of those few who may stand against him by simply kneeling during the dominance phase. If a traitor can murder their rightful ruler, they will gain one power for their side, but the rage this will awaken within House Targaryen is not to be underestimated—their words are Fire and Blood, and they will ensure that any who stand against them will be reduced to ash.

As a final way to shake up the game, The Things We Do for Love also brings four agendas to customize your games. For example, you may choose to run Dark Wings, Dark Words (The Things We Do for Love, 28), the card originally designed by 2011 Melee World Champion Corey Faherty to focus your deck around devastating events. Or perhaps you wish to increase your deck size even further and run the classic agenda The Long Voyage (The Things We Do for Love, 30). Regardless of which faction you favor, this increased deck size lets you collect the largest assortment of warriors, servitors, lords, and ladies in all of Westeros, loading your deck with powerful characters and events along with the resources to pay for them. Add in some redundancy and a few key plots like Summons (Core Set, 22), At the Gates (At the Gates, 20), or Wheels within Wheels (Oberyn’s Revenge, 100) that allow you to easily search your deck, and you will be nigh unstoppable in the battle for the Iron Throne!

The Final Feast
The Things We Do for Love Premium Pack​ marks the beginning of a new release model for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game and it also designates the end of Organized Play support for the game.

In addition to Season 3 kits, which will be making their way into stores soon, the final Prime Championship season will kick off in November and will carry on into early next year. Beyond that, the last planned event with official support for the game will be the culmination of all Organized Play events, the World Championship, taking place at the Fantasy Flight Games Center from February 7–9. As a World Championship that's solely dedicated to A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, this is sure to be a memorable experience: one final celebration and one final World Champion.

While these are the last events we have planned for the game, it's entirely possible that it could receive more support in the future, such as at select fan events. If that happens, we will be sure to announce it.

With deluxe expansions, dozens of Chapter Packs, and countless tournaments, the world of Westeros has been brought to life by A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, but this game would not be what it is today without the incredible community behind it. Through your passion and creativity, you have turned a great game into something truly special, that players around the world have enjoyed for years and will continue to enjoy. Thank you so much! We can't wait to celebrate this game and its community in February.

The Realm Lives On
Just as the world of Westeros continues to shift with each rotation of the sun, A Game of Thrones: The Card Game will continue to evolve and change. We hope that you will continue to find new cards to delight and intrigue you as the game moves into a new phase of its life. You have made this game what it is, and we wish you well in all your battles to come!

The third deluxe expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game!

At the northern edge of the Seven Kingdoms, there is the Wall. Built from massive blocks of ice and guarded by ancient, forgotten spells, it towers over 700 feet tall, forbidding entry to all who dwell beyond. A wall is only as strong as its defenders, though, and here, those defenders are the Night’s Watch. In the Night’s Watch, all men are brothers. Knights, lords, and the cousins of kings rub shoulders with slavers, murderers, and the scum of Westeros. Their task is grim and cold and thankless—no songs will ever be sung for them. Yet their vigilance is all that protects the southern lands from wildlings and the Others.

Travel north and join the Night’s Watch with Watchers on the Wall! Within this expansion, the Night’s Watch explores new and existing themes, as you find new ways to defend the Wall, new ways to conscript your opponent’s characters, and plenty of rewards for focusing on the three branches of the Night’s Watch: Rangers, Stewards, and Builders. Along with the nameless men who swell the ranks of the Night’s Watch, you’ll find new versions of iconic characters from throughout the saga, including Jon Snow, Old Bear Mormont, Maester Aemon, and Samwell Tarly.

And although the focus of this expansion rests on the Night’s Watch, you’ll find two new non-loyal cards for every other faction, expanding your options for any alliance. You’ll also receive an assortment of neutral cards portraying the Night’s Watch’s most common enemies, the Wildlings. With seven new plots (one loyal to the Night’s Watch) rounding out the expansion, Watchers on the Wall offers new pathways to victory for every deck.

Guarding the Realm
The men of the Night’s Watch have only one sworn duty: to defend the Wall and protect the Seven Kingdoms. Even when the Night’s Watch is drawn into the intrigues and power struggles that define the game of thrones, they play the game much differently than the Great Houses of Westeros. In fact, most of their power comes not from winning challenges, but from defending The Wall (Core Set, 137). The Wall gives you a significant source of power, but defending it against a concerted enemy assault can be difficult. Fortunately, Watchers on the Wall gives you the tools to strengthen your defenses, beginning with a new version of Jon Snow (Watcher on the Walls, 1).

In contrast to the Core Set version of Jon Snow (Core Set, 124), which was purely offensive, the newest Jon Snow is equally useful on attack or defense. For seven gold, you receive military and intrigue icons and six STR, making him powerful enough to oppose someone like Balon Greyjoy (Core Set, 68) in a military challenge. More importantly, though, Jon Snow’s ability reads, “Reaction: After you win a challenge in which Jon Snow is participating, either: stand each attacking Wildling character, or stand each defending Night’s Watch character. (Limit once per phase.)”

When you’re fighting to defend The Wall, any card that stands your defenders is worth its weight in gold. It even allows you to overcommit on defense to trigger The Shadow Tower (Wolves of the North, 34) or Thoren Smallwood (For Family Honor, 45), and then stand all of your defenders with Jon Snow, readying you to block another assault. Jon Snow even has stealth, ensuring that your opponent can’t simply slip past him to scale the Wall!

The Night’s Watch gains another exceptional tool for defense with their new plot, The Fire That Burns (Watchers on the Wall, 46). This loyal plot features above-average initiative and reserve with an ability that’s truly stunning for any deck that defends The Wall. While you have The Fire That Burns revealed, your Night’s Watch characters don’t kneel to defend challenges! Obviously, this makes defending The Wall much easier, but there’s still a drawback—this plot has zero claim, making your own challenges mostly insignificant. Still, it’s often worth giving up your attacks to protect the rest of Westeros.

We Take What Is Offered
At the Wall, many resources are scarce. There is no glory to be won, nor lands to be given as prizes for valor. The Night’s Watch cannot afford to be proud; they take what is offered, even if those offerings are nothing more than the dregs and the leavings of the Great Houses.

In A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, the Night’s Watch has a tradition of pulling characters from their opponent’s discard pile with cards like Yoren (Core Set, 129) or Night Gathers… (For Family Honor, 46). In Watchers on the Wall, the Night’s Watch gains more options for conscripting characters, such as a new version of Old Bear Mormont (Watchers on the Wall, 3).

When it comes to finding new recruits for the Night’s Watch, few characters are better than Old Bear Mormont—simply by winning a challenge with the Old Bear, you’ll be able to choose any non-unique character in the losing opponent’s discard pile and put it into play under your control! The non-unique restriction means that you won’t be stealing the Lords and Ladies of another faction, but you can still gain powerful characters like City Watch (True Steel, 108) or Starfall Cavalry (Called to Arms, 35).

Though Old Bear Mormont can only summon non-unique characters to fight for the Night’s Watch, there’s no such restriction on Now My Watch Begins (Watchers on the Wall, 23). You can play this event whenever a character that costs five gold or less enters your opponent’s discard pile. Instead of being discarded, you bring that character into play under your control! It’s easy to imagine the power of units like Nymeria Sand (The Road to Winterfell, 35) or Tyrion Lannister (Core Set, 89) in the Night’s Watch. Ultimately, Now My Watch Begins is the perfect way to swell your ranks with more recruits.

The Fury of the Wild
Watchers on the Wall is primarily focused on the Night’s Watch, but alongside new cards for the seven other factions, you’ll also find a horde of neutral cards that invite you to play as the fearsome enemies of the Night’s Watch—the Wildlings.

You may begin your assault on the Wall by placing your forces under the command of Rattleshirt (Watcher on the Walls, 39). The Lord of Bones is well accustomed to raiding the Night’s Watch, and in A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, he turns their greatest strengths against them. Many Night’s Watch characters bear the “No attachments” or “No attachments except Weapons” keywords, which is normally an advantage—but while Rattleshirt is attacking alone, characters without attachments can’t be declared as defenders! Even if your opponent has the full strength of the Watch behind him, he may be unable to stop Rattleshirt from making unopposed challenges without the proper preparation. And if you add Rattleshirt's Raiders (Core Set, 30) into the picture, you may even clear out attachments before you attack with Rattleshirt.

Then, once you’ve broken through the Wall, you need to ensure you can hit the Night’s Watch where it hurts—their locations. For instance, after you win a challenge with an attacking Wildling character, you may play Scaling the Wall (Watchers on the Wall, 44) to choose a non-limited location and return it to its owner’s hand. Most importantly, you don’t need to be unopposed to play Scaling the Wall—you just have to win. Even winning a single challenge with a Wildling would be enough to send The Wall or Castle Black (Core Set, 136) back to your opponent’s hand.

Speak Your Vows
The men of the Night’s Watch take no wives, hold no lands, and father no children. They wear no crowns and win no glory. They live and die at their post. Night is gathering, and your watch will soon begin.

• The third deluxe expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game
• Highlights the Night’s Watch faction by offering them new characters, locations, attachments, and events
• Join new versions of iconic characters like Jon Snow, Old Bear Mormont, Maester Aemon, and Samwell Tarly
• Wilding cards invite you to assault the Night’s Watch and bring down the Wall
• Seven new plots expand the utility of your plot decks