True to the nature of George R.R. Martin’s most famous work, A Game of Thrones: The Board Game is epic, complex, and will soak up a lot of your free time. At its most basic it’s a war game that sees you trying to control the castles and strongholds scattered among the territories of Westeros, but there’s a delightful amount of backstabbing, false alliances, and just generally screwing your friends over. It’s a good game for groups of friends that like to argue with each other loudly and often, preferably while drinking copious amounts of beer.

Read more: http://badassdigest.com/2012/01/11/game-review-a-game-of-thrones-the-board-game-2nd-edition/

This is something I’d been talking about doing for weeks with my buddy Luke while we played the Game of Thrones: Living Card Game. (Excellent game, by the way.)

Originally it was just a text file but today I had the inspiration of scanning in the heraldic crests from the beginning of every chapter and printing the thing out, for authenticity. Then I gave it to my 14 month old daughter who proceeded to rip it, crush it, and even chew on a corner.

Perfect.

I scanned it back in and it was good to go. Hope you enjoy.

I doubt you’ve heard of this book called Game of Thrones by this George R.R.R.R. Martin character, but it’s pretty damn good. Unlike anyone else in the world right now I just started reading the series and have been pretty goddamn impressed by how epic it is, how beautifully realized the world is, how realistic the characters feel and how much I’m getting sucked into all the drama. And there are three more books and one more hitting in July? Someone should make a movie of this!

All joking aside, though- this paperback has made me realize what a Nook snob I’ve become. I’m so used to plopping my little e-reader down anywhere I go and not have to worry about all these old world trifles like TURNING PAGES or HOLDING IT OPEN. Quite annoying.