The Game of Thrones Board Game Is Becoming a Video Game

Fantasy’s Flight’s A Game of Thrones: The Board Game is coming to PC (via Steam) in Q3 2020.The board game, originally released in 2003, was updated in 2011 around the start of HBO’s Game of Thrones show and now, years later, the board game is making the jump to video games, as reported by Dicebreaker. The video game version of this board game is simply called A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition.The digital version of the board game is essentially just the physical board game translated to a digital format. It seems to play exactly the same in rules and mechanics. The game takes place after King Robert Baratheon’s death — which as fans of the books and HBO series know, is the event that sets the rest of the series in motion — and sees up to six players control different territories of Westeros as the series’ main houses.

This includes the Lannisters, the Starks, the Greyjoys, the Martells, the Tyrells, and of course, the Baratheon’s. The physical board game received a Mother of Dragons expansion that adds both the Arryn and Targaryen houses but it’s unknown at this time if those two houses will be in the PC version.The PC version will include the option to play with up to five AI opponents and will feature scenarios not originally found in the board game. A Game of Thrones: The Board Game — Digital Version will launch in the third quarter of 2020 according to the Steam listing for the game. The game is being developed by Dire Wolf and published by Asmodee Digital.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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