In a match made in gaming heaven, HBO’s Game of Thrones finally gets together with the classic world-conquring strategy game RISK.
The Game of Thrones edition of RISK looks every inch as epic as the HBO series and the original board game. The game includes more than 650 beautifully-crafted pieces, and offers three different modes of play across two detailed map boards — one of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and one of the distant continent of Essos.
In Westeros, players will have the Great Houses of Stark, Lannister, Baratheon, Tyrell, and Martell to wage war. The Essos board pits House Targaryen against the hungry slavers of the Ghiscari Empire. The two boards can also be combined into one massive seven-player game, certain to leave tension and the smell of blood in the air.
Game of Thrones RISK also includes tokens, territory cards, and four character cards per House which add skills and benefits to each player. Gold Dragons add an economic element to each game, and players can also track their progress on customizable player boards.
The Game of Thrones edition of RISK will retail for $74.99, and will be available for purchase next month.
RISK isn’t the only game getting a Game of Thrones-themed makeover recently. USAopoloy, the company behind the new edition of RISK, has also released a Game of Thrones version of Monopoly. Classic Monopoly money has been renamed in Dragon denominations, and the board lists numerous locations from the HBO series. Each game also comes with six oversized, collectible tokens — a Dragon Egg, the Three-Eyed Raven, a White Walker, a direwolf, a crown and the legendary Iron Throne.
Whichever way you chose to try and conquer Westeros, we recommend keeping the dragons on your side.