"Song of Ice and Fire" Discussions

Yeah I played the card game it is pretty fun, but you need a long time to play especially set up time.

Oh wait I was thinking of the board game too - sorry - I got confused because the board game uses cards for all the characters. :) Sorry I haven't played the card game then assuming that's different.

But sixhours is right the board game is super fun. It gets crazy when the wildings attack. And yeh the players tend to actually get pissed at each other just like the characters in the novel do hehe.

April can't come soon enough. Sean Bean is the perfect casting choice for Ned

I'm so excited!!! Woot! April the show, July the book. WOOT!!!

Woot that was an amazing book!

Finished "A Game of Thrones" last night, and despite this genre not being my normal, I loved it. Of course, I'm a bit saddened that my favorite characters have the a habit of dying but I thought it was really great. I have some minor gripes, but because I haven't finished the series, some of the stories I want to know might be told.

Oh dear. Lol. Too true.

re-reading Dance with Dragons now.... WOW what a series!!!

on the Board Game - wife and I got it for Christmas. Played it with some friends. A complicated board game with a steep learning curve, but fun to take over Westeros! Make sure your playing with hardcore strategy game lovers, or else people will get bored.

Love the TV show, can't wait for April 1st to get here so season 2 can start.

Book series is incredibly intriguing. Theorizing with hardcore fans is always fun.

My personal theory: Forget the dragons, the vale, the lannisters, Tyrion, Targs, and Jon Snow. They are all just red herrings to keep you from the true hero of the tale: Brandon Stark. Children of the Forest and The Others pre-date the Targs. Likewise, Bran's greenseer "training" is far more important to the outcome of Westeros than dragons, mummers, gold, and sell swords. mark my words, Bran will be leading an army in the final battle.

Originally posted by Savant Started reading these only recently after loving the t.v. series, about halfway through A Storm of Swords. Enjoying the series overall but I was a bit disappointed at the use of actual magic starting in the second book. I really hope Bran does something big for the series. TBH, his passages tend to interest me the least and feel a bit like filler at times.   My prediction for the series end: Jon Snow, revealed to be the son of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegor, who was taken in by Ned and raised as his bastard, marries Daenerys and they rule Westeros together.

A lot of people predict that, which is why it won't happen haha. Plus I hate that ending...it just doesn't feel right in terms of the series' tone.

Originally posted by Savant Really? That's funny. Jon's parentage has been telegraphed from the beginning. If it turns out he is NOT the child of Lyanna and Rhaegor, I'd totally call foul and say Martin changed his mind while writing the series.

While Jon's parentage has been telegraphed since the beginning, I don't think it means that he and Dani need to get together....I don't know it just feels too....fairy tale for me. "Oh the handsome fan favorite and the beautiful fan favorite are destined to be together in the end" when I just don't see either even liking each other haha.

But that's just me...A lot of fans want this...Me not so much. I don't know who I want to rule Westeros. Part of me wants it to become seven separate kingdoms again...

But I can't really talk too much more about it, because you're only halfway through the third book. So chop chop, things are about to get good :).

I'm still trying to avoid spoilers, I haven't read Dances With Dragons yet.

Hahaha.    I wish we had broken this thread up into independent threads dealing with each novel.  That way we could all talk about the various stages of reading we are at.

I just started Dances with Dragons. I am enjoying it so far, but this might be my least favorite group of viewpoint chapters. I'm not sure why, since I like them all but shifting between Tyrion, Dany, and Jon has not been that thrililng. I am just starting a chapter with a new narrative, and he disgusts me but hopefully I can get past his eating rats.