{"product_id":"a-game-of-thrones-board-game-first-edition","title":"A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (First Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWesteros before anyone had seen the television series. Sealed, and it has been a very long time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian T. Petersen and Kevin Wilson's 2003 original: take one of the great houses of Westeros and fight for the Iron Throne through warfare, diplomacy and the sort of treachery that ends friendships. Orders are given face down across your territories and revealed simultaneously, so every turn is a bet on what the person opposite you has just written down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt won the Origins Award for Best Traditional Board Game of 2003 and effectively defined the modern area-control game. Support is the mechanism that does the real damage — battles are decided by whose neighbours turn up, and neighbours are not reliable. Fantasy Flight replaced it with a reworked second edition in 2011, so the original has not been printed in well over a decade. Runs to about three hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the first edition, still sealed in its factory shrink wrap. One copy only.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collectors, and groups who can absorb a betrayal without anyone leaving early.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3–5 players | 180 minutes | Age 12+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantasy Flight Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49668453564568,"sku":"OOP-GOT-1STED","price":149.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8381\/9672\/files\/IMG_1263.jpg?v=1786416640","url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/a-game-of-thrones-board-game-first-edition","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}