Given the currently highly uncertain status of Guardians of Order, who published the A Game of Thrones RPG, fans of the game have created a forum for the community, to ensure that a meeting place exists even if the official website and its forums disappear.
Fantasy Flight Games has unveiled the new graphic design for future A Game of Thrones collectible card game sets. Details can be found here. One of the particular benefits of the design is that the area for the art is abouty 25% larger than previously.
Discovered this a bit belatedly, but Westeros.org has had the honor of being selected as a Site of the Week by Sci-Fi.com, the official website of the Sci-Fi Channel.
GRRM’s official site has an updated “Ice and Fire Update” section catching up fans on the status of A Dance with Dragons, as well as an updated “What I’m Watching” entry, an updated “News” entry regarding the Fevre Dream comic book adaption by Avatar Press, and a new entry in the “Covers” section featuring a cover from that adaption.
The So Spake Martin collection has been updated with new Targaryen descriptions that GRRM has provided to Amoka and a recent interview in Comic-Con International’s Update magazine.
GRRM’s official site has an updated “From My Readers” section featuring a new picture, as well as a new (and amusing) fan letter and response. GRRM’s “Not A Blog” has also been updated with news of GRRM’s doings since his last entry.
Amok turns in another great series of portraits of the Targaryens, this time featuring the three sisters of Baelor the Blessed for whom the Maidenvault is named: Daena the Defiant, Rhaena, and Elaena. Amok has also provided GRRM’s descriptions of the three characters here.
GRRM’s official site has an updated “Cover Art” section featuring a new foreign edition cover for A Storm of Swords, as well as a sample from the new Wild Cards novel, Inside Straight, in the brand new “Wild Cards Sample” section.
GRRM’s official site has an updated “From My Readers” section featuring more fan art and pictures and an update to “News” noting that Subterranean Press has now sent its limited edition A Storm of Swords (with illustrations by Charles Vess) to the printer, with an expected ship date to customers of August or September.
Continuing his series of Targaryen portraits, Amok has received descriptions of Good Queen Alysanne and Queen Rhaenyra (of the Dance of the Dragons) from GRRM, and posted the results.
GRRM’s official site has an updated “News” section, discussing the forthcoming release of Dreamsongs, the retitled GRRM: A Rretrospective in a new edition, sans interior art but otherwise massively complete and at a new low, low price. The “Cover Art” section has also been updated with several new pieces, as has the the “What I’m Reading” section with a brief review of the book Cinderella Man.
The Brotherhood without Banners, the George R. R. Martin fan club, has announced its annual Worldcon Raffle Fundraiser. The list of prizes is extensive—including a limited edition print by Mike S. Miller, a limited edition copy of the Hedge Knight comic’s first issue, audiobooks for the A Song of Ice and Fire series, and more.
Buy a ticket (or ten, or twenty)!
Continuing their series of previews for the forthcoming Storm of Swords expansion for the A Game of Thrones board game, Fantasy Flight Games has posted a new preview of the new tactics element of the game.
Fantasy Flight Games has announced that the latest expansion of its A Game of Thrones Collectible Card Game has now been released. More information can be found here.
In related news, the latest entry on FFG’s Rants page includes information of a new multiplayer mechanic that’s currently in development for the game.
The So Spake Martin collection has been updated with a new interview from the Fantasy Book Spot.
