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Apr 16, 2025·How to play·17:45·49·Watch on YouTube

A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King: Gain support among the King’s Landing court! (BGG solo variant)

Ruel Gaviola

Ruel Gaviola

Watch “A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King: Gain support among the King’s Landing court! (BGG solo variant),” a how-to-play guide on BoardGameVideo.

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Recorded live on Twitch 4/14/25. The solo variant I played was from BGG user Strewth78: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/11141/blogpost/127079/hand-of-the-king-solo-littlefinger-s-challenge 0:00 Overview 1:43 Gameplay 17:35 Outro Other places to find Ruel: ► DISCORD COMMUNITY Join the Fam Bam and chat about games, food, LEGOs, fur babies, and more! https://discord.gg/fxMvGcrmZr ► TABLETOP TONIGHT Ruel plays board games LIVE on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/ruelgaviola ► RAHDO RUNS THROUGH Ruel, Richard “Rahdo” Ham, Chris George and Ray Billings rank board games on The R&R Show! http://rnr.rahdo.com/ ► GOOD TIME SOCIETY Ruel and Becca Scott host Good Morning Society, a weekly show of board games, beverages, and shenanigans! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtzTuYwAIJ8VpXh-hZ2eobekjJx9exs_I&si=vSKFX1cErvaxZ0_5 ◄◄◄ ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ► ► ► This is a safe and family-friendly space and if you post something that is hateful or abusive, you will be BANNED immediately. Please THINK before you comment.

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A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King

A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King

2016·Bruno Cathala

2 - 4 players
15 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King, from BoardGameGeek:

Description from the publisher: The king has called for a lavish feast and tourney, the likes of which have not been seen in the Seven Kingdoms since the days of Aegon the Conquerer. What's more, the king has declared that at this feast, he will choose his new Hand - and you have a chance of rising to this lofty position. Of course, you're not the only one with eyes set on becoming the power behind the Iron Throne. In A Game of Thrones: Hand of the King, you need to scheme and backstab to outwit your opponents, and you need the help of Varys, the Master of Whispers, to do it. Hand of the King is a fast-paced card game of conspiracies and sudden twists of fate for two to four players, challenging each of you to gain the most support among the twisted intrigues of the King's Landing court. Each turn, you send Varys to do your bidding, moving through the court and inciting iconic characters from A Song of Ice and Fire to support your cause. With the help of some companions and crafty alliances with other players, you just might rise to become the king's new Hand! In more detail, players move Varys in orthogonal lines in a 6x6 grid, stopping it on a character token, then collecting that token and any other character from that House that you passed over. Possess as many characters from a House as someone else, and you claim the banner from that person. Collect the final character from a House, and you immediately use the power of one of six companions; since the game contains fourteen companions, the mix of powers will differ each game.

Designer

Bruno Cathala

Artist

Mihajlo Dimitrievski

Publisher

Fantasy Flight Games

Categories

Abstract StrategyCard Game

Mechanics

Grid MovementDrafting
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