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by alasdair_ 2234 days ago
I really like GoT but the main game is quite imbalanced. Here are the stats for thronemaster (online version of the game) after tens of thousands of full games: https://www.thronemaster.net/?goto=statistics&sub=games&type...

As you can see, some houses are 3X more likely to win than some others.

It IS a fantastic game however, it just needs a few house rules to balance it.

For another truly exceptional game with even more treachery than Diplomacy, may I suggest Dune (1979 with a reprint last year)? It has my favorite power of all time in a game: before the game starts, the Bene Gesserit write down the name of a player and a turn. If that player wins on that turn, the Bene Gesserit win instead.