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I'd Collect The Hell Out Of These Game of Thrones Magic Cards
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What's remarkable about these Game of Thrones characters re-imagined at Jerm Tube as Magic: The Gathering c ards isn't so much how convincing they look, it's how much thought was put into making them read like functional Magic cards. Here are two more sets of ten, click to embiggen: You can download them individually here , here and here . I'm not sure if these rules quite outdo the outstanding Game of Thrones board game, but man, if someone wanted to make a MTG expansion based on the Game of Thrones universe, I would play it. (Via Geekologie ) P
The Real History of Game of Thrones
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A brief look at the grisly origins of this Game of Thrones "fantasy," which is quite rich with similarities to historical events... Game of Thrones is back on the air and like a Frey at a wedding party, we feel like dancing in celebration of these tidings. However, it is also only being doled out week to week, leaving us hanging in suspense about who killed Joffrey in the interim. That is why we at Den of Geek thought it’d be a fun time to take one last look at the series for the time being and consider the real history of Game of Thrones . Woah, don’t think we’ve all gone crazy! Some around here may be brushing up on their High Valyrian, but we all realize this is just a little slice of high fantasy and nihilistic realpolitik. The kind of fairy tale only Kissinger could find happy. Still, there is a lot of fun Middle Age History wrapped around this story of dragons and Whitewalkers. Because for every element author George R.R. Martin may have borrowe