Anticipating "A Feast For Crows" by George R. R. Martin (Nov. 9)

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seriously thinking about picking up some decks of the card game tonight, folks.

the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

ian, i would love to build an Arya deck and kick ur ass

elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

kind of annoyed that the original starter sets are all sold out. they look like the best entry point.

the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Can we order them? Surely they must be somewhere in New York.

Laura H. (laurah), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link

BOOK. FIVE. WANT.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

If you want to visualize that demand as being emphasized by me spilling the cheerios out of my bowl and banging it against the arm of my high chair, you may.

Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

there are other starter sets available, laura, but not the first one revolving around lannister/stark/baratheon... other sets include greyjoy, targaryen, martell, etc. i am gonna do some research and when you are back in NY we should buy a couple different decks and see how things work out.

the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Wednesday, 12 April 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Is there a straight Greyjoy set? Those are pretty much my favorite chapters, especially in Feast for Crows (unless I am confusing books which is entirely possible).

adam (adam), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I think you play a straight greyjoy deck, if you wanted to. I don't know. Wikipedia is both iluminating and mystifying on the subject.

What is the accepted online resource for finding high-quality CCG criticism???

the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link

You know I'm gonna have to go Stark.

Laura H. (laurah), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:55 (eighteen years ago) link

Deck builds are often referred to as being either Nedly or Jamie. A Nedly deck, named after the character Eddard "Ned" Stark, is defined as a deck that has a theme which is relatively true to the story contained in the books that AGoT is based on. A Jamie deck, named after the character Jamie Lannister, is a deck that is built to win by any means necessary

Laura H. (laurah), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:55 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't understand any of this

s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 13 April 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago) link

it's like magic the gathering.
except with more convoluted game mechanics.
and with the game of fire & ice characters & setting.

the unbearable lightness of peeing (orion), Thursday, 13 April 2006 03:36 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...
no reliance on D&D archetypes

reliance no, parody yes. the "it's a dwarf.... with an axe!!!¡!11lololol geddit" stuff in the first book is sub-pratchett at best :-\

aphid bokmål (dude dude), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link

oh, that's hardly something that's emphasized; the closest thing i think there is to a D&D archetype in the first book is probably Ned--lawful good to the max.

when's the next volume due out

electro-acoustic lycanthrope (orion), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 23:45 (eighteen years ago) link

seven months pass...
it seems HBO have acquired the TV rights. Can this possibly work?

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957532.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

mason storm (mason storm), Friday, 19 January 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link

The fact that it's HBO makes it more promising.

The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 January 2007 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link

four months pass...

i am re-reading this series again.

hi guys.

when is the next book coming out? wikipedia says "hopefully 2007."

ian, Monday, 4 June 2007 21:14 (seventeen years ago) link

When I try to open that link up there the page has this horrible ad I can't get to go away, but I hear they are doing the series like 1 book = 1 season, which I think is a brilliant approach to an adaptation of a fantasy series.

A fantasy series I have yet to start reading. I am totally stealing my mom's copy of Game of Thrones this weekend though (this is the first book, right?).

nickalicious, Monday, 4 June 2007 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

i can't get past the first three pages of this.

akm, Monday, 4 June 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link

(the first book in the series, that is)

akm, Monday, 4 June 2007 22:40 (seventeen years ago) link

nicka, you will love this i am fairly certain.
and yes, that's the first one.

ian, Tuesday, 5 June 2007 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link

ten months pass...

I wonder if Nickalicious read this.

Does an ILXor play either the card game or board game based on these books?
Got a bunch of cards cheap, totally playing this shit.

ian, Monday, 7 April 2008 03:58 (sixteen years ago) link

when the next one?

s1ocki, Monday, 7 April 2008 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link

don't ask.

ian, Monday, 7 April 2008 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link

amazon says end of september.

ian, Monday, 7 April 2008 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

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Szimeon Tarbuş (☪), Sunday, 9 November 2008 23:53 (fifteen years ago) link

THIS fuckin guy.

ian, Monday, 10 November 2008 00:08 (fifteen years ago) link

What the hell is going on with this guy? He's got like six million projects.

Alex in SF, Monday, 10 November 2008 05:25 (fifteen years ago) link

With Robert Jordan gone, someone had to claim the throne.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 November 2008 05:50 (fifteen years ago) link

this guy is going to die and leave an unfinished legacy.

Joe Pinot (rockapads), Monday, 10 November 2008 08:06 (fifteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

YOU MOTHERFUCKER YOU KILLED XXXX!!!!!

XXXXXX XXXX CAN SUCK MY NUTS!!!!

omg the red wedding jesus christ i can't believe this shit happened.

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link

i hate the lannisters so much (except tyrion)

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link

I flipped through Game of Thrones in the bookstore a couple times based on Ian recommending this stuff but couldn't get myself to pull the trigger

dmr, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link

omg matt i'm so glad you're reading these books.
you have a lot of BALLS OUT INSANITY to look forward to.

dave, it doesn't strike me as the kind of thing you'd be into honestly. Having never heard you mention anything involving knights in shining armor.

ian, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link

WHARE IS NEXT BOOK YOU FUCKS

One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link

seriously ian...what the HELL! it's crazy...like i mean even after the end of the first book you expect that "no one is safe"...to a degree...

the "red wedding" though...holy crap i have zero idea what is going to happen from here on out....

all my fav characters get killed.

jon snow better pull through for me. love that guy. and arya is awesome too.

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link

never coming.
i should re-read the first four this winter so i don't go crazy. xp

ian, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link

hahaha M@tt that was the exact same reaction I had

Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link

oh man i probably shouldn't have said that in my first post, that's a big time spoiler, can a mod take the first line out?

xpost dan it was UNREAL...i seriously read those 4-5 page three times just to be like "um...did this just happen???"

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link

i want a direwolf for xmas

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link

i just finished a reread last week. book four is a lot better than i remember but nearly as omgwtf as the first three.

didactic katydid (Lamp), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link

(thx for the mod fix, would hate to spoil that for someone)

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link

The most irritating part of this interminable delay is that Book 5 was SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALREADY. He was supposed to have finished Book 4 and found it too long and split it into two. WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEAD-START.

One Community Service Mummy, hold the Straightedge Merman (Laurel), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link

dave, it doesn't strike me as the kind of thing you'd be into honestly. Having never heard you mention anything involving knights in shining armor.

yeah that's the conclusion I came to myself after I read a few passages

I can fuck with some pulp but I'm more sci-fi / hard-boiled crime

people on this thread seem really into it though!! carry on with your feastening

dmr, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link

The most irritating part of this interminable delay is that Book 5 was SUPPOSED TO BE DONE ALREADY. He was supposed to have finished Book 4 and found it too long and split it into two. WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HEAD-START.

hahaha i got to the end of book four and read the meanwhile back on the wall part and hez like "don't worry its basically finished" lol george

didactic katydid (Lamp), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link

yeah i had held off for a long time even though everyone at work was forcing this on me like some freaking nerd jehovah's witnesses...i saw how long they were and was like "oh by time i get done with all that reading the next one will be out"....i didn't realize how quick of a read a near 1000 page book could be.

eatin' mangos in trinidad with attorneys (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link

If this guy dies before finishing this series I'm going to be very cross.

Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link

OK just finished storm of sword...

the last page....um....W.....T.....F??????

a lot of shit happened in the last half of that book.

i'm still trying to keep track of it all in my head.

you can't stop the shinin' (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link

oooooh, man

tom cruise knows we have to kill hitler (Lamp), Friday, 5 December 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link


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