Fief GoT rules V3.pdf
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Game Play
A. Round Overview
A Song of Ice and Fief is played over a number of rounds until one Player or an Alliance of two Players has gained
enough Victory Points (VPs) to win the game at the end of a round. Titles that grant VPs are marked with a red seal symbol.
Each round consists of eight Phases. During most Phases, Players execute each action in clockwise order.
Phase 1. ‘Hear Ye, Hear Ye’ (Play each Action in order)
• Announce Marriage Alliances (1.1),
• Elections of Lord Commander (1.2 NWE or WaE), Wardens (1.3),Hand of the King (1.4) and King (1.5)
Phase 2. Draw & Play Cards (Play each Action in order)
• Players may discard (2.1) and draw new cards (2.2),
• Resolve all Disaster cards (2.3),
• Players play cards (2.4).
Phase 3. Collect Income (Collect simultaneously)
• Players collect Gold Dragons for each Village, Sept and Mill they Control,
• Nobles with a Fief Title, Wardens, Members of the Small Council and the King may collect Taxes.
Phase 4. Purchase (Purchase ALL Troops, building and Titles in order)
• Pay Ransom (4.1)
• Purchase Troops (4.2), Buildings (4.3) and Titles (4.4).
Phase 5. Movement (Move ALL Troops and Nobles in order)
• Each Noble may move with their Troops and perform Raids (Cavalcades)
• Nobles may go to the Wall (NWE or WaE)
Phase 6. Battles (Play ALL Battles in order)
• Opposing Troops in the same Village can engage in Battle.
Phase 7. Battle at the Wall (only with NWE or WaE)
Phase 8. End of round
• Victory conditions are checked
B. Titles
In A Song of Ice and Fief, a Player’s Nobles can obtain three different kind of Titles
(Fief, military and High Title)
. One
Lady can also obtain the special Title Mother of Dragons.
Fief Titles:
Indicated by a square token with a plain background matching the fief color, 2 of these Titles maximum per
Noble.
8 Fief Titles are available:
Lord or Lady Paramount of the North (white),
Lord or Lady Paramount of the Vale (dark green),
Lord or Lady Paramount of the Stormlands (yellow),
Lord or Lady Paramount of the Westerlands (red),
Lord or Lady Paramount of the Riverlands (blue),
Lord or Lady Paramount of the Reach (light green),
Prince(ss) of Dorne (tan),
Lord or Lady Reaper of Pyke (brown),
A Fief Title can be purchased during the Purchase Phase (4.4). To purchase a Fief Title, a Player must occupy all
Villages and at least one Stronghold in the Fief.
Military Titles: Indicated by a minicard to be placed besides the character card. One of these Titles maximum per
Noble.
The Titles are Warden, Protector of the Realm, and Brother of the Night's Watch.
The Warden Titles are gained through an election process.
Mother of Dragons is gained by randomly drawing the card from the Court Event deck (2.4.3) or starting as House
Targaryen.
Brother of the Night's Watch is obtained by declaring it during the Draw Cards Phase and drawing the appropriate card.
High Titles:
Indicated by a square token with a circle above the brown background. One of these Titles maximum per
Noble.
Member of the Small Council, King, Queen, and Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch.
The King, Hand of the King, and Lord commander of the Night's Watch Titles are gained through an election process.
The Hand of the King counts also counts as a Member of the Small Council.
The other Members of the Small Council Titles are gained by randomly drawing one of three “Join the Small Council”
cards from the Court Event deck (2.4.3) or by purchasing the single Title card that is available on the game board (4.4) and
playing it on a Warden.
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