If you can oppose all challenges initiated by your opponent, you can use The Wall to claim 2 power for your faction. The only job of the Night’s Watch is to survive. With the exception of whatever banner you may bring into your deck, the Night’s Watch has no efficient way of stopping your opponent from winning challenges, claiming renown or using their abilities. These 4 cards combine to form a strategy that is unlike any other in the entire game. The main strategy in Night’s Watch revolves around a few key cards: And with that, I will segue into what the Night’s Watch’s core strategies are.Īs I alluded to in the introduction, the Night’s Watch does not try to control their opponent, nor do they try to impose their will on their opponent.
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Just as they are in the books and TV show, the Night’s Watch prefers to simply withstand their opponent, rather than try to impact them in any way. They don’t have any interest in imposing their will on their opponent, nor are they particularly interested in reacting to their opponent. However, much like the brothers on the Wall compared to the rest of Westeros, the Night’s Watch does not fit perfectly in with the rest of the factions. It is generally a sliding scale between the two, and a player will fall somewhere along that line. Each faction has elements of proactive and reactive gameplay, giving the players the flexibility to play within their comfort level with whatever faction they prefer. Obviously, few players are 100% proactive or 100% reactive. These players typically like to play control decks that allow them to react appropriately to what their opponent does, like Baratheon, Lannister and Martell. Then there are players who prefer to see how the board state develops and adjust their strategy accordingly they like to be reactive. These players like to play high aggro decks like Greyjoy, Targaryen, Stark and, under certain circumstances, Tyrell. You’ll run into players that love imposing their will on the board they love to be proactive.
I’m not talking about Ned/Jaime/Shagga (or, for you Magic players, Johnny/Timmy/Spike). I believe there are different kinds of players in all card games. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, it’s time for the reason you opened this article. I’ll throw in the occasional Greyjoy deck as well. I also enjoy playing Tyrell and Martell decks. We’ll talk about why I like them in this article. Maybe I just have no aspirations to ever succeed in a tournament, but that’s just always been how I play my card games.įor those reasons, you’ll see me gravitate towards the Night’s Watch primarily. I’m all about the underdog and I tend to intentionally avoid playing the meta defined top tier decks in any game I play. He’s still an Ironborn, as of today, but he’ll get there.
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I’ve also worked with ThroneRunner, another Youtube personality, who I introduced to the Night’s Watch (specifically, my Night’s Watch Banner of the Wolf deck.) And, if it weren’t for their ban on women and lands, I feel he would have joined full on by now. I do the same in the Game of Thrones LCG 2.0 Edition Facebook Group. I’m very active on the forums, where I try to convince people to play Night’s Watch decks more. I have a Youtube channel where I post OCTGN games and, hopefully in the near future, recordings of real card games. Our local Game of Thrones LCG night is Wednesday from ~5pm to when the owner, James, kicks people out. I live in Cincinnati, OH and my local game store of choice is Arkham House Games. I will briefly mention future cards that have been spoiled for the first chapter pack cycle at the end of the article, but the main focus will be on what you can build today.Īnd, as a special treat, since this is my first actual article on this website, I will begin with a small introduction to who I am and why you should care (though you probably shouldn’t).įor those that do not know who I am, my name is Joe Habes. This article is written with the core set and the first chapter pack, Taking the Black, in mind. Obviously, as the card pool expands, these things will be adjusted. And I believe this article will serve as a basis for other articles discussing the different factions and where they stand, so I may as well include a handy little outline of what I’ll be doing here: Now that you have awoken from your swoons of disbelief, I’d like to go over a few things with the Night’s Watch.
Well, wonder no longer, as I have decided to take the path less traveled and talk about…the Night’s Watch! Joe From Cincinnati has joined some website that posts articles, videos, podcasts and blogs about A Game of Thrones LCG 2.0 Edition? I wonder what his first article will be about.