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Lannister Preview

Continuing their series of previews for the forthcoming Storm of Swords expansion for the A Game of Thrones board game, Fantasy Flight Games has posted a new preview of the Lannister house cards.

Official Site Update

GRRM’s official site has an updated “Samples” section, featuring a Tyrion chapter from A Dance with Dragons.

Tyrell Preview

Continuing their series of previews for the forthcoming Storm of Swords expansion for the A Game of Thrones board game, Fantasy Flight Games has posted a new preview of the Tyrell house cards.

Board Fundraiser

It’s that time again: fundraising time.

Last year, shortly after we moved to this site, we quickly raised $355 to cover 6 months of hosting on our fabulous server. Now the server is even more fabulous (with a bit of a security upgrade, thanks to the NSA wink.gif and we figure another $350 or so for the next six months would be a great way to support the site and help our very cool host cover some of her costs in providing this service (thanks, Sparks!).

Official Site Update

GRRM’s official site has an updated “From My Readers” section featuring an interesting license plate, as well as updates to the “Appearances” section indicating that he’ll be attending this years Comic-Con in San Diego, and “Links” section. Finally, he has made a new entry to his “Not a Blog”, discussing the renovations of his house and his progress on A Dance with Dragons (including some slightly spoilerific information).

Power and Baratheon Preview

Continuing their series of previews for the forthcoming Storm of Swords expansion for the A Game of Thrones board game, Fantasy Flight Games has posted a new preview of the Baratheon house cards and a discussion of the Power system in the game.

Board Down

Due to unforseen circumstances, the board and IRC chat will be down for an indefinite period while it’s given a clean reinstall. We hope the downtime will be brief, although the timing with this weekend (busy for the both of us) is not ideal. We’ll do our best to get the board up swiftly, with the help of our siteadmin.

Until then, our apologies for the downtime. If you feel like socializing with fellow boarders in the meantime, consider visiting the Chat Board.

Dorne Preview

Continuing their series of previews for the forthcoming Storm of Swords expansion for the A Game of Thrones board game, Fantasy Flight Games has posted a new preview of the Martell house cards.

So Spake Martin Update

The So Spake Martin collection has been updated with a new interview from Book Help Web and a new interview from Pat’s Fantasy Hot List.

Ironborn Preview

Fantasy Flight Games has posted another preview of the upcoming A Storm of Swords expansion to their popular A Game of Thrones board game. It focuses on the Greyjoys.

A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar

Fantasy Flight Games has announced some of their releases for this summer, and among them are the following:

Feast for Crows Locus Finalist

A Feast for Crows is one of the five finalists in this year’s Locus Awards. The winner has already been determined as the finalist who received the most votes from readers, but will not be announced until June.

Official Site Update

GRRM’s official site has an updated “What I’m Reading” section featuring glowing praise of Walter Jon Williams‘s finale to his “Dread Empire’s Fall” series, Conventions of War.

Storm of Swords Preview

Fantasy Flight Games has posted a preview of the upcoming A Storm of Swords expansion to their popular A Game of Thrones board game. It features examples of leader and house cards for the expansion.

Subterranean Press News

Subterranean Press, publishers for the limited editions of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, have sent out the following information in their latest newsletter, which includes a terrific example of Tom Canty’s chapter headers for A Feast for Crows: