Decided to geek out a bit and got myself an early xmas present: The Game of Thrones card game core set. Being a recovering MTG-junkie, anything similar combined with A Song of Ice and Fire mythos was just too hard to resist. Also I've mainly read good things about it so, yeah, why not.
Plays 2-4, core set has enough stuff for four, with 4 house decks (Stark, Lannister, Baratheon, Targaryen) and 2 evil teaser cards for houses Greyjoy and Martell. It's sort of a collectible card game, but cards have no rarities and decks can be simply expanded from monthly expansion packs. So while there's a ton of cards you CAN buy, you'll always get what you want.
Here's the
game entry at Boardgamegeek. You can also watch the
intro vid on Fantasy Flight Games website with thorough explanation on the gameplay.
Art's a bit of a mixed bag, some cards look amazing, some are quite plain. Overall it's at least functional.
Some card examples (click to enlarge slightly):