They have an extremely wide range of excellent attachments, very good medium-cost infantry and some very good commanders.īut notice that through all of this I’m not giving a plan to win battles, a fundamental philosophy of combat? House Stark doesn’t have that. House Tully are the honourable, wealthy southerners who are used to fighting Lannisters the Crannogmen are better-funded Free Folk, and the Umbers are the barbarians and berserkers.
They have an extremely diverse roster with three distinct subfactions. They’re warriors in a way not many other Houses are, and their troops often stand alone without any need for complex synergies. When everyone is bleeding and exhausted that’s when House Stark is just getting going. House Stark wants to race the enemy to the bottom and win with experience. This made it very hard to come to grips with the faction but I’m a better gamer for having done so. I have a certain play style and approach in games and House Stark categorically resists it in the same way that House Targaryen enables it. For people with deep practical experience in a game already often theory can be enough, but A Song of Ice and Fire is a new game for me and that means I needed to put a bunch of games through before I felt comfortable talking about and providing advice on House Stark.Īnd one of the main lessons I learned is that House Stark is not for me. So when I forward a strategic opinion I want to make sure there’s some reality behind it. Thinking of the perfect comeback two days later in the shower doesn’t actually help you win an argument when it counts. Plenty a real military campaign that sounded good on paper fell apart because people literally didn’t understand the physical requirements of moving boxes off boats. My background puts my competitive gaming origins in competitive Starcraft, a game which fundamentally resists netlisting and armchair theory your instincts and reflexes under pressure are essential components to your strategy. Understand that I am deeply suspicious of theorycrafting.
The good news is that delay has been a productive one – I’ve been getting in as many practice games with House Stark as I’ve been able.
It’s been a few weeks since our last update on House Lannister thank you for your patience.
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