Derived works

A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, is the basis of a great number of derived works, both with and without the authorization of the author.

Television Adaptation

Main article: Game of Thrones

In March 2010, HBO greenlit a television series based on A Song of Ice and Fire, with David Benioff and Dan Weiss attached to write and executive produce.^[1] Called Game of Thrones after the first novel, A Game of Thrones, the series stars Sean Bean, Peter Dinklage, and Lena Headey.^[2] Game of Thrones generally covers one novel's worth of material per season, and the first season premiered on April 17, 2011.^[3] Game of Thrones has been well-received critically and has garnered a loyal fanbase. On April 19, 2011, after airing only one episode, HBO announced that it had renewed Game of Thrones for a second season.^[4] The show was renewed for a third season on April 10, 2012,^[5] and a fourth season on April 2, 2013.^[6] The fifth and sixth seasons were ordered on April 8, 2014.^[7] A seventh season was ordered on April 21, 2016.^[8]

Games

Card game

• A Game of Thrones is a collectible card game (CCG) produced by Fantasy Flight Games. A number of base sets have been released for the game, each with a number of expansions. The game's primary designer is Eric Lang and the lead developer is Nate French. The A Game of Thrones: Westeros Edition won the Origins Award for Best Trading Card Game of 2002. The A Game of Thrones: Ice and Fire Edition won the Origins Award for Best Card Game Expansion or Supplement of 2003. It is an ongoing project consisting of five editions and eight expansions to date.

Board games

• A Game of Thrones is a strategy board game released in 2003 by Fantasy Flight Games and created by Christian T. Petersen. The Origins Award-winning game allows the players to take on the roles of several of the Great Houses vying for control of the Seven Kingdoms, including House Stark, House Lannister, House Baratheon, House Greyjoy, House Tyrell, and as of the expansion A Clash of Kings, House Martell. Players maneuver armies to secure support in the various regions that comprise the Seven Kingdoms, with the goal of capturing enough support to claim the Iron Throne. Two expansions for the game, A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords, have been released.

• Battles of Westeros is a two-player board game released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2010.^[9][10]. Battles of Westeros is a war game and is more tactically oriented than the board game A Game of Thrones.

Roleplaying games

• A Game of Thrones Roleplaying Game, created by the defunct Guardians of Order company and published by White Wolf in 2005, is a roleplaying game using the d20 and the TriStat dX rules systems. The game consists of a single large, full-color rulebook featuring information on role-playing in the Seven Kingdoms and also background information to the series not found in the novels, including a detailed map of the Seven Kingdoms. The game was very well-received and was nominated for several awards, but this was not enough to save its parent company from closure in July 2006.

• A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying was released by Green Ronin Publishing in 2009 to fill the void left by the defunct previous roleplaying game. A custom game system was created by the publisher for use with the setting, and since its initial much-acclaimed release has seen numerous supplemental adventures and information. The supplemental book A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide was released in 2010, and included detailed information on the setting.

Video games

• Blood of Dragons is an online, text-based RPG MUSH and the only online game specifically authorized by the author.^[11] Blood of Dragons fully opened in 2007 and is set approximately 140 years prior to the initial series, during the reign of Daeron I and his conquest of Dorne. The game is maintained by the administrators of Westeros.org, who collaborated with Martin on The World of Ice & Fire. (link)

• A Game of Thrones: Genesis is a real-time strategy game based on A Song of Ice and Fire for the PC. It was published by Cyanide Studio, in 2011. The game allows players to partake in the conquest of Westeros beginning generations before the time in which the novels are set.

• Game of Thrones is a video game based on the series and published in 2012. It is a role-playing video game based on the novels and containing some voice actors from the television series.

• Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms is a browser-based, massively-multiplayer role-playing game announced in February 2012 and developed by Bigpoint Games. An initial closed beta was planned for fall 2012.

• Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a graphic adventure game by Telltale Games. The first episode of the game, which focuses on House Forrester and is based on the television adaptation Game of Thrones, was released in December 2014.

• Several unofficial mods have been created by fans for several video games, such as Crusader Kings, Crusader Kings II, Mount & Blade: Warband, Neverwinter Nights, and Rome: Total War.

Publications

• The World of Ice & Fire is a companion volume to the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. The book was written by Elio Garcia, Linda Antonsson, and George R. R. Martin, and was published in the USA by Bantam on October 28, 2014.

• A World of Ice and Fire is a companion guide available as an app for iOS and Android. The app was written by Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson in consultation with George R. R. Martin and was released in 2012.

• The Art of Ice and Fire, published in 2005 by Fantasy Flight Games, contains numerous works of art inspired by the series from a variety of different artists and illustrators. Some of the art previously appeared in the card game or online, but most of it was new. A second volume was released in 2011.

• A Game of Thrones is a comic book adaptation of George R. R. Martin's fantasy novel A Game of Thrones, the first in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Writer and frequent collaborator Daniel Abraham scripts the series and artist Tommy Patterson draws it. The series is currently being released by Bantam Books as trade paperback graphic novels. Three volumes have been released with a fourth and final volume forthcoming.

• A Feast of Ice and Fire is a cookbook of recipes of dish and meals from Westeros and Essos based on descriptions in the five books of A Song of Ice and Fire. It was written by Chelsea Monroe-Cassel and Sariann Lehrer, the owner of the website The Inn at the Crossroads. There is a forward by Martin. It was released on May 29, 2012.

• A Game of Groans is a parody book. In August 2011, Thomas Dunne Books announced it acquired the rights to A Game of Groans, a take on Martin's best-selling novel. It is described as: A parody of George R.R. Martin's bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire series, set in a world where seasons can last decades (and comparisons to Tolkien a lifetime), the warmth is returning, and in the thawing tundra to the North of Summerseve, the future of the Bark family, their BFFs, and their enemies dangles in the balance, to Peter Joseph at Thomas Dunne Books, by Jason Allen Ashlock at Movable Type Literary Group (World).

• Beyond the Wall is a collection of essays exploring the series influences, its narrative choices, and its epic scope. It was released in June 2012.

Collectibles

• A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar is an annual calendar providing unique drawings for each month of the year. Publication began in 2011 and Random House is expected to publish through 2015/2016.

• The Lands of Ice and Fire is an boxed collection of twelve official A Song of Ice and Fire map posters, stretching from Westeros to Asshai. The maps were illustrated by cartographer Jonathan Roberts and were published by Bantam Books on October 30, 2012.

• Testor Corporation announced that in late 2006 it would begin releasing model figures based on the series, to be followed by a tactical war game. Only one product shipped, a Ruby Ford diorama. In April 2007, Martin announced that the licensing agreement with Testor had expired, and Testor's A Song of Ice and Fire product lines had been canceled.^[12] In December 2006, Haute Productions signed a deal to release a range of resin mini-busts featuring characters from A Song of Ice and Fire under the name Valyrian Resin. The company plans to expand the line to include resin statues and pewter chess sets.^[13] On August 13, 2007, Dark Sword Miniatures announced a line of premium pewter miniatures based on the world of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and sculpted by renowned miniatures artist Tom Meier.^[14]

• Valyrian Steel is a company manufacturing replicas of arms and armor from the novels of A Song of Ice and Fire and the television show Game of Thrones. On March 20, 2007, Martin announced on his blog^[15] that he had "signed a deal with Jalic, Inc of East Lansing, Michigan, granting them a license to manufacture and sell full-sized high-quality replicas of the arms and armor from A Song of Ice and Fire under the name Valyrian Steel,^[16] starting with the bastard sword Longclaw wielded by Jon Snow. In early 2009, Jalic had Arya Stark's Needle from A Song of Ice and Fire on pre-sale. Both Needle and Longclaw were available in a Limited Edition of 2,500 each.

References and Notes

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