How to play A Game of Thrones: Board Game on Mac
Game summary
When you play the Game of Thrones... you win or you die... In this turn-based strategy game based on A Song of Ice and Fire novel series by G.R.R Martin, experience the wars and intrigues of Westeros by playing as one of the 6 Great Houses. In A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, the ambitious Lannisters, the stalwart Starks, the cunning Martells and other Houses are struggling to seize the crown. Lead the Greyjoys on their pillages or consolidate your forces as the Tyrells, the choice is yours. In this war-torn land, where alliances are made and broken, armies clash and the royal court is filled with schemes; will you be able to establish your dominance? Conquer fortresses and castles to solidify your claim to the throne, but beware of your neighbors. Will you be able to seize the crown for yourself?
First released: Apr 2021
Play A Game of Thrones: Board Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play A Game of Thrones: Board Game on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
A Game of Thrones: Board Game installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install A Game of Thrones: Board Game like you would on any PC.
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