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A Song of Ice and Fire Boxed Book Set: A Box of Vinyl and Cloth

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I’ve sworn off reading any fantasy book series that isn’t already complete before I start it, after the massive annoyance that was The Wheel of Time series. I started that series in high school, and still haven’t finished it. It got really tedious and each time I finished a book, I had to wait FOREVER for the next, then the author died leaving the series for another writer to finish. I was rather bored with waiting for Rand to go crazy and really wanted more sword fights and less talking anyway.

For that reason, I’ve never read A Song of Ice and Fire. If you like the series, you can get a boxed set that has the first five books in fancy leather cloth binding.

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That binding looks like leather, but is actually vinyl. Each book is sort of smallish at 4.9″ x 6.4″ x 9.6″. You can get the set for $36.99(USD) at ThinkGeek, and no, buying it won’t make the sixth book come any faster.

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3D Printed Cyvasse Set: Time for a Trip to the Iron Bank

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We’ve featured free 3D files for a pretty good interpretation of a Cyvasse set, inspired by the eponymous board game in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels. But if you’d rather buy a ready to play set, check out Michael Le Page’s creation. Unlike the previous set we featured, Michael opted for a hexagonal layout and a more utilitarian design.

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Michael’s Cyvasse board has large holes that will securely hold the pieces. The smaller holes are for the terrain tiles. You can also use Michael’s set to play hexagonal chess. Skip to 3:38 in the video below to see a brief demo of the set.

Michael is selling 3D printed versions of the set by way of Shapeways. It’s going to cost you though. The board sells for $150 (USD), while the pieces and tiles for one side sell for $77.40 (and obviously you need two sides to play).

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These Are Not Game of Thrones LEGO Minifigs: Dragon Sword Fighter Force

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If you want to play LEGO Game of Thrones, you wish or you die. Nah, you go to Citizen Brick. The company that’s harvesting the fruits of LEGO’s refusal to create an adult line of toys has a series of minifigs with the awesomely bad title Dragon Sword Fighter Force. The familiarity is strong with this Force.

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Heavily inspired by the characters from George R. R. Martin’s  A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO’s adaptation of said literature, the minifigs come in four separate packs with three toys each or as one big bundle of 12 toys. That’s not all – if you buy all 12 minifigs at once, you get a bonus minifig that looks like Mr. Martin himself. Though to be fair there are millions of men who look like Sir Typesalot.

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Betray your browser and head to Citizen Brick to purchase the Ga– Dragon Sword Fighter Force minifigs. Each three-pack costs $55 (USD). The 12-pack bundle won’t save you any money because it costs $220, but at least it’ll come with Sir Types A.A. Lot.

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A Song of Ice and Fire Battle Damaged Action Figures: Toys of Wood and Paint

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[SPOILERS] Craftsman and artist Mick Minogue made action figure-style woodcuts of some of Westeros’ infamously battered – or worse – characters for the Winter is Coming art show at the Ltd. Art Gallery. Needless to say, the figures give away some of the novels’ plot points and are most certainly not for kids.

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Mick also made high quality packaging for the action figures, each with a funny blurb that alludes to the fate of the characters. Mick also said that the art show is based not on the HBO TV series Game of Thrones but on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels, allowing Mick and the other artists to give their own interpretations of how the characters looked.

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That last figure. Man. You’re on Arya’s list now Mick. Mick made eight action figures; if you can’t check them out at the Ltd. Gallery, keep an eye on Mick’s Facebook page, where he’ll share photos of the other toys. Mick also said he might make more aside from the ones he made for the show. It’s not like he’s lacking for material.

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3D Printed Cyvasse Set: a Game of Keeps and Mountains

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Characters don’t just drink, do it and die in George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire novels. They also play games, particularly a board game called Cyvasse. Now you can play it too, thanks to Thingiverse member A. Marston Croft and his friend Nate Stephens.

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I have not read the books yet – don’t behead me! – but from what I gather, Martin has not yet laid out the rules of Cyvasse and the appearance of its pieces completely. So Croft took a few liberties here and there.

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I’m sure you can forgive him if his work doesn’t live up to what you thought Cyvasse would be like, especially since Croft did all the work for you. Head to Thingiverse to download the 3D templates and the rules (pdf) for free.

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Game of Thrones Arya Stark and Nymeria Cake: Happy Nameday to You!

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Fans of the Song of Ice and Fire series of books by George R.R. Martin (and the HBO TV show Game of Thrones) will love this adorable “First Nameday” cake, featuring Arya Stark and her wolf Nymeria. Not to mention cupcakes. Lots and lots of cupcakes.

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This cake was made by JB Cada from the Philippines-based bakery, The Regali Kitchen. It is very nicely detailed. Arya even has her sword Needle with her, ready to dispense of any foe.

It looks delicious and is made with dark chocolate cake with light caramel frosting and edible sugarpaste toppers, strawberry lemonade cupcakes and hand-painted edible toppers. The Starks may have to change the words of their house now to, “Dessert is Coming.” This cake is too geeky and pretty to eat though I would be sorely tempted.

[via Geeks Are Sexy]