History Pinball / GameOfThrones

* SkillGateCharacter: House Baratheon allows you to reach Wall Multiball faster, but few high-level players will pick it, as they're likely to reach Wall Multiball with or without the Baratheon benefit, and they're aiming for something better than that anyway.

* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: The House you choose initially confers specific rules changes. Also, the houses you've allied with will give different benefits when you reach the "Hand of the King" mini-WizardMode.

* AscendedMeme: "Hodor!" shows up as an EasterEgg in a few places.

The player is cast as a member of one of Westeros' six Houses -- Stark, Baratheon, Lannister, Greyjoy, Tyrell, or Martell. Challenge the other Houses and unite them under your rule, take on Targaryen and their dragons, then try to survive long enough to rule Westeros. As Winter approaches, gather Wildfire, hit the Battering Ram, then collect Gold for Awards to strengthen your position. Leap into battle at Blackwater, master the Sword of Multiball, and fight the Dragons, but beware the Dothraki Horde when Winter comes. Follow The Hound's instructions and you can become the Hand of the King, but only the most hardy will ascend to the Iron Throne.

As with many other Stern pinballs, ''Game of Thrones'' is available in a standard ("Pro") version as well as Premium and Limited Editions. The deluxe editions add an upper Castle playfield with its own set of objectives, an elevator to ascend the Wall and reach the Iron Throne, and improved lighting and animation. The differences are more than superficial; consensus is that the basic table is a fast, frantic game that's forgiving enough for beginners, while the deluxe versions are a slight slower -- but much harder -- game for veterans.

* AllYourPowersCombined / PowerCopying: House Greyjoy gets the abilities of other Houses as their missions are completed, and they are all continuously active at the same time.

* DifficultButAwesome: Greyjoy, requiring extra shots to complete modes, but in return they will get powers of any Houses that are gathered. Having extra shots required also drastically increases scoring potential. Greyjoy's first completed mission also counts as two Houses instead of one (Greyjoy plus the other House). A player who reaches "Hand of the King" with Greyjoy, however (or chose another House but completed Greyjoy's mission), will need fewer shots to clear them.
* DoubleUnlock: The 4x and 5x playfield multipliers. You must first collect Swords to earn the right to advance your playfield multiplier to those levels, then you must hit the battering ram enough times to actually do so.
* TheDragonslayer: The player must defeat the three dragons of House Targaryen.

* GuardianEntity: The Lord of Light, which can be summoned once per game. If it is present, a ball that drains down the outlanes will be automatically reloaded and launched back onto the playfield.

* ScoreMultiplier: There's a multiplier both for the playfield bonus and for {{Combo}}s. These can stack with each other to form multipliers as high as 25x (or 30x during Hand of the King). It's also possible to "cash in" the multiplier for points instead.

*** AntiFrustrationFeature: Iron Throne will continue even after the multiball ends, and even if you have further balls to play. Essentially, you'll either win, or your game will be over.

* EasterEgg: Midnight Madness makes its return after not being present in any games since Creator/WilliamsElectronics games in TheNineties. It is as usual, a frenzy-type multiball mode where each switch scores points. It was added in a software update within a few months of the game's original release. [[spoiler:Hodor!]]

* ForDoomTheBellTolls: One is heard during the MatchSequence.

* TyopOnTheCover: Early software revisions had "Change You Choice" on the DMD when it was time to do that (a screen that usually will come up at least once per game, as it only takes one relatively easy shot that starts lit to bring up that menu). Later ones added the missing 'r'.

*** AntiFrustrationFeature: Iron Throne will continue even after the multiball ends, and even if you have further balls to play. Essentially, you'll either win, or your game will be over.

* {{Cap}}: The playfield multiplier starts capped at 2x. Collecting Swords will raise this cap.

* BoringButPractical: The lesser-valued of the two mystery awards can often complete a house or light a lock for a very small price.

'''Game of Thrones''' is a 2015 pinball game released by Creator/{{Stern}}. Designed by Creator/SteveRitchie, illustrated by Creator/GregFreres and Steven Martin, software by Dwight Sullivan, and music and sound effects by Brian Schmidt, it retells the story of Creator/{{HBO}}'s [[Series/GameOfThrones popular television series]] in flipper form.

* EasterEgg: Midnight Madness makes its return after not being present in any games since Creator/WilliamsElectronics games in TheNineties. It is as usual, a frenzy-type multiball mode where each switch scores points. It was added in a software update within a few months of the game's original release.

* TyopOnTheCover: Early software revisions had "Choose You Battle" on the DMD when it was time to do that (a screen that usually will come up at least once per game, as it only takes one relatively easy shot that starts lit to bring up that menu). Later ones added the missing 'r'.

* TyopOnTheCover: Early software revisions had "Choose You Battle" on the DMD when it was time to do that (a screen that usually will come up at least once per game, as it only takes one relatively easy shot to bring up that menu). Later ones added the missing 'r'.