Stern’s Game of Thrones, released in 2015 and designed by Steve Ritchie, is the Master of Flow’s epic, flowing take on the battle for the Iron Throne — and this Pro edition delivers that ambitious design in its most accessible form. A sliding battering-ram bash target, a dragon kicker, a sword-shaped multiball release, a ball elevator, and an elevated mini-playfield give the table real toys, all wired to a thundering bass sound system.

The masterstroke is the house-selection system. At the start of a game you pick your allegiance — Stark, Lannister, Targaryen, Greyjoy, Baratheon, Martell, or Tyrell — and each grants a unique lockdown-button power and a different scoring personality. Lannister hoards gold you can trade for playfield multipliers; Targaryen freezes timers; Stark can end a running mode at will; Greyjoy starts with another house’s power already won. That choice gives the game enormous replay depth, and the battering ram builds a playfield multiplier you’ll want to stack onto Super Jackpots and mode completions.

The long campaign runs toward the Iron Throne, lit by completing all seven house modes — a wizard mode so generous it continues even after you drain down to a single ball. Wall and Blackwater multiballs, a Winter Is Coming hurry-up ladder, and the Hand of the King mini-wizard mode give players endless threads to pursue, while spelling out shots three times turns inserts “ice”-colored to qualify each house’s mode. Competitive players gravitate toward Lannister or Targaryen for their button powers, since banking gold for playfield multipliers or freezing timers during Blackwater multiball can swing an entire game. Deep, fast, and dripping with theme, the Game of Thrones Pro is Ritchie firing on all cylinders — an epic that rewards both the conqueror and the strategist. When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die.