Game Of Thrones: Invasion & Open War Kicking Off August 22

If you have seen notifications flashing across your phone about a massive clash launching in Westeros this weekend, it is worth clarifying precisely what is taking place before you start preparing your battle plans. On Saturday, 22 August, the recurring War for the Throne player-versus-player event returns to Warner Bros. Games and WB Games Boston’s long-running mobile strategy title, Game of Thrones: Conquest. The weekend campaign kicks off with its flagship competitive stages, Invasion and Open War, bringing Kingdom-versus-Kingdom conflict back into focus for players fighting across the Seven Kingdoms.

While George R.R. Martin’s original A Song of Ice and Fire prose universe continues to expand across stage plays, animated projects, and television spin-offs, long-lived titles like Conquest, which originally launched back in October 2017, remain a primary outlet for fans who prefer hands-on realm management over passive viewing. If you are returning to the mobile game after a hiatus or stepping into a cross-realm campaign for the first time, this weekend’s schedule has a very specific structure you will need to track.

The War for the Throne Weekend Schedule

The War for the Throne event relies on a multi-stage weekend framework built to test both offensive endurance and defensive coordination. Everything gets underway at 2:00 PM EDT on Saturday, 22 August, running through to Sunday evening. Here is how the key phases break down across the weekend:

• Invasion (2:00 PM Saturday – 10:00 AM Sunday): The opening phase activates Kingdom-versus-Kingdom (KvK) event teleports. This allows eligible players to breach matched rival kingdoms and assault their Seats of Power. Alliance members occupying Seats of Power at the close of this window at 10:00 AM on Sunday earn KvK Pawn Shards.
• Open War (2:00 PM Saturday – 6:00 PM Sunday): Running alongside Invasion for almost the entirety of the weekend, Open War brings Strategic Terrain Nodes into play as vital secondary objectives for competitive skirmishes across the map.
• Respite (10:00 AM Sunday – 2:00 PM Sunday): Following the end of the Invasion window, every Seat of Power enters a forced four-hour lock phase. This gives alliances a brief recovery window to regroup, repair, and plan their final defensive setups.
• Retribution (2:00 PM Sunday – 6:00 PM Sunday): All Seats of Power unlock simultaneously for a final four-hour push, giving kingdoms one last window to reclaim lost territory before normal unlock timers take over again.

Tactics, Seats of Power, and Cross-Realm Battles

For those familiar with the political backstabbing of Martin’s novels, the core mechanics of Conquest will feel thematic, if far more numerical. The central draw of the Invasion phase is the cross-realm teleportation system. Rather than fighting your immediate neighbours on your home server, alliances are matched against foreign realms, forcing high-level players to coordinate timed strikes on major strongholds like Winterfell, Storm’s End, or King’s Landing.

I think the addition of Strategic Terrain Nodes during the Open War phase is what gives these modern KvK weekends their tactical weight. It prevents the entire event from degenerating into a straightforward numbers game outside major fortresses. Smaller alliances that might not have the raw troop density to take a capital can still contribute significantly by holding node networks across the map to secure crucial points for their home kingdom.

Where Conquest Fits in the Broader Westeros Landscape

It is easy to forget just how vast the broader landscape of Westeros media has become. Alongside older strategy games like Conquest, we have seen alternative gaming experiences popping up across mobile platforms, from tactical puzzle games hosting Robb Stark’s campaign events to localised storylines like the Game of Thrones mobile title events set Beyond the Wall. Add in upcoming projects like the 4X title Dragonfire and the real-time strategy game War for Westeros, and fans of political warfare have no shortage of interactive options.

This digital expansion sits right alongside HBO’s broader slate of Westeros screen adaptations, including future seasons of House of the Dragon, the upcoming A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adaptation, and theatrical feature film development. Seven years after the original television series wrapped up, the appetite for controlling the political chessboard of the Seven Kingdoms shows no sign of waning. If you plan to drop into another kingdom when teleports open at 2:00 PM on Saturday, make sure your shields are up and your alliance marches are synced.