WesterosCraft: The meticulous construction of Westeros in Minecraft

The world-wide popularity of George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, and HBO’s Game of Thrones, has spawned a dedicated and ravenous fan-based community. From websites such as WiC, to fan-made YouTube videos, the ASOIAF/GoT community continues to grow every day. As part of that wonderful fan-base, a group of Minecraft players, have been meticulously constructing the continent of Westeros, and in the process, have grown their own community, as well.

See the video, narrated by Issac Hempstead-Wright (Bran Stark),

after the jump.

The community of WesterosCraft, has endeavord to recreate Westeros (and beyond), as imagined by George R R Martin, in his A Song of Ice and Fire book series, and they do this as accurately and precisely as possible. Their hopes for doing this in Minecraft, is to use the created world as the stage for a Game of Thrones/ASOIAF role-playing game.

The work that WesterosCraft has put into this world, is just amazing. The details in such iconic locations in Westeros, such as Riverrun, is awe-inspiring, and makes me appreciate the amount of time and work that was surely put into this project.

My personal favorite is the work done on the Wall and Castle Black. The detail on the Wall itself, is really great.

A close second, in my opinion, is Dragonstone. The ancient seat of House Targaryen looks very close to what I imagined it to be.

You can see the above pictures from different angles, plus many other locations in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, by visiting the WesterosCraft site’s gallery. And, if you are a Minecraft player, you can even apply to become a member of the community. I personally do not play Minecraft, but after watching that video, and seeing these completed projects, I am seriously reconsidering that decision.

• Published on 01/29/2015 at 12:34 PM CDT
• Last updated on 10/21/2016 at 1:06 PM CDT