Watch The First 14 Minutes of HBO's Game of Thrones!

After HBO’s ROME, Showtime found success with The Tudors and hopefully now The Borgias. Spartacus: Blood and Sand helped to rebrand Starz as an original programming destination and just gave us Camelot. On April 17, HBO is getting back in the sword-fighting business with the highly-anticipated series Game of Thrones. Fourteen days before its premiere the premium cable network released Game of Thrones’ first 14 minutes, and let’s just say it doesn’t take any prisoners. Watch the first 14 minutes of Game of Thrones after the jump!