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A team of obsessive Game of Thrones addicts have painstakingly recreated the fantasy world of Westeros using the building game Minecraft.

WesterosCraft is staggering in its scale, featuring some of the television show's most iconic settings and even recreations of its characters.

More and more people have become involved in trying to build the virtual world since the first brick was laid in 2011, with thousands contributing their efforts free of charge.

Eventually, the world will serve as the setting for a roleplaying game which will allow players to take part in their own fantasy adventure.

After three years of work, the WesterosCraft world spans 500 miles but is just 63% complete.

It is now so impressive that GoT star Isaac Hempstead-Wright contributed a voiceover to a video showing off the sites and sounds of WesterosCraft.

The mammoth project might look like a waste of time every bit as epic of the soaring GoT plotline, but it has led to real world benefits for its creators.

Its creators were also asked to produce a Minecraft version of the Conan O'Brien show, featuring a striking representation of the famous presenter.

Minecraft resembles a Lego simulator and has become an internet phenomenon, with 100 million regular users.

It allows kids and child-like adults to build massive structures out of blocks, before uploading them so others can explore the creations.

Unlike the notoriously sexy Game of Thrones, WesterosCraft does not seem to be packed full of gratuitous sex scenes.

Perhaps they were blocked out.