I for one didn't really miss the great battles in general -
however what I disliked -I hope I don't mix things up now, its been a few years since I read the books (well, except for the Dance of Dragons, obviously)- that they "cleverly" made Tyrion pass out before the first big battle between the Lannisters and the Starks. I was a little disappointed, because I would have liked to see the badass battlemaster Tyrion rocking the battlefield, that was a nice and somewhat surprising scene in the books.
Very excited about this sunday, though.
On a sidenote, today I ordered the 2nd Edition of the board game - "Der Eiserne Thron" / The Iron Throne is the german title, together with two friends. I didn't play the 1st Edition, as I'm not quite a sucker for board games, but all I've read so far was positive, so I'm really anxious about that as well.
Screw the winter, dragons are coming. All hail Daenerys Targaryen, the true ruler of Westeros!
Fire and Blood!
Plus, I'm really looking forward (yeah, to a lot of things, I realize that now) to... a certain character, not really a
spoiler, and I suppose she could be seen in the trailers, but I'll put it in an unmeaning image link, so nobody has to see it who doesn't want to. I really like that character.
http://www.csicon.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/GoT1.jpg?ecd0dc