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My painted set of Runebound characters
Simple paint & ink scheme.  Spray gold, and ink red, green or blue.  And, brown for shading.
My Dear Conscy almost finished her adventure. High Lord Margath is doomed.
tambourine_dc's home made dice.
First session of Runebound (Dice Tower is custom-made)  :)
Custom mat using dials to replace counters. Based on Marc Zukerman's amazing concept.
HE looks at his miniature thinking about his next turn; but SHE seems to be lightyears away with her thoughts - perhaps because she is level 3 while all the other players already reached level 10; and Runebound can be a looooong game...
Figures painted by Greg Cymbalist of Distant Light Miniatures (www.distantlightminiatures.com)
Figures painted by Greg Cymbalist of Distant Light Miniatures (www.distantlightminiatures.com)
This bizarre image is a reply to the following post:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/4063610#4063610

Runebound: Second Edition (2005)

Players
2–6
Best: 2, 3
Playing time
120–240 min
Age
12+
6.91
Average rating
8,226
Ratings
2.68/5
Weight
#1311
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Rúnamester +7 more
Designer:Martin Wallace, Darrell Hardy
Artist:John Goodenough, Kurt Miller, Jesper Ejsing, Scott Nicely, Kieran Yanner, Hian Rodriguez, Andy Brase, John Moriarty, Ben Prenevost, Louis Frank, Kevin Senft
Publisher:Fantasy Flight Games +10 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.4, Theme 9
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.4
Theme9.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FantasyExplorationAdventureFightingVariable Player PowersHexagon GridRole PlayingOpen DraftingArea MovementDice Rolling

Overview

Runebound is a classic adventure game from Fantasy Flight Games in which mighty heroes must take on the perils of Terrinoth. The game can be largely played without conflict between the players but victory can only be claimed by the first player to defeat the Dragonlord Margath, so the players are actually in a race to level up and acquire powerful weapons, armour and allies in order to take on the final adversary.

Runebound features a series of 4 Adventure Decks that helps to pace the speed of the game and ensures that the players level up by acquiring experience before they are ready to take on a harder set of challenges (events and monsters).

Several of the key features of Runebound are that combat is played out in 3 phases, Ranged, Melee and Magic and a player has the ability to specialise in a particular discipline, although this may make them vulnerable against certain creatures. The game also features a novel movement system using a series of terrain dice.

Runebound is playable solo and is expandable by many adventure packs that alter the final challenge (replacing the Dragonlord for example). Runebound 2nd Edition also has a series of big box expansions that provide a new map or central map overlay to alter the game in some way.

Runebound 2nd Edition is different from 1st Edition in that the original game featured a d20 and this was replaced by 2 10-sided dice, which helped to better balance the luck factor.

Expansions

Runebound: The Island of Dread
Runebound: The Scepter of Kyros
Runebound: Crown of the Elder Kings
Runebound: The Dark Forest
Runebound: The Terrors of the Tomb
Runebound: Artifacts and Allies
Runebound: Relics of Legend
Runebound: Midnight
Runebound: Runemaster Character Deck
Runebound: Battlemage Character Deck
Runebound: Shadow Walker Character Deck
Runebound: Blade Dancer Character Deck
Runebound: Wildlander Character Deck
Runebound: Spiritbound Character Deck
Runebound: Sands of Al-Kalim
Runebound: Avatars of Kelnov
Runebound: Cult of the Rune
Runebound: Drakes and Dragonspawn
Runebound: Walkers of the Wild
Runebound: Champions of Kellos
Runebound: Shadows of Margath (Second Edition)
Runebound: Rituals and Runes
Runebound: Weapons of Legend
Runebound: Traps and Terrors
Runebound: Beasts and Bandits
Runebound: The Cataclysm
Runebound: The Seven Scions
Runebound: The Frozen Wastes
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Descent / Runebound / Runewars Figure: Tobin Farslayer
Descent / Runebound / Runewars Figure: Jonas the Kind
Descent / Runebound / Runewars Figure: Truthseer Kel
Runebound: Mists of Zanaga
Runebound Essential Collection
Runebound: Korona Starszych Królów
Runebound: Berło Kyrosa
Runebound: Mistrz Runów
Runebound: Tancerka Ostrzy
Runebound: Kult Runów
Runebound: Awatarowie Kelnova
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