Comments on: Runewars Video Review

By: Fivos Lestat

Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:57:02 +0000

why does this game have the same heroes from an older board game called Descent?
Was it TOO much to draw new ones?

By: alyssonlago

alyssonlago — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:29:43 +0000

Runewars has become my favorite game of all. I don’t agree with the others about the role of the Heroes. With a good strategy, they are one of the best ways to get the runes. If you play the game with the Exploration Tokens, the Heroes become even more important to victory.
All races are well balanced, I’ve already won with all of them. I love the way how each one works differently and thematically. The Elves tend to rely on influence, the Uthuk trust on their firepower, and so on.
The interaction is great. You have to pay attention to every move your opponents are doing, in order to figure out what are going to be your moves. There are opportunities to make alliances with other players, define agreements during the bid phases, bargain and even bluff.
In order to win the game, you have to know all the weaknesses and powers of your race, and know how all the different cards can work in your favor. A good mix of battles and diplomacy usually is the best way to vitory.
The game is best played with 3 or 4 people. If you played this game with only one person, please try again with more friends. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Thank you again for the great review of one of the best games around! I can hardly wait for the first expansion.

By: Tarno

Tarno — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:21:05 +0000

I’ve been interested in this game for a while now. The price obviously a bit of a setback. Components and theme look great. Not sure i like the re-use of Runebound heroes or for that matter the way the heroes work at all in this game. Seems like they could have done more with them.

I totally agree with your review and a job well done!

By: Patrick Ross

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:19:07 +0000

I’d love to try this on someone else’s dime. In the absence of that possibility, I will have to pass.

By: Squibz

Squibz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:05 +0000

It looks interesting but maybe a bit expensive and overly complicated (I echo what Ja said regarding the Hero stuff) for me

By: alyssonlago

alyssonlago — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:39:36 +0000

Thank you for this review! Now I know I MUST buy this one.

By: ja

ja — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:02:04 +0000

the good
combat system, awesome
resource management, awesome
tactic cards, awesome
seasons, awesome
player action cards (objective of turn), really awesome
game production (board hexagons, character peices, card quality, and game dials), awesome especially the dials

the bad
The “risk style” gameplay is fun but the Hero objectives (questing) are completely stupid and makes the game longer then it needs to be.It feels like they added a “runebound” game mechanic into this game but If i wanted to play runebound, Id open the box !
Also, for some odd reason there is a lack of player interaction this is boring.

the ugly
game price

I cant give this game a great score because half the game is awesome and refreshing (new experience) but the other half is a pointless diluted runebound game that isn’t necessary ! remove the hero crap and take off 50% of the game price.

I’ll give it a 6.5