Reply: Runewars:: General:: Re: Runewars - Revised Edition

by dochogan

LunarSoundDesign wrote:

sigmazero13 wrote:

aliquis wrote:

selwyth wrote:

Revised Ed owners will experience the player board problem first with Banners of War. Punchboard appendage to cardstock.

What does this mean?

In the original printing of Runewars, the various faction Race sheets were thick punchboard. The expansion adds an "extension" to the race sheets for the additional units, also out of punchboard.

The revised edition uses thinner cardstock instead of punchboard for the faction sheets. Thus, with the expansion, the extension would not be the same material.

This is just an aesthetic change, however, and have no impact on gameplay.

I am thinking of getting to Runewars, so of I wanted the expansion as well than would the non revised version match better? Which is the version people like more?

Components-wise, the expansion actually fits better with 2E, IMO. The racial cards match better, at least, in that they both use the thin cardstock race sheets (same quality as Merchant of Venus 2e) instead if heavy token-stock cardboard (not happy with FFGs move to cheap(er) quality components at still super-premium prices).

1e base game used the nice thick token stock, so the expansion always has felt slightly out of place to me.