Thread: Runewars:: Rules:: Revised setup imbalanced?
by Oxeter I haven't read the original rules but I recently acquired the revised edition of Runewars and the setup seems to favor the second player. Setup states that after home realm markers are...
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by sigmazero13 In our two player games it wasn't much of a problem. I think more often the runes end up in the center; sure, the second player could put his real rune nearby and claim it, but that's...
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by AnduinOxeter wrote:3) Can anyone think of a better fix than the obvious one: to change the order in which runes are placed. I'd probably have the second player place runes first but otherwise...
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by Oxetersigmazero13 wrote:the starting runes ended up being pretty minor compared to the runes added later.That's good to hear. I guess it just strikes me as odd. The rest of setup conforms to the "I...
View ArticleThread: Runewars:: General:: Revised edition, new players, how to keep to 3...
by MrMT I am itching to get this game for a session in 2 weeks, which will likely have 3 possibly 4 players. Is there any hope of keeping it down to 3 hours?From what I see, a first time session for 3...
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by AnduinMrMT wrote:I am itching to get this game for a session in 2 weeks, which will likely have 3 possibly 4 players. Is there any hope of keeping it down to 3 hours?From what I see, a first time...
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by BliciantMrMT wrote:I am itching to get this game for a session in 2 weeks, which will likely have 3 possibly 4 players. Is there any hope of keeping it down to 3 hours?From what I see, a first time...
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by Apelord I am with Robert here. Not to say its impossible, but very unlikely. Even more for first-time players.
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by BeerAndBoard Choose players that don't spend forever deciding what they want to do (plus all peviously mentioned).
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by Fwing Just play for as long as you can and count up who has the most runes at the end?
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by MrMTBliciant wrote:MrMT wrote:I am itching to get this game for a session in 2 weeks, which will likely have 3 possibly 4 players. Is there any hope of keeping it down to 3 hours?From what I see, a...
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by Dweeb We play to 6, and DON'T use the new "hold for a year" rule, and I think we do it in about 3 hours.
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by sigmazero13 In the original rules, we didn't like that player 2 always picked starting position; it gave him the motivation to make a map as lopsided as possible, because no matter where player 1...
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by robertg611 If you can get the game set up early, do so. Set up the entire map including neutrals, home areas and starting forces. This should save at least half an hour.
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by Anduinsigmazero13 wrote:We mitigated that by simply randomizing who picks starting realms - after the map is built, we drew cards again and whoever got the lower number placed home realm tokens,...
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by gohrns Played 3-player at a con this weekend. All had played once before. Played 4 years and a season in 3h 45m. Had to call the game and player with most runes won. (ME) I think we would play it...
View ArticleReply: Runewars:: Strategy:: Re: As the undead faction got an error
by leetin yes...they are the percentageThey are difficult players (in our group, we have 7-9 people playing ruenwars)Also, why the win rate add up is not 100% is due to sometimes we play 2 vs 2.
View ArticleReply: Runewars:: Rules:: Re: Defeated Heroes: Dead Forever?
by Tonkintoto We ran out of heroes in our last night's game. One player made some crazy combo of rewards that made him almost invincible and everyone was after him because of that. However, the hero...
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by MrMTrobertg611 wrote:If you can get the game set up early, do so. Set up the entire map including neutrals, home areas and starting forces. This should save at least half an hour.Isn't setting up...
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by AnduinMrMT wrote:robertg611 wrote:If you can get the game set up early, do so. Set up the entire map including neutrals, home areas and starting forces. This should save at least half an hour.Isn't...
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