2023Kevin Wilson, Darrell Hardy, Adela Kapuścińska, Brandon Perdue
- Videos
- 116
- Creators
- 53
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight

2005Darrell Hardy, Martin Wallace
Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Runebound: Second Edition is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 20 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
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.
Runebound: Second Edition has 46 videos from 18 creators: 13 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 20 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 2 other videos. They date from 2010 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Runebound 2nd (NL) Deel 1 / 2" by Nox' Spellenzolder, which runs 15 min. For a quicker teach, "J09E15 - RBN - Consideraciones" by Mi Juego Del Mes runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Runebound Gameplay Runthrough" by Rahdo Runs Through. 11 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "A lonesome Gamer plays Runebound Pt. 1.avi" by callasmar, one of 20 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Brass: Birmingham, Anno 1800: The Board Game and AuZtralia, also by Martin Wallace, or Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall, also by Darrell Hardy.
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2023Kevin Wilson, Darrell Hardy, Adela Kapuścińska, Brandon Perdue
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2018Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, Martin Wallace
2 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2020Martin Wallace
2 - 4 players120 minHeavy weight
2018Martin Wallace
1 - 4 players30 - 120 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
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.
Designers
Darrell Hardy, Martin Wallace
Artists
Andy Brase, Jesper Ejsing, Louis Frank, John Goodenough, Kurt Miller, John Moriarty, Scott Nicely, Ben Prenevost and 3 more
Publisher
Fantasy Flight Games
Categories
Mechanics