Runewars is an epic board game of conquest, adventure, and fantasy empires for two to four players. Designed by Corey Konieczka, Runewars pits players against each other in a strategic game of battles and area control, where they must gather resources, raise armies, and lay siege to heavily fortified cities. The revised edition of Runewars comes in a more compact box, with certain production changes to provide an added value over the original edition.
• A revised edition of Runewars, Corey Konieczka’s fantasy empire-building board game
• Physical changes are as follows: there plastic mountains have been removed, and the faction sheets are card stock rather than punchboard
• New rules incorporate errata and include a number of subtle changes, but will be made available online for players of the previous edition
If I own the original edition, do I need to purchase the revised edition?
No. Both the original and revised edition of Runewars offer the same fundamental game experience. Component changes (described below) are purely cosmetic. As for rules updates, a free downloadable pdf will soon be made available on our support page that outlines the changes in detail. With it, owners of the original edition can have a revised edition experience without actually purchasing the revised edition.
How are the revised edition’s components physically different from those of the original edition?
There are four differences:
* The revised edition comes in an 11 5/8 x 11 5/8 x 4 inch box, about half the size of the original edition’s box.
* There are no three-dimensional plastic mountains in the revised edition.
* Faction sheets in the revised edition are not punchboard, but instead heavy card stock (similar to the Civilization sheets in Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game).
* Map tiles that are too long for the revised edition’s box size have been split, with puzzle-cut connection points in the middle for quick assembly during setup.
How have the rules changed in the revised edition?
In addition to incorporating past errata, the revised edition of Runewars introduces a handful of key rules changes. Remember, however, that owners of the original edition need only download FFG's “Revised Edition Rules Changes” pdf, from their support page, to have the same experience.