| Well I'll go against the grain and say that I love Runebound. Love it! Usually we play with 4 people but never more than 6. Once you know the rules turns are fast (like every other game in existance) and we have a lot of fun even on the other player's turns mocking and cheering them on. One thing I have done is triple the number of market cards in each city to start and all market steps bring 2 new cards into the market for sale. We also use the 'fast play' XP charts under optional rules. A full game of Runebound for us from start to finish is about 2.5 hours. Are there better games out there? Of course! There are always better games but Runebound fills a much needed niche in my gaming library.
One thing I will say; Descent with the Road to Legend campaign rules is freaking awesome - possibly the best game + expansion I own - if I had to choose between the two Runebound or Descent w/ RtL the Descent bundle gets the nod. Descent by itself I find slightly irritating.
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