Runebound vs. Talisman. Go.

[MerricB]

Got it. Love it. Except for one thing: set up and take down. Sometimes I'll think to myself, "Man, I'd like to break out Arkham Horror but I just don't have the energy to set up all that crap." I'd rather just play a video game.

Oh, my yes. Especially when you've got one or six expansions like myself...

Cheers!

 

[SteveC]

I'd say neither one.

I'd suggest either Warhammer Quest (which may be a little hard to come by) or Prophecy by Z-Man games. In a nutshell, I'd describe Prophecy as "Talisman written by a Euro games company." The game is a lot less random (movement, for example is not random) but still gives you the sense of playing a Talisman like game. You still have a character with a class, can get items, learn spells and skills and so forth, all while having battles that lead up to a battle with the game's big bad.

It also finishes up much faster than either of the other games, which has been a real winner with my board game group too.

--Steve

 

[MerricB]

I'd say neither one.

I'd suggest either Warhammer Quest (which may be a little hard to come by) or Prophecy by Z-Man games. In a nutshell, I'd describe Prophecy as "Talisman written by a Euro games company." The game is a lot less random (movement, for example is not random) but still gives you the sense of playing a Talisman like game. You still have a character with a class, can get items, learn spells and skills and so forth, all while having battles that lead up to a battle with the game's big bad.

It also finishes up much faster than either of the other games, which has been a real winner with my board game group too.

I'm glad to hear that; my own experiences haven't been that positive with Prophecy the two times I played it: each game just took way too long, but that may be misunderstanding how strong you have to be to take on the end guys. Do you change the victory conditions at all?

(I've recently learnt that Prophecy is the design of Vlaada Chvatil, who has designed some of my favourite games: Through the Ages, Space Alert and Galaxy Trucker. I should drag out my copy again).

Just by way of comparison: I play Talisman so that reaching the centre will end the game. Played that way, a 3-player game this weekend took under an hour to complete; and a 5-player game the weekend previous was under 2 hours.

Cheers!

 

[Thanee]

I'd suggest either Warhammer Quest (which may be a little hard to come by)

I really hope that GW will - after the success they currently have with Space Hulk - also make a new version of WHQ (which is by far and wide the best game of this type; it's not really like Talisman or Runebound, though, more like HeroQuest or Descent).

Bye
Thanee

 

[MerricB]

I really hope that GW will - after the success they currently have with Space Hulk - also make a new version of WHQ (which is by far and wide the best game of this type; it's not really like Talisman or Runebound, though, more like HeroQuest or Descent).

Trouble is - GW will make it a limited release so you can't get it. Like they did with Space Hulk.

Cheers!

 

[SteveC]

I really hope that GW will - after the success they currently have with Space Hulk - also make a new version of WHQ (which is by far and wide the best game of this type; it's not really like Talisman or Runebound, though, more like HeroQuest or Descent).

Bye
Thanee

A few years ago the Games Workshop guys at Gen Con knew me well enough to tell me on sight "nope, we're not re-releasing Warhammer Quest." I was a serious pest to them. I think you're right: they will re-release it in the next couple of years. And Merric: assuming my FLGS gets the same number of copies of any new WQ as they did of Space Hulk and you'll pay me for it, I'll get you a copy. I think they may even still have a copy of Space Hulk...

--Steve

 

[Thanee]

Yeah, around here, it was really no problem to get Space Hulk (if you wanted to).

Bye
Thanee

 

[talwynor]

No love for Runebound?

I played my first game of Runebound this evening (well, actually haven't finished yet). I'd been looking at it for a couple years and held of from pulling the trigger as there seemed to be alot of people who had concerns with the downtime between turns among other complaints.

I'm very happy I made the purchase. I play mostly 2 player games with my son and our first RB game was a blast. The rules are not overly complex, but neither are they so simple as to be boring, and the game is dripping theme which we love. The downtime is not an issue for us because we like reading each others cards and it is just the 2 of us. Unless your regular group is on the 4+ side, I'd whole-heartedly recommend Runebound.

(I also own Talisman and enjoy that as well, but there is much more variety in RB in my opinion.)

 

[MerricB]

I played my first game of Runebound this evening (well, actually haven't finished yet). I'd been looking at it for a couple years and held of from pulling the trigger as there seemed to be alot of people who had concerns with the downtime between turns among other complaints.

I'm very happy I made the purchase. I play mostly 2 player games with my son and our first RB game was a blast.

I'm very glad to hear it. I hope you and your son have a lot more great games!

(I also own Talisman and enjoy that as well, but there is much more variety in RB in my opinion.)

It's different sorts of variety, as I see it. Mind you, my stack of Adventure Cards for Talisman has reached a dizzyingly high level... although if I put all my encounter decks for Runebound together, I have a very large number of cards there as well!

Cheers!

 

[Thanee]

The downtime is not an issue for us because we like reading each others cards and it is just the 2 of us.

That's just circumventing the problem, though. It's still there (in general).

But if it is no problem for you, that's great and good that you got your own picture.


BTW, the World of Warcraft Adventure Game is said to be quite similar to Runebound, but with less downtime issues. Anyone here who knows both of them? I actually have it, but havn't played it yet (or even looked at it in detail).

Bye
Thanee