Runebound 2nd Edition

This game is amazing I love it i have not completed a game yet but it is great only down point is it can take quite long to play but every other feature is cool i love the optional rules in the back of the rulebook this is a great game but you should definately paint the charactors if you have the right paints i have given this 9.5 if i finish a game im sure it would be 9.9

BRILLIANT RPG-LITE ADVENTURE GAME.

I wanted an adventure game similar to Talisman, et al, that would allow players to explore a fantasy game-world in boardgame form. This is that game. The hunt has been called off!
On the climb up Geek Mountain, this is one of the wayposts.

The graphic design on the cards, and the artwork itself, is up there with the very best in CCGs. The board is thick, sturdy, and functional; a little more fancy touches on the board would have been nice though - but it's no biggy. The components are uniformly excellent, and the box big enough to fill with other bits and bobs too, like expansion packs, etc.
The rules are clear, with examples; nothing is that complicated for a hardened gamer.
The card and dice driven systems work very well. The movement dice are growing on me too.
Combat is handled particularly effectively, and more intricately than I was expecting; a multi-phase affair with allies jumping into the fray, runes cast, and artifacts/abilities used. This leads to multiple decisions by the player on any given turn.

Some say that the central quest maybe a tad hackneyed.
So what?
You get to travel a strange land, sword in hand, looking for villainous dragons to slay - that's how I want an adventure game to pan out for pity's sake!
If you are looking for variety, other expansions with alternate endgames can be bought.
Crucially, this game is FUN. A great deal of geeky pleasure can be wrought from forging a hero from humble beginnings, and then wielding her with a firm hand once she has become all-powerful. Just like in real life. Ha!

I really don't think that the game needs many house rules. I would recommend, however, ditching the Doomtrack mechanism for one of your own: it stinks.
Replace the plastic figures with painted minis, and also the experience tokens with coloured glass pebbles, and you're ready to eviscerate dragonkind with the very best of us.

All in all, this game does everthing that could be asked of it, and then a little bit more. I would certainly not turn down a game, and heartily advise all who like this sort of thing to buy it.
Runebound also plays marvellously well solo.