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At Salute last year, we picked up a copy of the 2 player starter set for something like £20 with the intention of just using the miniatures for RPGs. It was being sold off by Troll Trader or someone like that. Element Games currently have 14 copies of it in stock and are selling it for £54, down from £90 so I don’t think it’s been particularly successful.
I think, looking at it, it was always doomed to fail because it’s fairly expensive, but the quality of the models isn’t particularly high. Quality wise Runewars stuff is on a par with Mantic, but price wise they’re on a par with Games Workshop. Medium quality miniatures at premium prices, not a great business model. I know quality can be subjective but I am referring purely to detail and cast quality, not the aesthetics of the models themselves.
Games Workshop can blow you away with the sheer quality of their models and it’s a big range so there’s probably going to be something that catches your eye. Mantic impresses with the volume of models you can pick up for lower prices and the sizes of the armies you can field. Runewars impresses you with… the jigsaw movement trays? Honestly I can’t see a real future for Runewars, not in its current format anyway and kind of lacks any real WOW factor.