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Reply To: Runewars: Is it played in your area?

January 16, 2019 at 11:46 pm #1332294

limburger

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It wouldn’t be the first game to fail to gather enough momentum to make it a (commercial) success.
Fantasy/Fictional wargames tend to have the disadvantage of not having any use outside of their respective systems/settings.

I’ve seen the core box at a few shops, but I don’t know if there are any people actually playing it.
Part of the problem may be that the few shops I’ve seen it in don’t have a lot of add-ons for sale either, which may stop people from getting into it.

I’ve seen Legion at a recent (board)game convention. It also has the advantage that it can benefit from any additional Star Wars movies/series as and when they get released.

Runewars doesn’t have that option, so unless FFG reboots the system I doubt it will grow. OTOH … just because a system isn’t selling that doesn’t mean there isn’t a community somewhere. And as hinted … maybe the boardgame type of gamers don’t gather in groups like wargamers do.

It makes me wonder what ‘a song of ice and fire’ is like community-wise. Although that too may get additional exposure when more GoT-related content is released (like the pre-GoT era books).