If it was my job to come up with board game titles, and I wanted to name a fantasy game while giving as little information away as possible regarding the theme, setting, mechanisms, or overall vibe, Runemasters would be an inspired choice.
It’s so nebulous and nonspecific as to be functionally worthless. How does one become a runemaster? By what process do these runes come to be mastered?
Does said mastery lead to any sort of dramatically ironic comeuppance? Sadly, these and many other questions are to be left unanswered.
Runemasters rushes right past its title and dives headlong into the gameplay—but is it enough to stand up on its own? Runemasters is a cooperative tower defense dice game for 1-4 players.
It takes around 30-45 minutes to play. Players in Runemasters are tasked with defending the central Temple of Mankind against an onslaught of monsters.