# Runebound (Third Edition)

Runebound (Third Edition) is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 120–180 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 7.5 out of 10 by 32 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 120–180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 2.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2015
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Fighting, Adventure, Exploration
- **Mechanics:** Pick-up and Deliver, Area Movement, Role Playing, Roll / Spin and Move, Action Points, Stat Check Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Variable Set-up, Die Icon Resolution
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.5 out of 10, from 32 reviews
- **Owned by:** 56 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 160
- **Unique players:** 103

**Designers:** Lukas Litzsinger

**Artists:** Jordan Kerbow, Preston Stone, Charlène le Scanff, Joe Wilson, Guillaume Ducos, Matt Larson, Edge Studio, Jake Murray, Nicholas Gregory, Simon Eckert, Sandara Tang, Simon Dominic, David Griffith, Florian Stitz, Anna Christenson, Alex Aparin, Jon Bosco, Damon Westenhofer, Jesper Ejsing, Jacob Atienza

**Publishers:** Fantasy Flight Games

## Expansions

- [Runebound (Third Edition): Unbreakable Bonds](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition-unbreakable-bonds)
- [Runebound (Third Edition): Caught in a Web – Scenario Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition-caught-in-a-web-scenario-pack)
- [Runebound (Third Edition): The Gilded Blade – Adventure Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition-the-gilded-blade-adventure-pack)
- [Runebound (Third Edition): The Mountains Rise – Adventure Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition-the-mountains-rise-adventure-pack)
- [Runebound (Third Edition): Fall of the Dark Star – Scenario Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition-fall-of-the-dark-star-scenario-pack)

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## Rules questions

### Can I play this game solo?

Solo and cooperative play are available only with the Unbreakable Bonds expansion, which adds the required rules and components (page 1).

### Do I have to spend a water terrain die to move out of a water hex?

No — you only need to spend a die that matches the terrain you are moving into; water dice are spent to move into a water hex or to cross a river, not to leave water (page 1).

### Can I spend magical and physical damage at the same time?

No — each damage symbol type (magical vs. physical) is its own combat action and cannot be spent simultaneously (page 1).

### When an ability allows me to recast a token, can I recast tokens I already spent?

No — you may only recast spent tokens if an ability explicitly refers to spent tokens; otherwise you cannot recast tokens you've already used (page 2).

### Do villains use all seven combat tokens, including the master token?

Yes — villains count as master enemies and use the full set of seven combat tokens, including the master token (page 2).

### What happens if I'm defeated by a card ability instead of taking damage in combat?

If a card ability defeats you, you take damage equal to your remaining health and must spend your next action to rest (page 2).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/runebound-third-edition)
- [Runebound (Third Edition) in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/runebound-third-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181530)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._