Distinguishing the runes

By Shadow76, in Runewars Rules Questions

I have having a hard time telling which runes affect which abilities. i wish the upgrades and the abilities were color coded as well. the fire runes are easy to tell apart the green and blue runes blend together to me. but even the fire rune i got mixed up as well on the rune golem.

anyone else having issues? i am thinking about using sharpy but i really dont want to mess up the dials and cards.

The squiggly bits on the runes suck. Ignore them. Focus on the other shapes on the runes. That makes them easier to discern. It also doesn't help that the runes show up in the stance color on the dial. It took me awhile to get it through my head that the red rune symbol on the Rune Golem's dial was for the blue runes and the blue rune symbol on the dial was for the red runes.

Blue=Square
Green=Circle
Red=Triangle

The corners of the square could stand to be a little sharper but that's only a problem when it's printed small. Probably more an issue with my old eyes than anything.

Edited by WWHSD

I have had to to look twice at some abilities to be sure I'm using the right rune. The more I play the less an issue as I start remembering which unit is for which ability.

7 hours ago, WWHSD said:

The squiggly bits on the runes suck. Ignore them. Focus on the other shapes on the runes. That makes them easier to discern. It also doesn't help that the runes show up in the stance color on the dial. It took me awhile to get it through my head that the red rune symbol on the Rune Golem's dial was for the blue runes and the blue rune symbol on the dial was for the red runes.

Blue=Square
Green=Circle
Red=Triangle

The corners of the square could stand to be a little sharper but that's only a problem when it's printed small. Probably more an issue with my old eyes than anything.

I do the same. My eyes may be fine, but from a distance these can look really similar. I definitely recommend just looking at the shapes.

For an old fart like me , the little icons on the cards are no good.

On 25/05/2017 at 8:00 AM, Keithandor said:

For an old fart like me , the little icons on the cards are no good.

Here, here. I was considering colouring the cards, but since I'm sleeving all mine anyway, I may just use a marker on the sleeve.