Has anyone tried to play Runebound with more than six players ? How does it affect gameplay ?
More than 6 players ?
Yes.
It takes for ever and ever and ever. Even with mutiple dice, and multiple players takingturns at one, and people moving as the person to their right resolves their encounters.
I've played with 4 and even that took forever. It depends how fast people play though. Also if you have the class decks and can play cards on another hero during their turn it makes it more interesting.
Sounds like a nightmare.
Maybe with enough beer.. I think three players is really the sweet spot.
If you try playing with 6 I would recommend everyone is pretty tight with the rules and even get the most experienced player to make the call on disputes as these can take forever to settle. oh and set aside a whole weekend and you might just get a game finished
Although my first ever game of Runebound at a friend of mine had six players and I think it ended in four hours or so. Oh yes and I won - beginner's luck I guess
I have played only with my wife, but really want to get this in front of the "group" being my wife and a good friend of mine and his wife..but Alas, I am concerned that we will all be good except for those used to an early bed time!
The games with my wife were the first and second ever for us both, bad rules in the beggining saw us dead a LOT, and me reading that rule book WITH my glasses! (I normally do not need them!) then when the discovery was made we made some progress, but had been at it for about two hours, we called it a day and left the board out. finished it that evening in about another hour and started another game right away, that one went about 2hrs, much closer to finish tho, and then we went to bed, sunday after church we finished....in another hour, so two games SIX hours....kinda long, I LOVED IT. the wife not so much...but she WILL play with me again (at least she SAID so....)
That all being said, wow SIX players...I would like to do it (then I also LOVE roads and Boats and TI:3) so that's just me, when I get around to a four player...I will post the session..it could make for a long thread!
