RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game Reviews

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“Thematically, RSK is on point. The world is fully fleshed out, the combat trinity is represented well and there's a lot of nostalgia to be found in the book; the writers all clearly knew their source material well. Mechanically though, it can be questionable at times. Are some weapons two-handed or can I dual-wield longbows? Why are all platelegs (except dragonhide) 1 armour? No armour actually stipulates what slot it goes in, so can I go into battle wearing 4 helmets and carrying two greataxes? Do I choose which additional slot "Heavy" gear takes up? How much Resiliance to the specified damage type does each dragonhide offer? Why is the armour table so inconsistent; surely a mithril coif should say "2 + Resilient 1 Ranged" and not "2 Resilient, 1 Ranged"? Anyway. I'm getting too specific, and I'm sure the proofreaders did their best and I'm just a picky curmudgeon who's gotten a little too good at finding weird inconsistencies over the years. But the point is, it's very 'death by a thousand cuts' in that while none of these issues are particularly mind-boggling, of course most of them can be answered with common sense, they add up to make the game feel like it wasn't fully thought through before it went to be published. Final note, to end on a positive, the print quality of the hardback copy is gorgeous. The art is wonderful, it's matte enough to not show every scratch (not naming names but you know the one) and it's just hefty enough to feel substantial without being a pain to lift. All said and done, this is a 4/5 (rounded up from I'd say 68%) since it's a workable system that I look forward to playing, presented in a fine book, only marred by what seems to be a lack of mechanical proofing - which can be solved with errata.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Content Wise this is a great buy, however mathematically it doesn't make any sense. The lowest possible skill roll you can make is triple 1's yet the lowest TN you can have is 2 making any roll like that, impossible. If that's intentional, how the hell is that fun for players? Secondly magic is entirely unviable economically, casting air strike twice costs the same as entire melee weapons. Casting fire wave Once! Costs the same as a godsword part. And none of the magic has any level requirement. Surprisingly other than that its a solid rule book, except common mistakes like saying "The DM never rolls" yet all the enemy's have attack patterns that the DM rolls for.. Did anyone proof read this?”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Was worried a bit on the first pdf, some questionable grammar and things worded a bit strange. However I have not noticed any in the full review! 5/5 I can't wait to start playing.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“Still have not received this week's after release date”

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Posted 1 year ago

“The product arrived with damaged corners. I submitted a customer support ticket 10 days ago, and have yet to receive a response.”

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Posted 1 year ago

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Posted 1 year ago

“I just played my first game with a team of 4. Lets start with some downsides. - the rules a not well written and the rules include some mistakes. But when paying attention you can figure it all out - the game can be exploited with loopholes making you very strong. Just don't abuse this - taking more time to go to the boss only influences story base at the end when you are done, nothing else - replayability unknown. Doing the same campaign might feel not different from before, but time will tell and tbh at this moment I don't mind doing the first campaign again Onto my thoughts, the game is easy to learn and it feels like roleplaying and runescapeish. It really feels like you are a clan and everyone is doing its own thing, helping each other and together slowly working towards that boss fight. Every time you have a decision to make if you are helping your group or do you want to finish that side quest for your own goods. Easily said, with all this we had a really good time together. Just ignore the exploit mechanisms, don't overthink everything and its great to play.”

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Posted 1 year ago

“It's really great and amazing. I play it together with my little brother and we have a lot of fun, because we are also avid OSRS players, so there's a lot of nostalgia factoring into the gameplay. Here's a picture of my croissants”

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Posted 1 year ago