About Runecairn: Wardensaga Remastered

Carve your own fate in this rules-light roleplaying game of Norse fantasytabletop roleplaying game written and designed by Colin Le Sueur and inspired by games likeDark SoulsandElden Ring. Based on lightweight new school revolution (NSR) systemsInto the Odd (link opens in new tab/window)andCairn (link opens in new tab/window), Runecairn is designed for 2 players, one GM (theWarden) and one player (theAdventurer).

Runecairn: Wardensaga Remasteredis an 84-page full-colour hardcoverfilled with black and white and colour illustrations depicting the Norse fantasy world of the Nine Realms.

This book contains everything you need to run the game, from a quick one-shot, short dungeon delve, or epic campaign, including:

• Streamlined d20 roll-under rules based onCairnandInto the Odd.
• Soulslike mechanics such as resurrecting at bonfires, respawning monsters, and dynamic combat.
• Quickstart dungeon crawl adventureBeneath the Broken Sword, perfect for new GMs and players.
• 4 standardbackgrounds: the heartyWarrior, nimbleScout, cunningSeer, or spiritedSkald.
• 2 new advanced backgrounds: the devastatingBerserkrand fieryPyre.
• Solo playwith a rune-based oracle or drop-in additional players forjolly cooperationor player-vs-playerinvasions.
• Delve generatorfor randomly creating dark fantasy dungeons.

What's different in Runecairn: Wardensaga Remastered?

• Sleek new layout, making it clearer to read and play.
• Tightened up and clarified mechanics, to better convey to new players and GMs.
• Brought in new mechanics introduced in theRunecairn Bestiary (link opens in new tab/window)like toxic and dismembered status effects.
• Provided answers to common questions like "how do I increase mead flask sips?", "what do rare items mean?", and "where should I place bonfires when playing solo?".
• Brilliant new colour and texture for the illustrations, alongside all new illustrations like the dwarf and lindworm.
• Typo and corrections pass to squash those bugs once and for all.

Collects everything in Runecairn: Core Rules, Beneath the Broken Sword (link opens in new tab/window), and Runecairn: Advanced Rules (link opens in new tab/window).