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RuneQuest: The Smoking Ruin & Other Stories Reviewed

Mar 3, 2024

Game Title: RuneQuest – The Smoking Ruin & Other Stories

Authors: Christopher Klug, Steve Perrin, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford, and Jason Durall with Jerry Thorpe

Artists: Dimitrina Angelska, Antonia Doncheva, Jon Hodgson, Jennifer Lange, Pat Loboyko, Eli Maffei, Magdalena Mieszczak, Sara Otterstätter, Scott Purdy, Corey Trego-Erdner, Chris Waller, Olivier Sanfilippo, and Tobias Tranell

Year: 2019

Genre: RuneQuest adventure and setting supplement

Pages: 192 pages

MSRP: $37.99 for the hardcover (including the free PDF if ordering from Chaosium Inc) or $18.99 in PDF alone at DriveThruRPG

I share my thoughts about the initial adventure collection for the RuneQuest roleplaying game, The Smoking Ruin and Other Stories, from Chaosium Inc. The volume contains a trio of tales as well as three detailed locations for your heroes to explore.

8.5

RuneQuest: The Smoking Ruin and Other Stories Reviewed

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RuneQuest: The Smoking Ruin & Other Stories is really great book to add to any RuneQuest game master's collection. The titular adventure is a prime example of what makes RuneQuest such a special fantasy roleplaying game. Honestly, I wasn't blown away by the second adventure in the collection and probably would have preferred a fourth adventure rather than the third location but this is still a volume I can highly recommend.

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8.5

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