Rune War

Rune War is the twenty-fourth book of the award-winning Lone Wolf book series created by Joe Dever.

Rune War
British cover, original release
AuthorJoe Dever
IllustratorBrian Williams
Cover artistBrian Williams
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLone Wolf
GenreFantasy
PublisherRed Fox
Publication date
1995
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Preceded byMydnight's Hero 
Followed byTrail of the Wolf 

Gameplay

Lone Wolf books rely on a combination of thought and luck. Certain statistics such as combat skill and endurance attributes are determined randomly before play (reading). The player is then allowed to choose which Kai disciplines or skills he or she possess. This number depends directly on how many books in the series have been completed ("Kai rank"). With each additional book completed, the player chooses one additional Kai discipline. In this first book, the player starts with five disciplines.

Plot

Evil Lord Vandyan of Eldenora has unearthed the lost secrets of rune magics used by Agarash the Damned during his ancient conquest of Magnamund. Empowered by his discoveries, Vandyan unleashes his armies upon the peaceful realms of the Free Alliance with swift and devastating effect. Lone Wolf, Supreme Master of the Kai, leads the crusade to defeat Vandyan before all Magnamund succumbs to his tyrannical rule. Your task is to infiltrate Skull-Tor, Lord Vandyan’s stronghold, and destroy the ancient runes from which he draws his evil power.

Reception

Chris Read reviewed Rune War for Arcane magazine, rating it a 6 out of 10 overall.[1] Read comments that "the book is nicely illustrated and the narrrative is generally good with plenty of decision-making and 'interaction' with NPCs. Naturally, Lady Luck plays her fickle part, but your skills and common sense are much more relevant to your success. This, above all, gives the book a good feel."[1]

gollark: If you don't, depth first search I guess?
gollark: If you already have a map of it before you start I think this would be a minimum spanning tree thing.
gollark: So you want to go through every cell of a maze?
gollark: I have never had that happen.
gollark: Destroy a computer?W hat?

References
  1. Read, Chris (February 1996). "The Great Library". Arcane. Future Publishing (3): 90.


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