''Rune'' is a role-playing game published by

Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew. History When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...

in 2001.

Description

contracted

Robin Laws Robin D. Laws (born October 14, 1964 in Orillia, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian writer and game designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of a number of novels and role-playing games as well as an anthologist. Career Robin D. Laws ...

to write the ''Rune'' role-playing game, based on the computer game ''

Rune Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...

''. Laws determined that for ''Rune'', "the game would need to have a big point of difference to distinguish it from the many other fantasy games available"; in this case, the game would allow players to swap roles with the

Game Master A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator, referee, or storyteller) is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game. They are ...

(GM): "You can win! And when you're not the GM, it's not boring because the GM can win!"

Publication history

''Rune'' was published by

in 2001.

Reception

Reviews

Pyramid review

References

{{reflist Atlas Games games Fantasy role-playing games Robin Laws games Role-playing games based on video games Role-playing games introduced in 2001