One of the longest-running MMOs in gaming is set to leap from the digital desktop to the literal, as RuneScape will be getting a pair of tabletop games throughout 2022.
RuneScape developer Jagex is partnering with Steamforged Games to release both a board game and a tabletop RPG core book planned. The projects will be “inspired by RuneScape’s rich fantasy world of Gielinor” and aim to offer “fresh-but-faithful adaptations of classic quests and characters that weave iconic elements of the games into exciting tactile experiences reimagined for tabletop gaming”.
The RuneScape board game will be playable by between one and five players and offer quest-based campaigns through Gielinor. Players “will craft and upgrade equipment, upskill their characters, cook special recipes, engage with NPCs, and test their skills while exploring different regions of the world, with a variety of enticing side quests to distract and entertain them on the way.”
Meanwhile, the TTRPG is planned to arrive as “a lavishly illustrated, hardback core book containing rules for players to run a RuneScape tabletop roleplaying game”. Jagex says the book “is also fully compatible with the fifth edition ruleset of the world’s favourite roleplaying tabletop game” – presumably Dungeons & Dragons, though curiously unspecified.
