Runecairn: Advanced Rules

Berserkr. Ferocious and powerful, wade into battle with no armour upon your back, wielding a massive two-handed sword and call upon the power of beasts to strengthen your attacks.

Pyre. Shape flame as a blacksmith shapes iron, calling upon ravenous fire to burn and purge and channel primal forces through your own two hands.

Balance favour and sorrow or read the runes to guide your way solo through a pre-written adventure, or conjure a random dungeon crawl with the delve generator.

Navigating the world of Nine Realms can be a lonely endeavour, but thankfully there are kindred spirits available to assist with jolly cooperation.

Runecairn: Advanced Rules is a 20-page, black and white tabletop RPG supplement for Norse fantasy roleplaying game Runecairn, adding new starting classes and optional rules. Runecairn is based on Cairn by Yochai Gal, with streamlined rules, fast character creation, and gameplay based on exploration and player choice.

Advanced Rules Includes:

• 2 new advanced starting classes: Berserkr, Pyre
• New options for solo play with a rune-based oracle
• New random delve generator for creating Norse dungeons
• New options for 3 or more players with summoned allies and invasions

Illustrated throughout with evocative black and white line-art. Printed in black and white with colour covers.

Requires Runecairn: Core Rules.

Please note, everything in Advanced Rules is already included in Runecairn: Wardensaga. This is a standalone book for those who already have Runecairn: Core Rules and Beneath the Broken Sword or for those who prefer modular books.

What Others Have Said

Thank you for such an awesome game - I loved reading Runecairn and it’s on my list of 2022 games to get to the table. And the layout is lovely too.

– Rich August (@RpgAugust), Steamforged Games

If you're looking for a moderately crunchy duo TRPG, or if you're a fan of Souls games, or if you want to see a stellar adaptation of video game mechanics to tabletop, I would strongly recommend giving Beneath the Broken Sword (and Runecairn) a shot.

– Richard Kelly (@SprintingOwl), designer

This is a quality game, adapting Cairn to an apocalyptic Norse setting with a greater emphasis on arms, armour and combat without losing the deadly and considered tone of the its forebear.

– Sebrina Calkins (@EntwifeXP), reviewer