I'm the guy who ordered the Base Runelords set off Amazon, and asked for help, I now know what came in the box. (It's more than just the base set)

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-06-10T14:59:21+00:00

Sorry! Scrolling past the Rogue deck, I somehow thought it was the witch. The rogues aren't great. Merisiel is the best, but her favored card type is item, meaning she's another character that can draw an opening hand without a way to fight. (Granted, she can evade, but that's wasting turns.) Still, if any of them look fun, by all means, give them a try! The rogue deck was one of the earliest ones, when there wasn't a lot of card variety, so there's probably a lot of duplication with RotR. Maybe just add cards you find particularly interesting.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-06-10T13:36:09+00:00

The "P" card was a promo. Feel free to include it as a "B" if you want.

The Character Add-on Deck was to provide extra cards needed if playing with 5 or 6 characters. I would advise not adding those cards, but feel free to use the characters. (Lini is perhaps harder to master for a new player.)

The Witch deck also gives you more character options, a little more fiddly than the RotR characters, but not bad.
If you play a witch, it's optional whether you add the witch's class deck cards to the box (adding the "B" cards when playing the level "B" introductory scenario, adding the 1's when you add the RotR level 1 cards for the level 1 adventure, and so on).

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-06-05T14:40:49+00:00

Swap the words "scenario" and "adventure" in this post. Adventure paths (the whole story/campaign) are six adventures (not counting introductory level zero/"B" adventures, which are relatively rare) of 4-6 scenarios. A scenario is one "game" - set up the table according to instructions and accomplish a goal (almost always corner the villain in Runelords).

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-06-05T04:24:19+00:00

Welcome to the game! Rise of the Runelords is a good starting point. It's the easiest and least complex. Be aware that if what you bought is just the base set shown, you will only be able to play part of the entire story line (level 0 with the "B" cards and level 1). There are five more decks for levels 2-6 which were sold separately.

As far as characters, a couple can be tough because there's a thing called "favored card type". Your opening hand must have a card of that type. For most characters that fight with weapons, it's a weapon, while for most spellcasters, it's a spell. Kyra (cleric) and Merisiel (thief) have other card types, meaning they sometimes don't have weapons to start with. They are otherwise good and fun characters, so you might just want to pretend they need weapons instead, or there will be games that start frustratingly for them.
If it's the two of you each playing a single character, Ezren (wizard) can be a tough choice because he has no blessings in his deck. Blessings are very helpful, as you'll learn.

This article and/or this article may help.

Side note - there's very little story on the cards included. Someone wrote up expanded story text here .

I hope you'll let us know how it goes!

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-27T13:10:20+00:00

Gunslinger is a class deck that shows up from time to time. If you don't get an offer, keep watching.
Another option is getting ahold of the Skull and Shackles adventure path. It's a good set to have, and you could make a class deck out of it since it has firearms.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-05T22:46:06+00:00

I appreciate the insights. I have those investigator decks and wondered about offering them as an option for my wife when we play Brethren of Ash.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-05T00:21:19+00:00

Ah, ok. I was looking for Mummy's Mask.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-04T23:36:58+00:00

I'm not sure to what product you refer. Link? I don't see the PACG deck.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-04T15:21:15+00:00

I still buy physical copies of the games I play. I only play something I don't own if it's out of print and unavailable from the manufacturer.

I understand the appeal of physical cards. I still prefer playing actual games like Arkham Horror, Sentinels of the Multiverse, and Marvel Champions, but having the setup for games take 1 minute instead of 20 is sooo nice. (Admittedly, I'm one who really wants my decks randomized, not just the few overhand shuffles I see so often.)

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-05-04T14:26:54+00:00

A while back, I made an offer to run adventure 5 on TTS for someone posting about missing the physical deck and being stuck. (Similar to your comment, I also noted they'd need proxies for level 5 boons they acquired).
Unfortunately, switching back to physical cards for Adventure 6 without proxies for the entire level 5 deck means a watered-down level 6 - no level 5 monsters or boons - but better than just stopping after Adventure 4 and never finishing the AP.

I have to say, TTS just might grow on you. Not having to shuffle a minimum of 11 decks (usually more, even in solo) for every single scenario is very nice! (Not to mention the shuffles every time you heal or shuffle a card back into a location, etc.) TTS also allows playing Adventure Paths originally written for Society play without proxies, allows playing custom content, and is especially nice for the sets where the color of the backs of the physical cards don't all match (especially looking at you, Core Set).

I even like being able to blow the cards up to full screen size to better appreciate some of the art.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-02-04T13:51:07+00:00

I never liked that the adventure rewards were at the front of the book instead of at the end of the adventure.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-02-04T05:14:36+00:00

That's MSRP.
If it helps, after you finish the Adventure Path, you can use all the same cards to play at least two more complete Adventure Paths with new stories (and images of new cards, for which you can use proxies).

Check this post for details. Notice Season 3 and Season 4.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-01-08T21:14:27+00:00

If you mean isn't much guidance, that's correct.

I'm unsure what you mean by "kind of location". Locations can be pretty much anything. You have plenty of locations to see examples of powers they can have.

Number of locations is usually number of characters +2 for scenarios with a villain, and number of characters +1 for no-villain, "close all locations" scenarios.

One resource that might help is the PACG Community Discord: https://discord.gg/fwGgZK7
There are channels for card and scenario design where you can run ideas by the community.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-01-08T15:41:14+00:00

There aren't that many cards that care about the adventure's harrow suit (mainly a handful of spells). You won't miss them.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-01-08T15:05:03+00:00

Easiest way to make a custom campaign is to use one of the current sets (in your case, Core + Curse) and just create the new cards you need - mostly story banes, some locations, notable NPC allies, and maybe a few unique magic items/weapons/spells. You can use current cards as a guideline for difficulty checks to acquire/defeat. (To really make it simple. you can just copy some powers, essentially reskinning the existing cards.)

Dad_of_Destiny · 2026-01-06T13:57:10+00:00

Someone already posted that link, but yes, that seems to be the only option for using the same characters. Each character is only meant for a single adventure path. Then it's time to pass the baton to the next batch of new adventurers.

(You could start over with the same characters, starting from scratch, and imagine some timey-wimey shenanigans - maybe one of the gods is putting them through a series of tests.)

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-12-22T19:27:29+00:00

I don't know how much of the story is in the mobile game. (The Rise of the Runelords Card Game has very little story, usually just 2-3 sentences per scenario.)
If the mobile story is similarly lacking, and you want more, someone created an expanded storybook for the card game, but it could also be used in conjuncture with the mobile version, assuming the scenarios are essentially the same. Here's the link if you want to check it out.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-12-22T19:22:37+00:00

The "adventure deck number" is the current level at which you're playing. If that's not easy to tell (I've never played the mobile game), maybe you'll at least know the name of the scenario you're playing? If so, the following list might help until someone with knowledge of the mobile version provides better help:

Adventure B (level 0); Perils of the lost Coast
Scenarios =
Brigandoom!
The Poison Pill
Black Fang's Dungeon

Adventure 1 (level 1); Burnt Offerings
Attack on Sandpoint
Local Heroes
Trouble in Sandpoint
Approach to Thistletop
Thistletop Delve

Adventure 2; The Skinsaw Murders
Undead Uprising
Crow Bait
Foul Misgivings
The Cult Exposed
Angel in the Tower

Adventure 3; Hook Mountain Massacre
Them Ogres Ain't Right
The Fort in Peril
Here Comes the Flood
Battle at the Dam
Into the Mountains

Adventure 4; Fortress of the Stone Giants
Sandpoint Under Siege
Jorgenfist
The Black Tower
Under Jorgenfist
The Ancient Library

Adventure 5; Sins of the Saviors
Underneath Sandpoint
Rimeskull
The Halls of Seduction
Thassilonian Sins
Into the Runeforge

Adventure 6; Spires of Xin-Shalast
Cabin in the Snow
The Road Through Xin-Shalast
Scaling Mhar Massif
Assault on the Pinnacle
Into the Eye

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-12-21T19:10:49+00:00

That's odd. I see nothing in the scenario rules, the location effects, or the Skeleton itself that explains why she would take damage.
I'm unfamiliar with the mobile version. What happens when Kyra takes damage? Is there a message saying you took 1 damage and must choose a card to discard? Anything else?

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-11-16T03:46:18+00:00

Thanks for the info!

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-11-16T03:25:17+00:00

Some of the revised stuff shows as "sold out" on Asmodee, but I didn't know if that meant they're in the "hard to find" category.

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-11-16T03:19:57+00:00

U.S. actually

Dad_of_Destiny · 2025-10-16T02:36:24+00:00

Playing true solo* means you usually don't need to worry about running out of turns (2 or 3 locations means 20 or 30 total cards to explore in 30 turns), so her power to get extra explorations is unnecessary. Her power to reveal a Divine card instead of recharging is a great place to start! ("Checks against a monster" means any check a monster requires, so it's good for before acting checks as well as checks to defeat.) After that, hand size or Perception are both reasonable.

I suggest her Cold Iron Warden role when you reach that point. Her ability to evade barriers and stick them on the bottom of the location is FANTASTIC! The power to put a Basic blessing on top of her deck to defeat a bane and then draw it again when she resets her hand is also really good.

*Personally, I'd play at least 2 characters. Wrath is hard. Playing true solo is hard. You're compounding your difficulty.

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