STEAMFORGED AND JAGEX RELEASE RUNESCAPE KINGDOMS BOARD GAME AND ROLEPLAYING GAME

Jagex :

CAMBRIDGE, UK - February 29, 2024 - Steamforged Games, the leading UK studio for tabletop video game adaptations, has today released its tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) and board game adaptations of RuneScape, both under the banner of RuneScape Kingdoms.


Both games will be available to purchase from Amazon, Steamforged, the RuneScape merch store, and hundreds of independent tabletop stores from February 29th.


Created in collaboration with Jagex — the leader in developing deep, community-driven games and home of the RuneScape franchise — RuneScape Kingdoms is a range inspired by the record-breaking RuneScape video game universe.


The long-anticipated RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game and the board game, RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg, were first announced in 2022. RuneScape Kingdoms: Shadow of Elvarg was originally crowdfunded on Kickstarter with great success, attracting more than 6,600 backers. Both games are set in RuneScape’s fantasy kingdom of Gielinor, with fresh-but-faithful adaptations of classic quests and characters.


Mat Hart, co-founder and Creative Director at Steamforged Games, said: “We’re looking forward to getting the RuneScape Kingdoms board game and tabletop roleplaying game into the hands of fans and seeing the response! We’ve worked very closely with Jagex to make RuneScape Kingdoms an authentic addition to the RuneScape family, as another way for new and existing fans to engage with the world they love. It’s been a special collaboration, from concept to the finished games.”


RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game uses a bespoke system created specifically for the TTRPG. Designed to be both accessible and elegant, with a three d6 dice mechanic, this system captures the unique magic of the RuneScape source material, and gives game masters of all levels the tools to deliver a rich experience to their players.


Alongside the streamlined rules, game masters will enjoy a detailed guide to the world of Gielinor bursting with material for running an authentic RuneScape campaign, including everything from character creation, to magic and prayer systems, to crafting and equipment, and a bestiary teeming with iconic monsters and bosses. 


In RuneScape Kingdoms: The Shadow of Elvarg, 1-5 players will explore the sometimes epic, often irreverent world of Gielinor in cooperative campaigns heavily inspired by iconic quests from the video game. Together, they will quest, skill, meet memorable characters, craft awesome gear — get distracted by side quests — and become the kind of ‘Scaper they’d like to be. Along the way, they’ll face formidable bosses, earn capes, and experience everything from baking game-changing cakes to saving Gielinor from fiery ruin.



Both RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game and RuneScape Kingdoms: The Shadow of Elvarg are available now from Amazon, Steamforged, the RuneScape merchandise store and hundreds of independent tabletop stores.


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About Steamforged Games


Founded in 2014 in the corner of a hobby gaming store in Manchester, UK, Steamforged Games has gone on to create tabletop adaptations of some of the biggest video games around. In 2019, Steamforged received a £5million investment to continue growing the business from private equity firm, Foresight Group, on the strength of an “excellent track record in creating, developing, and launching games” and a “strong product pipeline”.


The company’s history of adaptations began with the wildly successful DARK SOULS™ board game. Steamforged took the game to Kickstarter back in 2016, where it raised a record-breaking £3.7million followed by significant success at retail. Now, Steamforged’s DARK SOULS™ tabletop range has a combined retail value of almost $40 million with more than half a million units sold.


Since 2016, Steamforged’s catalogue has grown to include popular board game versions of triple-A video games such as Monster Hunter: World and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Resident Evil™ 1, 2, and 3, Horizon Zero Dawn™, and more, all well-received as authentic experiences true to the brand DNA.


Steamforged has also seen significant success with original IP such as Bardsung, Epic Encounters, and Animal Adventures, and has successfully fulfilled more than eleven tabletop game crowdfunding campaigns. 
Now the UK’s leading developer and publisher of licensed tabletop games with over twenty tabletop ranges, Steamforged is led by a love of the craft, a collective pride in what they create, and a mission to deliver compelling tabletop experiences that capture the emotions and inspire the imaginations of players around the world.


About Jagex

 
A leader in creating deep and engaging live games on PC and mobile, Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed over 320 million player accounts to its world and is a $1.5 billion lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond live operations; our titles are forever games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.   
 
Jagex has expanded with the acquisitions of Pipeworks and Gamepires, bringing its expertise in building forever games to SCUM, a multi-million selling open-world survival title in Steam Early Access. Jagex employs more than 700 people globally, and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.   
 
More information can be found at www.jagex.com