Runesword 2.5.0 is released!

Runesword II 2.5.0 Released

Runesword II (RSII), released into open source by Crosscut Games in , is a Computer Role-Playing Game and construction set designed to appeal to the "pen & paper" role-player. This release marks a significant change to the software. RSII 2.5.0 fixes several dozen minor and major bugs, adds in new capabilities, and expands the game content considerably. https://sourceforge.net/projects/runesword/

RSII is composed of two elements: a 'Creator' for creating games (known as tomes), and a 'Player' to play the tomes. The Player features turn-based, strategic combat, 50+ skills, races, several full-length adventures, instant random adventure generator and different worlds to play in, including fantasy and sci-fi. The Creator is an easy-to-use, completely flexible game construction set and world builder.

Fixes in the Creator include the proper removal of files from interrupted game creation, updates to the tome wizard, several fixes and improvements in searching, map-making and trigger-editing, and increased capabilities when designing worlds. Overall, the Creator has become more user-friendly with additional stability and more creation options, especially in world construction and character archetypes. Creators can now assign additional stats to new characters, and design new magic systems based on those stats. Entire areas of maps may now be saved to the library as well, speeding up game creation and improving options for Creators.

Changes to the Player include improvements to game saves, items, the character screen, and the combat screen. A tray icon is included for the first time, useful for switching away from the game to another program. Players are now given more information about their characters and can see abilities change as armor and weapons are exchanged. The 'Greedy Merchant' Bug was fixed. Weight and bulk limitations have been added in for more realism. The ability to quickly change worlds was also added in, to take advantage of the worlds now part of the standard download. Medium and long weapon ranges were also changed to extend further. Items in the game now have a size, and it must match the character's size to be used. Items also now have an experience level that can be checked against. Additions to the food family of items have enabled easier creation of useful and harmful food items. Along with these changes to items, containers now must be at least as large as the items stored within. Also,

Several new adventures are also included in the standard DL, bringing the total number of ready-to-play adventures to **** across three different worlds. Coupled with the random adventure generator, and there are literally hundreds of hours of play without even using the Creator to create your own adventures.

RSII is open source and completely free to use.

For more information: https://sourceforge.net/projects/runesword/ and https://www.crosscutgames.com/