15 years ago (Circa 2010), a notable series of fan-made expansion cards (made by J.C. Hendee) were released for the fantasy boardgame: Runebound: Second Edition
Under the collective name ‘Runebound Tales’, this project consisted of four main decks and one adjacent expansion:
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Runebound Tales: In The Wild: (Original Deck)
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Runebound Tales: In The Wild: (Expansion Deck )
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Runebound Tales : Questing
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Runebound Tales : Get A Clue (companion tool to Questing deck)
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Cities of Adventure: Reference Cards (Core Game + All Expansions)
Released for free to the wider Runebound fan community, they were made readily available for printing ‘at cost’ from the former DIY print website ‘Artscow’, which hosted these cards up until its sudden and permanent close on April 30th, 2025.
Due to this closure, these cards (in their final released form) were no longer accessible to the Runebound community and many people missed out. Therefore, it is the intention of this release to preserve history and rectify this fact.
With that in mind, the cards contained in this file were scanned directly and individually from legally purchased and printed Artscow decks.
They are available in two distinct forms:
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Single cards [ for uploading to a web-based DIY print service ]
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PDF [ for ‘Duplex’ (double-sided) home-based and/or local printing]
Finally, after much asking from all corners of the internet, these are now 100% complete, consistent and accessible from one central repository: you can get them here:
NOTE
There are various forms of these decks floating around out ‘in the wild’ (no pun intended). However, it’s unfortunate (and quite confusing) that they will inevitably have some or all of the following traits:
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They are earlier ‘work-in-progress’ drafts.
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They have missing cards / are only partially complete.
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They are blurred, low-res edits from website preview files.
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They use the very same artwork as the final product, but with different title headers, altered iconography, or even different wording and statistics.
Keep the above facts in mind when comparing with files from other sources.
A FINAL THOUGHT
The creation and release of these cards were intended then (as it is now) as strictly not-for-profit. It took considerable time, passion and effort to bring them into the world, both as the author’s original creation and now, as their later resurrection.
Therefore, as you enjoy them, please recognise and respect the purpose and intention for which they were made available, all those years ago.
P.S. Please read the included RELEASE NOTES before using.
Enjoy ! 
And we’ve got and quite like 3rd edition. But I always love a new reason to bring out an old game.