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Rune Dice Kit: Reading Fortunes, Doing Magic & Making Charms

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Yet another attempt to recreate the runes in an author's own image. On top of this it includes the author's own pessimistic Christian bias in the meanings of the of the runes. He picks and chooses between the Anglo-Saxon and Elder Futharks for his meanings to suit his own bias. Not worth having except as a novelty. Not for the serious rune worker. Get the Power of the Runes Deck instead.

Even the current price of $0.01 doesn't make this a bargain. Save your pennies for something that is actually useful.

Constraining runes to the faces of a cube completely changes the dynamics (getting 1 rune rules out the runes on the other faces). Also using the faces of dice does not fit at all well with the important 3x8 traditional ordering of the Futhark. At least the numbers (4 dice x 6 faces) prevent the addition of the spurious New-Age invention of the "blank rune". Apart from that, as a previous reviewer has commented above, the information provided is sloppy and heavily Christianized.

There are plenty of books with some actual useful information on runes.

Try these, and the books buyers also bought:

Rudiments of Runelore

Runic Amulets and Magic Objects

Runes (Reading the Past, Vol 4)

Compared with the traditional set of runes, this set makes an interesting change. The symbols are all there, with a rustic look of aged wood. I especially enjoyed the interpretation of the "wyrd" rune, one which often gets overlooked by many writers. I was not interested by the spell-making aspect of this book, as I felt it took away from the use of the runes in their own right. Perhaps this is what makes it more new age, I don't know. Bottom line: the runes are beautiful and the new form is interesting. A good buy.