I have written this summary based on what I have read and how I have understood 8th edition changes if I have made some incorrect assumptions / you disagree with me, please do reply and say so.

To be honest there is little difference between 7th and 8th, but there are some runes now that are not worth taking at all (and even one that doesn't presently work as the rules are written (stoicism)).

WEAPON RUNES

MRO Skalf Blackhammer– Still fairly useless / situational

MRO Smiting– Still situational (good against ogre kingdoms)

MRO Alaric the Mad– Still fairly useless in fact this one gets worse because most Armour saves will have dropped across the board in cc and now everyone with a shield gets a ward save in cc, I hope this one comes down in price.

MRO Breaking– Still fairly useless / situational

MRO Flight– Still OK

RO Might– Still excellent

MRO Swiftness – Still excellent, could now be handy with some runes of speed to get the re-rolls to hit if the INT of the character beats the models it is attacking (mostly Infantry rather than characters with out INT)

RO Snorri Spanglehelm – Still OK

RO Fury – Still excellent

MRO Kragg the Grim – Still excellent

Grudge Rune – Still fairly useless

RO Striking – Still fairly useless

RO Speed – Now becomes vastly more useful to get to strike first against infantry when (sometimes) get the charge, does anyone else think this rune might become more expensive…?

RO Fire – Still a useful rune but is going to have even more use in 8th edition

ARMOUR RUNES

MRO Steel – Helps to limit armor save modifiers, which with the lack of bonus save from a shield, could make this rune more useful, I still however think it is too expensive.

RO Fortitude – Still fairly useless

MRO Adamant– Still fairly useless seeing as although it makes it harder for the opponent to wound by one, it doesn’t in anyway modify their save modifier, so anything high enough strength to still wound you is going to kill you anyway, I guess it makes the bearer hard to kill against weak troops… meh.

MRO Gromril- going to be one every BSB without a magic banner I think .

RO RESISTANCE – Still ok, probably gets better now with the fact that all armour saves are poorer than they were.

RO Shielding– Still fairly useless, unless a lord on shield bearers counts as a bigger model (and only therefore gets a 4+ look out sir roll)?

RO Iron – this rune gets worse for us, we get a 6+ ward save from shields and any runes of resistance now give a ward save against magic… , still it is cheap…

RO Preservation – now pretty much essential on lord choices as shield bearers don’t seem to make you immune anymore.

RO Stone – Still excellent

RUNIC STANDARDS

MRO Valaya – Well this is a tough one, still VERY expensive, but +2 to all dispel rolls, combined with our armies +2 to all dispel rolls…. No magic will get through this army… will make the BsB HIGHLY likely to be prime target however…

MRO Stromni Redbeard – Still ok, but probably better to go with some runes of battle instead

MRO Fear - too expensive, and with Fear being nerfed, and BsBs (i.e your opponents) working on EVERYTHING this rune is NOT worth it’s cost.

Strollaz Rune – Should mean a 1st turn combat with this rune…. Could be fun, not recommended against armies with large amounts of monsterous infantry, they NEED to be shot up before engaged!!

MRO Grungi – Meh expensive on the BsB for what it does, use runes of warding against magic missles and just take whatever else on the armour saves. Could be good against a gunline however.

RO Slowness – This rune I think needs help from the errata, as some models are going to be charging up to, what 20” on decent rolls, D6” isn’t going to cut it, plus it doesn’t matter anything like as much who gets the charge anymore.

RO Courage – with out LD and the only issue with Fear being the possible WS1 on a failed LD test…. Too expensive for what it does now.

RO Guarding - Invaluable on your BSB if he takes a magic banner.

RO Battle – Excellent rune still

RO Stoicism – this used to be excellent, now needs and errata to even be usable, I’m hoping it becomes “double unit size for sake of CR” or words of that effect (means it does the same thing it does now).

RO Determination – Still only marginally useful, (because only one use only, notable for being on Hammerers. With stubborn this lets them pass one break test with no rolling needed, I still think it’s too expensive.

RO Sanctuary -This rune used to be excellent to stop spells being cast on the unit, now it just gives a 6+ ward save or a 5+ ward save if you take 2 of them…. Meh.

Ancestor Rune – Always been pretty rubbish, I’ve never taken one, I don’t know about anyone else…?, now with everyone being stubborn if they outnumber, probably even a bit worse, especially if the rune of stoicism is going to be errata’d to be how I think.

RUNIC TALISMANS

MRO Kingship – in 8th edition… just rubbish, take a lord in hammerers instead.

MRO Balance – Still excellent

MRO Spellbinding – not sure that this is going to be a lot of use, we already get an army wide +2…. Might be useful I guess, especially against Tzeentch, Lizards or H Elves.

Spelleater Rune – this might be more useful than before, will some of the spells I have read, insanely power spells being sapped away…

MRO Spite – Still excellent

RO Fate – I have never used, and I can’t see that changing, just don’t like one use items, as good as it was before I guess….

MRO Challenge – still ok as long as you can get the Lord positioned right, with random charges, this might not work out however…. I think this got worse because of that.

MRO Dismay – got worse due to BsB’s increase, don’t think I’d ever bother with this (I haven’t yet to be honest, but I liked the idea of it), this is also made worse by the fact that whomever gets to charge first doesn’t strike first anymore and with out INT… only worth it to a gunline.

RO Spellbreaking. - Dwarf Dispell Scroll, still excellent.

RO Brotherhood – no change

RO Luck– I have never used, and I can’t see that changing, just don’t like one use items, as good as it was before I guess….

RO Warding - with the changes to Magic resistance stick with rune of iron or spite, in fact at the same cost as rune of iron, this is never worth taking over those 2 rune combos, totally worthless in our list of magic items (unless you have exhausted all combos of runes of iron)

RO The Furnace - Very cheap and usful, nasty flame magic, flaming weapons, and just to get a different combo of runes, very handy.

ENGINEERING RUNES

MRO Defence – not a lot of use really, unless the cover rules have changed, in 8th edition the crew can’t be killed off separately from what I understand.

RO Forging – not sure how this interacts with 8th edition, but I assume still great on a cannon?

MRO Disguise – does anyone ever use this anymore I don’t like it, all the time the warmachine is hiding it isn’t firing!!

MRO Immolation – never liked the idea of this because of it’s cost alone but I can see it being handy, problem is for me, the models it will hurt are likely to now be horde and able to take those hits and keep on going… still worth a look sometimes.

RO Accuracy – still excellent

RO Fortune – meh, still ok I guess, but as I’ve said before I don’t like one use items, especially relatively expensive ones.

RO Penetrating – still excellent, means we can still have S4 Grudge throwers 

Valiant Rune – now pointless in 8th.

Stalwart Rune – who wants +1 CR on their warmachine crew…. They aren’t going to be winning fights even with it!! , never used, not going to change my mind in 8th.

Flakkson's Rune of Seeking – excellent against flyers… obviously…

RO Reloading. – cheap enough to be ok, handy if you know the enemy are going to be shooting that warmachine.

RO Burning - Very Good against WE, where flaming attacks kill Treemen and Treekin fast, also stops regeneration. Also still handy to make a unique rune combo.