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This is the Conversation Forum for Great Board Games << Heroscape!!!!!! Talisman >> Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 16, 2003 by FordsTowel   Posting 1 Our family had a lot of fun with a game called Hero Quest. One person volunteers to be the gamesmaster who sets up an unrevealed series of rooms, deadly opponents, traps, pitfalls, bridges and chambers. As the Warrior, Dwarf, Elf, and Mage work their way around the board, the gamesmaster reveals the walls, doors, and secrets. The goal is often a particular treasure, or the defeat of a particular baddie. There were several packs of quest books, with associated new figures and props. Once you got the hang of it, it was also easy to create your own quests using odds and ends from other toys, games, etc. I remember using a small, rubber dragon in one particularly hot quest. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 21, 2003 by Richie This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Yes, a Games Workshop game as I recall. There was also a similar one 'Battle Masters(?)' that had aq big plastic sheet instead of a board. Great fun. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 21, 2003 by FordsTowel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Sounds worth exploring. My son is doing more on-line gaming (Ragnarok) lately, but it could still be fun to try. That is, if I can find it. The Hero Quest was even fun to make fun of. Every time someone found Heroic Brew, we'd all yell BEER! Our games always had plenty of Heroic Brew! Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 21, 2003 by Tam This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Wasn't there a similar type of board game called "Dungeon" or something like that. Very D&D-ish, like "Heroquest". Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 21, 2003 by FordsTowel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Most probably. I remember seeing what seemed like dozens of cookie-cutter versions of D&D board games. Some area shopping malls have whole stores devoted entirely to board games, many of them military, but some are fantasy. I'd always wanted to try Al Borland's Tool-Time game, but never found it. [Tool-Time is actually a faux cable show featured on the TV show Home Improvement. Depending on where you live, you might need to know that.] Subject: Hero Quest Posted Jul 21, 2003 by Pimms Lettuce This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Not to be confused with Talisman which had a fairly simple board (rectangular with an outer ring of spaces and inner ring , lots of character cards (elf, paladin, leprechaun, princess etc.) alignment, chance and spell cards. You could also be turned into a frog if I remember correctly Pimms Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Dec 31, 2006 by AgProv This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 You may be interested to know that the cheap remaindered bookshop "the Works" is currently selling off a Hero Quest derivative game called "Dungeons and Dragons" for £9.99 - dirt cheap, as it contains 40 actual figures - not cardboard cut-outs - which look as if they originated with Games Workshop. As well as av. similar quest game and all the paraphernalia. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Dec 31, 2006 by AgProv This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 There's also a German derivative game called "Ruckherr der Helden" which is essentially Hero Quest meets Carcassone: the figures are in metal in this one. Reccomended, as you can play it with HQ rules! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Hero Quest Posted Feb 7, 2008 by FordsTowel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 Whoooaaaahhhh! I missed responding to this by an entire year+!!?? The whole thing has me thinking it's time to dust off the old HQ and write up a couple of new scenarios! Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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