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My 3-month old son wants to help set up my Hero Quest campaign.
¨I don't think they will come to save you!¨
The fearsome Gargoyle
Jasmine paying close attention to detail.
Playing The Trial again after 25 years!
Printed copy of the game reduced to size and then painted over.
Opening a NEW hero quest (greek "el greco" edition) from 1992!!! (picture #4)
My custom Hero Quest Boardgame
Hero Quest combined with D&D
My Custom Hero Quest Boardgame

HeroQuest (1989)

Players
2–5
Best: 5
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
14+
7.23
Average rating
15,243
Ratings
2.13/5
Weight
#712
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:מסע הגיבורים +1 more
Designer:Stephen Baker
Artist:Gary Chalk, Les Edwards, Max Dunbar, Nikki Dawes
Publisher:Milton Bradley +15 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 7, Complexity 4.3, Theme 9
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity4.3
Theme9.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

HeroQuest is a Dungeons & Dragons-style adventure game. One player acts as game master, revealing the maze-like dungeon piecemeal as the players wander. Other players take on a character (wizard, elf, dwarf, or barbarian) and venture forth into dungeons on fantasy quests. The HeroQuest series consists of the main game and a number of expansions.

The game is played on a grid representing the interior of a dungeon or castle, with walls segmenting the grid into rooms and corridors. One player assumes the role of the evil wizard character (Zargon/Morcar), and uses a map taken from the game's quest book to determine how the quest is to be played. The map details the placement of monsters, artifacts, and doors, as well as the overall quest the other players are embarking upon. During a Hero's turn, the player can move before or after performing one of the following actions: attack, cast a spell, search for traps and secret doors, search for treasure.

The game ends when every player has either returned to the spiral staircase, exited by a door, or been killed by the evil wizard. If the objective of the quest has not been accomplished then the evil wizard character wins. Items collected during the quest may be kept for future quests. The quests usually form part of a longer story, especially the quests which are part of the expansion packs.

Additional material, which is generally missed since it is not technically an expansion, was published in the HeroQuest: Adventure Design Kit which did feature one more Heroquest adventure: A Plague of Zombies.

Expansions

HeroQuest: Return of the Witch Lord
HeroQuest: Kellar's Keep
HeroQuest: Barbarian Quest Pack
HeroQuest: Elf Quest Pack
HeroQuest: Against the Ogre Horde
HeroQuest: Wizards of Morcar
Dungeons of Peril
HeroQuest: Running the Gauntlet
Heroquest: A Growl of Thunder
Adventure 1: The Mountain Keep (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 2: Slaves Of Zargon (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 3: The Lost Books (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 4: In The King's Service (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 5: Beyond Grin's Crag – Kellar's Keep 2 (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 6: Resurrection – Return of the Witch Lord 2 (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 7: The Rescue of Princess Millandriell (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Adventure 8: The Horror Inside the Ancient Halls of Sunca (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
Masters' Series: Adventure 1 – The Deadly Hand of Zargon (fan expansion for HeroQuest)
HeroQuest: Mythic
HeroQuest: Hero Collection – Commander of the Guardian Knights
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 2
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 1
HeroQuest: The Frozen Horror
HeroQuest: Hero Collection – The Rogue Heir of Elethorn
HeroQuest: The Mage of the Mirror
HeroQuest: The Halls of Durrag-Dol
HeroQuest: The Eyes of Chaos
HeroQuest: New Beginnings
HeroQuest: Rogar's Hall
HeroQuest: Forsaken Tunnels of Xor-Xel
HeroQuest: Into the Northlands
HeroQuest: Rise of the Dread Moon Quest Pack
AxianQuest: Heroic Skills
AxianQuest: Wondrous Artifacts
AxianQuest: Furniture Deck
AxianQuest: Weapon Artifacts
HeroQuest: Knight Fall
HeroQuest: Hero Collection – Path of The Wandering Monk
AxianQuest: Dungeon Events
HeroQuest: Spirit Queen's Torment
HeroQuest: Prophecy of Telor
AxianQuest Infinite Dungeon
AxianQuest: Armor Artifacts
The Double Skulls: Tavern Tales – Book One
HeroQuest: Against the Ogre Horde
Megaquest Hero Pack 2.0
Advanced Game System
Advanced Game System II
Advanced Game System III
HeroQuest: Jungles of Delthrak
The Double Skulls: Tavern Tales – Book Two
Advanced Game System: Uncharted Dungeons
Megaquest Core Monster Pack
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 3
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 4
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 5
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 6
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 7
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 8
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 9
SundayQuest Adventures: The Orc Mage
SundayQuest Adventures: The Rise of Fellmarg
SundayQuest Adventures: Riches of Karak Azgul
Quests Book
Camelot Quest: The Fall of Camelot
Blood Quest: For the Blood is Life
Atlantis Quest: The Doom of Atlantis
Dread Abilities
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 10
SundayQuest Adventures: Echoes of the Witch Lord
ExtraQuest: The Lost Adventures
Howl of the Werewolf
Outworld
Advanced Game System IV
Megaquest Awakened
Blood Quest: The Rise of Dracula
Evil Wizard
HeroQuest: The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness
SundayQuest Adventures: Volume 11
HeroQuest: Wizards of Morcar
Advanced Game System V
Advanced Game System: Uncharted Dungeons 2
Sundayquest 12
Sundayquest 13
Sundayquest 14
SundayQuest: By The Dawn's First Light
SundayQuest: The Secrets of Blackstone Keep
SundayQuest: Vermunté and the Enigma Engine
SundayQuest: Bloodhorn and the Dragonback Mountains
SundayQuest: Conundrum of Yukthorn
LionsQuest: Fall Of Ragnar
LionsQuest: Morkar's Dark Dungeon
LionsQuest: Cult Of The Black Hand
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