HeroQuest 25th

[Daedalus]

One thing I wish would be discussed would be the chance that the Dwarf and Wizard Quest Packs would see release. The 4-ups were made, and being G-bob from Old Scratch you probably know who has them. If some of the old Heroscape crew are there, ask if the 25th anniversary petition swings any weight with Hasbro's decision process. The petition stirred up a hornets' nest of controversy with the Spanish remake. If Hasbro would licence the DQP and WQP work officially, I'm sure there would be strong support.

I know a lot about this, but I don't think this article will impact those kinds of decisions at Hasbro. I will use this space here to give you all my opinion: ...

... That's my take on it.

(Covers ears) BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

The last thing that flew out of Pandora's Box was hope that the unreleased expansions would see the light of day. True enough that Hasbro wouldn't release the expansions for big chain store shelves. It's a shame WotC won't do the work for hobby shelves. I didn't explain clearly, but I still wonder if Hasbro would allow their expansion packs to be licensed to a third party, probably funded through a Kickstarter. Unlike the Spanish repaint, I'm talking about IP being more or less directly reproduced as was done with the Japanese edition of Hero Quest and the Estralia game company's Brazilian Hero Quest. That would entail Hasbro allowing the 4-ups to be scanned for 3D-printed molds. It would also mean they have the original (Richard Borg) Quest Book prototypes available somewhere to be licensed. While I'm at it, I'd want to see the prohibitively-expensive EQP and BQP made up, as well. Maybe even AtOH and WoM, though IP is more dubious with those two. Currently, Ebay is still a viable option for the Main System. Dream the impossible dream (steps down from soapbox.)

Onto your original request, I think mention should also be made of some of the excellent HQ computer tools. Derfel Link's Heroscribe and Lurchbrick's Vassal module are obvious picks. Patroclus made an excellent Quest page-maker, and drathe's card templates are popular, as well. Beyond those tools, there are a host of tiles and alternate boards available in the gallery.

[HeroQuestFrance]

This trademark is dead for more than a decade and even more in some countries.
They do not exploit it at all.
No official webpage, no official tweeter, no facebook, no new add-on, nothing.
Sad since in the end of the mid '90, they bought all the rights of Games Workshop and even the "advanced heroquest" trademark to them !
Finally, they did nothing with it.
HeroQuest first of the name is definitively dead.

In the begining of 2000, with "the lord of the rings" movie serial starting to the cinemas, Hasbro Inc found out very complicated to re-do again this heroic fantasy boardgame.
So it was a special D&D made with Parker which has been released in €urope very similar.
Not released in the USA due to the trademark conflict, sad for most of you -I know-.
The game had 2 expansions but the european WOTC agreement ended and the production and distribution of this game too after only 2 years.

So today, Hasbro Inc let this HEROQUEST trademark in the USA for a role playing game which is planing to make a boardgame (ha ha) and in Spain to GameZone Miniatures where the new game will be distributed in whole €urope for christmas.
They also let the SPACE CRUSADE trademark in the hands of GameZone and in the uk to one of the original creator of this game who successuflly launched his new sci-fi wargame last year.

They really don't care about all of this now.
You can call their legal service to get your answers, especially to Hasbro Iberia (spain + portugal) where they are more concerned.
They have renewed the trademark automatically in most of the other countries but do nothing with it.

I know there were projects in the usa but also in the uk in 1993/4 about some expansion prototypes never released because not yet achieved by their authors.
Hasbro bought MB and the time of the fusion, many products have suffered of the definitive production abandon.
But to be sincere, I prefer this than the last expansions they absolutely never playtested !

After all, everybody knows heroquest was a perfect tool to imagine and create adventures by including new miniatures, new rules & furniture etc

I have collected all those years many dungeon crawl boardgames trying to get the feeling back without success.
I really appreciate a new company in Spain is doing something new about this trademark after all this time with so much passion and trying to rebirth the flame.

True that the old material of the first HeroQuest has now low value face to the new miniatures & 3D furniture available in new boardgames or sold by companies through the web.
New mecanics more balanced are on, more things possible than before in fact with good ideas from game to game.
Just nostalgy forces some people to collect Heroquest released by MB and pay a lot to get old stuff ... or pirate copies Hasbro doesn't care.
I was lucky to buy everything I missed on ebay 14 years ago.
I'm a big fan but time goes on, past dies and I prefer to move on.

After the french remaster done with HeroQuest remaster to let a final hommage to this game on the web, I turn the page.
The game will stay in my heart but no more on my table.

[Jerry Hawthorne]

Sjeng, your dice tower is simply amazing!!!

[Sjeng]

Sjeng, your dice tower is simply amazing!!!

Thanks Jerry !! I'm pretty happy with it myself. Makes an impression at the table

[knightkrawler]

I turn the page.
The game will stay in my heart but no more on my table.

What's this, a serious goodbye to us who won't let go, or just some advertising pathos?

[Sjeng]

He's saying he's moving on, away from the original awesome HQ, and onward to crappy, ripoff, Spaniardquest. :S Well, if that's progress, I'll stick with oldschool HQ.

[knightkrawler]

Exactly what I read from it. Well, move on then.

[Jerry Hawthorne]

The article will feature Les Edwards as well. Stephen Baker was not able to join the article due to Hasbro's policies. When will companies learn the advantages of transparency? I'm sooo glad I work for PHG now.

[TMU]

Me! Me! Introduce me to him! You orc and cool guy whose parents gave you a birth name Knight Crawler! Do it!

Edit: You know HQfrance deleted his account. And I was just about to ask does he want to give me all his stuff

[Sjeng]

Edit: You know HQfrance deleted his account. And I was just about to ask does he want to give me all his stuff

What? Man, people are touchy lately... He's really adamant about the GZ thing. I guess some people can't stand different opinions.