If I were to make the perfect dungeon board game, I would...

[Anderas]

Not implementing pre defined classes means either to have one single standard class, which would remove much of the feeling, or to have a flexible rpg like combination System. The second one invites to do munchkin and needs hundreds of pages with rules.

Decide yourself.

[knightkrawler]

A number of skills, sorted into levels (availability based on experience [points]), that you can "buy".

At the start of the game every player gets a set number of Purchase Points and builds his starting hero with those. With experience he gains PP and adds skills up to his gusto and his alone. No classes, no races. That is an awesome idea if the game is built around all these porssibilities.

[cornixt]

Even with that, you are going to end up with only a few different types of character. Except now rather than them being prepackaged you have to make people spend 30 minutes trying to build something that is practically the same.

You'll have fighty guys, magic guys, and various in between. Unless you are adding several extra dimensions of qualities (I can't think what they would be for a dungeon board game unless you go really RPG), picking and choosing is still only going to net you the 16 or so different types that people are going to suggest anyway.

[cynthialee]

A number of skills, sorted into levels (availability based on experience [points]), that you can "buy".

At the start of the game every player gets a set number of Purchase Points and builds his starting hero with those. With experience he gains PP and adds skills up to his gusto and his alone. No classes, no races. That is an awesome idea if the game is built around all these porssibilities.

Getting to far into the realm of an RPG for me in the case of HQ.
Don't get me wrong, I play far more RPG than board game style High Fantasy games. But when I play board game style I like the idea of just grabbing a prefab character and running with it.
I do like many of the alternant characters we have cooked up over the years that are well balanced. The basic archetype adventurers number far more than the simple 4 we are offered off the shelf.