HeroQuest lost Quest Packs: Wizard and Dwarf Quest Pack

[monnock777]

Can't wait to see all the hard work put into this...

[lucapaschi]

Just consider when I made this announcement I was just shy of 50 posts made on the Inn… :O

[HispaZargon]

.. and now lucapaschi has a total of 639 posts...!

[Count Mohawk]

I am very excited! New (old) material coming soon to a forum near me!

Any chance we can get something of an FAQ or AMA about the redesign process from the Inn developers when it's over and released?
There's been a decent number of other fan-made Dwarf and Wizard Quest Packs over the years and I'm curious to know how much "bleed-over", if any, there was going on in the backrooms.

[j_dean80]

That’s a whole lot of postings to cover. lol Rest assured we kept this as close to original drafts as possible with only certain tweaks needed. Also, this isn’t really a “fan-made” pack. Just polished the original drafts up. They were at a 2nd edit and we finished the 3rd final edit.

[lucapaschi]

The idea was to have a sort of parallel document to explain the changes we implemented, but that would also take time, and I’d prefer to use that time to work on the packs, hoping the drafts will be shared soon enough for everyone to make up his own mind. I guess there would be no problem for an AMA or whatever, in any case.
Where possible, we used the first draft ideas when we had gaps in the second draft, with some changes to dynamics that would have been pretty boring for 5 quests (take key, open door - in some instances with two different doors in a single quest), or to some of the cards (spells/treasure) as we felt this one was the pack where Mind Points could finally play an important part. If not now, when?
There were also minor changes to the layout of the maps, to showcase the newer monsters or the new tiles better (one new tile was featured in a single map, if I remember correctly), or to fix difficulty and add coherence to a level (like, what kind of monsters would defend a necromancer? Probably not greenskins - make the wandering monster progression more coherent, try to make the quest pack not as broken as the BQP/EQP, but serve as an “intro” to gear the whole party up to play those and have a chance).
While some of the people who took on the task really know A LOT about all the content released over the years, official or not, I know some fan made packs exist (and I know are of good quality) but didn’t take a look to keep it as original as possible.

[BrodeSode]

This is very exciting. Thank you all for your hard work, I await your announcement with bated breath.

[Jordstag]

I just found out about this and I think it's really awesome! I can't wait to see this finished! Thank you very much for all this hard work.

[lucapaschi]

Thanks for the support! We’re still working hard to deliver: we’re closing in on the questbook and cards shortly (a little playtesting is needed for a room), the art is well underway, we’re just a bit short on the sculpts, but hopefully we’ll be able to release some news even before everything is completed!
We’d just like to have everything ready before the unveiling!

[Cornwaille]

I have been lurking for months, but I thought I should make an account because of this thread. I am really looking forward to seeing the results of all your hard work.

I am working on an entirely 3d printed Hero Quest set using a hybrid ruleset of US and International rules. 3d board, furniture, miniatures, the lot. The core set is done, and I finished Kellar's Keep and Witch Lord recently. I'm surrently working on Wizards of Morcar and Ogre Horde, but also looking to the future with Frozen Horror and Mage of the Mirror which are unfamilar to me since they were US only. I am reformatting all the material from those to match the UK style so all the quest booklets and cards match. I would love to do the same with the Wizard and Dwarf packs when you complete them. I'm happy to provide copies of the files if they interest anyone.