History TabletopGame / HeroQuest

After decades of no availability and news, Hasbro, who had bought out Milton Bradley years prior, and Avalon Hill announced a crowdfunding campaign to bring the game back. You can back it [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system here]], if you wish, though for the time being, this link only applies to residents in the US and Canada. It has been announced for the [[https://www.zavvi.com/toys-games/heroquest-board-game-by-haslab-hasbro/12706785.html UK]], [[https://ebgames.com.au/product/toys-and-collectibles/268154-heroquest-mythic-expansion-board-game Australia]], and [[https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/heroquest/33981543 New Zealand]] too.

* LicensedGame: In [[TheNineties the 90s]] ''Gremlin Interactive'' created a video game adaptation of ''[=HeroQuest=]'', along with a sequell to it (''[=HeroQuest=] II: Legacy of Sorasil''). ''Warhammer Quest'' got an adaptation in the TheNewTens, which also got a sequell, ''Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times''. All 4 are generally thought to be [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames pretty good video games]].

* TakeAThirdOption: Required in one of the adventures in the original game. The heroes are led into a room with three doors by a treacherous guide who flees under the cover of darkness. Each of the three doors leads into a room with nothing but monsters, not even secret doors. The right way out of is to search for a secret door within the first room rather than opening any of the three doors.

Later on there was ''Advanced Heroquest'' which was a version with expanded rules such as the use of critical hits and fumbles, as well as Colleges of Magics to provide different schools of spells. After ''Advanced Heroquest'', there was the even more rules and background intensive ''Warhammer Quest'' which jumps whole-heartedly into the ''Warhammer'' world, and now ''Warhammer Quest: The Silver Tower'' which takes it into the ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' setting. There were also three {{gamebooks}} released in the early nineties, which featured a non-interactive novella in addition to the game portion; the first gamebook was designed to be played by up to 4 players, but the latter two were solo adventures.

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Since Games Workshop still owns some elements of the original boards and has no involvement in the revival, some elements of the game had to be renamed or changed. Chaos Magic is now called Dread Magic, and the accordingly, the Chaos Warriors were renamed Dread Warriors. The Fimirs were completely replaced with a new aquatic race simply called Abominations.

* EliteMooks: Fimirs (elite greenskins), mummies (elite undead) and Chaos warriors (just plain elite) are considerably tougher than most monsters, and there are fewer of them. Chaos Warriors are especially elite in the US version, with 4 dice to attack and defend, and 3 hitpoints.

* EliteMooks: The Chaos Warriors as they have 4 dice in both attack and defense and they look the part with their armor and horned helmets.

* GiantMook: The gargoyle (UK version) is just another standard piece, but there's only one of it, it's huge, and its stats are enormous, though it still only has one hit point. "Kellar's Keep" features a super-gargoyle with a whole three hit points. The US version gargoyles are equally rare, and always have 3 hitpoints. Then again, US version Chaos warriors also have 3 hitpoints -- the only real difference between Chaos warriors and gargoyles is that gargoyles have an extra defend dice and Chaos warriors get 2 more movement squares per turn than gargoyles.

After decades of no availability and news, Hasbro, who had bought out Milton Bradley years prior, and Avalon Hill announced a crowdfunding campaign to bring the game back. You can back it [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system here]], if you wish, though for the time being, this only seems to apply to residents in the US and Canada.

After decades of no availability and news, Hasbro, who had bought out Milton Bradley years prior, announced a crowdfunding campaign to bring the game back. You can back it [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system here]], if you wish, though for the time being, this only seems to apply to residents in the US and Canada.

After decades of no availablility and news, Hasbro, who had bought out Milton Bradley years prior, announced a crowdfunding campaign to bring the game back. You can back it [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system here]], if you wish, though for the time being, this only seems to apply to residents in the US and Canada.

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The game was originally released by Creator/MiltonBradley in Britain; later versions of the game changed some aspects including but not limited to: names, monster hitpoints, and available weapons. However, at least one translation to another language (Finnish) was based on the UK version.

* DubNameChange: The BigBad is known as Zargon in the US, but in the UK, and rest of Europe he is known as Morcar.

* PressStartToGameOver: The first gamebook gives you an option to not accept the quest in the very first section, thereby ending the adventure before it actually gives.

Later on there was ''Advanced Heroquest'' which was a version with expanded rules such as the use of critical hits and fumbles, as well as Colleges of Magics to provide different schools of spells. After ''Advanced Heroquest'', there was the even more rules and background intensive ''Warhammer Quest'' which jumps whole-heartedly into the ''Warhammer'' world, and now ''Warhammer Quest: The Silver Tower'' which takes it into the ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' setting.

* AVillainNamedZrg: Morcar is the evil wizard controlling the monsters.

* BigGood: On the one hand, there's Mentor, whose apprentice Zargon was and who sends the heroes out on their missions. On the other hand, there's the emperor who leads the human Empire presented as the primary force of good.

* DubNameChange: The BigBad is known as Zargon in the US, but in UK, and rest of Europe he is known as Morcar.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Zargon is pretty much behind all the evil seen in the setting, but he's far enough removed from the action in the game that he is closer to this than the BigBad. "Kellar's Keep" is one exception, as he's leading the besieging army personally and can be seen having a VillainousBreakdown in the ending text. The nebulous chaotic powers that he supposedly pledged loyalty to in the backstory are even further removed from the main plot and bigger forces of temptation.

* AVillainNamedZrg: Zargon is the evil wizard controlling the monsters.

* EliteMooks: Fimirs, mummies and Chaos warriors are considerably tougher than most monsters, and there are fewer of them. Chaos Warriors are especially elite in the US version, with 4 dice to attack and defend, and 3 hitpoints.

* BossFight: The expansion "Kellar's Keep" has an extra-tough gargoyle at the end.

!!This board game provides examples of:

* LighterAndSofter: The original HeroQuest doesn't have the bleak feel and dark comedy of the main Warhammer setting and It plays like a classic HeroicFantasy dungeon crawler.

* SquishyWizard: The Wizard is defined by this trope. He gets plenty of spells but is fragile (only 4 hitpoints, which means some stronger monsters can one-shot him) and a poor fighter.

Later on there was ''Advanced Heroquest'' which was a version with expanded rules such as the use of critical hits and fumbles, as well as Colleges of Magics to provide different schools of spells. After ''Advanced Heroquest'', there was the even more rules and background intensive ''Warhammer Quest'' which jumps whole-heartedly into the ''Warhammer'' world, and now ''Warhammer Quest: The Silver Tower'' which takes it into the TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar setting.

* BarbarianHero: The Barbarian is designated as one by his title. He wears no clothing but a loincloth, has long hair, and is the physically strongest of the bunch.