Media [Chaosium] Chaosium's HeroQuest RPG titles to be permanently removed from sale next month; purchase while you can!

All Chaosium HeroQuest RPG titles – print and PDF – will be removed from sale one month from today (July 15).

"Last year we announced the transfer of the HeroQuest trademark from Moon Design Publications to Hasbro. As part of that change of ownership we were able to continue selling our HeroQuest RPG products for a time, but that period comes to an end next month. These titles will be officially out-of-print permanently, so if you would like to make a purchase at Chaosium.com or DriveThruRPG please do so while you can!", said Chaosium head of licensing Michael O'Brien.

In April 2020, Moon Design Publications published the Questworlds System Reference Document (SRD) so independent publishers could use the HeroQuest RPG core rules system for other game worlds and settings.

"In due course we will be rebadging and rereleasing our HeroQuest RPG line of products as Questworlds. The rules themselves will remain unchanged", said Michael O'Brien.

For more about Questworlds, the rules and prep-lite RPG system that facilitates beginning play easily, and resolving conflicts in play quickly, see: https://questworlds.chaosium.com

HeroQuest RPG products at Chaosium.com



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[Dungeonosophy]

Methinks I see a HeroQuest D&D campaign setting eventually.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Methinks I see a HeroQuest D&D campaign setting eventually.

Maybe, but for now hasbro has crowdfunded and is making a relaunch of the old HeroQuest boardgame.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

Methinks I see a HeroQuest D&D campaign setting eventually.

I wouldn't be too surprised if your theory is true.

 

[lyle.spade]

Thanks for the reminder!

 

[Ath-kethin]

Methinks I see a HeroQuest D&D campaign setting eventually.

As it stands HeroQuest is just about the best introduction to dungeon crawl style campaigns I can think of, so that makes sense.

And WotC has been trying to turn D&D into a boardgame - I'm sorry, has been providing miniatures-friendly rules - for almost 20 years, so it's a decent synergy.

 

[John R Davis]

That HQ and the boardgame HQ aren't related are they?

 

[Ringtail]

Missed the announcement before, does this affect the somewhat related RuneQuest line?

 

[Barantor]

That HQ and the boardgame HQ aren't related are they?

I don't think so, I believe this is just about the name mostly.

 

[Ath-kethin]

That HQ and the boardgame HQ aren't related are they?

Not at all as far as I am aware. The original HeroQuest boardgame was a Games Workshop/Hasbro deal, but I believe the trademark on the name lapsed. Chaosium picked it up for their (unrelated) game, but now the trademark is back with Hasbro (sans Games Workshop).

Phew.