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<blockquote data-quote="Michael O'Brien" data-source="post: 8308650" data-attributes="member: 6807727"><p><h4>The HeroQuest trademark: some background...</h4><p><em>HeroQuest </em>the boardgame was published by Milton Bradley (a subsidiary of Hasbro) and Games Workshop from 1989 - 1994. The trademark having lapsed, Greg Stafford registered the <em>HeroQuest</em> trademark in 2002 for his <em>HeroQuest</em> tabletop roleplaying game. </p><p></p><p><em>Note: in the 1970s, Greg Stafford used the term "heroquest" to describe a transformative journey in which a quester enters the realm of the gods to reenact a myth, returning with gifts or special knowledge, and </em><a href="https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/9337-heroquest-ip-history/?do=findComment&comment=136048" target="_blank">began designing a roleplaying game</a><em> exploring those themes. <strong>Greg Stafford's HeroQuest tabletop RPG is completely unrelated to the Milton Bradley HeroQuest boardgame</strong>. </em></p><p></p><p>Moon Design Publications became the licensed publisher of Greg Stafford's <em>HeroQuest</em> RPG in 2006. In 2012 Moon Design Publications purchased the HeroQuest trademark and other related IP from Greg Stafford. </p><p></p><p>In 2015 Moon Design Publications became part of the ownership of <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/the-chaosium-team" target="_blank">Chaosium Inc</a>. Via Chaosium, Moon Design Publications has continued to publish the <em>HeroQuest </em>RPG, largely for tabletop roleplaying in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/the-glorantha-sourcebook-hardcover" target="_blank">Glorantha</a>.</p><p></p><p>In April 2020, Moon Design Publications published the <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/blogannouncing-the-questworlds-srd-the-ruleslite-and-preplite-rpg-engine" target="_blank">Questworlds System Reference Document</a> (SRD) so independent publishers could use the <em>HeroQuest</em> RPG core rules system for other game worlds and settings.</p><p></p><p>The sale and transfer of the HeroQuest trademark from Moon Design Publications to Hasbro was completed in July 2020.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael O'Brien, post: 8308650, member: 6807727"] [HEADING=3]The HeroQuest trademark: some background...[/HEADING] [I]HeroQuest [/I]the boardgame was published by Milton Bradley (a subsidiary of Hasbro) and Games Workshop from 1989 - 1994. The trademark having lapsed, Greg Stafford registered the [I]HeroQuest[/I] trademark in 2002 for his [I]HeroQuest[/I] tabletop roleplaying game. [I]Note: in the 1970s, Greg Stafford used the term "heroquest" to describe a transformative journey in which a quester enters the realm of the gods to reenact a myth, returning with gifts or special knowledge, and [/I][URL='https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/9337-heroquest-ip-history/?do=findComment&comment=136048']began designing a roleplaying game[/URL][I] exploring those themes. [B]Greg Stafford's HeroQuest tabletop RPG is completely unrelated to the Milton Bradley HeroQuest boardgame[/B]. [/I] Moon Design Publications became the licensed publisher of Greg Stafford's [I]HeroQuest[/I] RPG in 2006. In 2012 Moon Design Publications purchased the HeroQuest trademark and other related IP from Greg Stafford. In 2015 Moon Design Publications became part of the ownership of [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/the-chaosium-team']Chaosium Inc[/URL]. Via Chaosium, Moon Design Publications has continued to publish the [I]HeroQuest [/I]RPG, largely for tabletop roleplaying in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/the-glorantha-sourcebook-hardcover']Glorantha[/URL]. In April 2020, Moon Design Publications published the [URL='https://www.chaosium.com/blogannouncing-the-questworlds-srd-the-ruleslite-and-preplite-rpg-engine']Questworlds System Reference Document[/URL] (SRD) so independent publishers could use the [I]HeroQuest[/I] RPG core rules system for other game worlds and settings. The sale and transfer of the HeroQuest trademark from Moon Design Publications to Hasbro was completed in July 2020. [/QUOTE]
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