HeroQuest: Advice and Ideas Wanted

[Iron_Chef]

I just bought a copy of the old Milton Bradley/Games Workshop fantasy adventure boardgame HeroQuest on eBay. Looking for advice and ideas on what to do with it, sites to visit for free resources, house rules, your experiences with the game, etc.

 

[RangerWickett]

I remember being at GenCon the year HeroQuest premiered. I got a nice full set of black plastic monster minis, much cooler than the green, white, and gray ones that came with the actual game.

I played the hell out of that game. I can't remember much specifically, though I do know that it probably used up all my interest in dungeon crawls. I have almost never run a real dungeon crawl since starting D&D, even though I loved coming up with them back during HeroQuest, when I'd just play it with my cousins, friends, or brother.

Then I got into Battletech, and somehow lasers and jumpjets proved a bit more engaging. But I still love the old HQ game. I remember at least once the 'adventurers' were heading down a hallway when it began to flood, and I thought that was the coolest thing to ever happen in a dungeon.

Do you have the bonus adventure packs they sold? I can't recall the names, but there were two or three. Something about a Skeleton King for one of them. And then there was one Dwarf-themed, and one Elf-themed one too, I think.

 

[Ibram]

I remember seeing the adventure packs in PDF format somewhere on the internet...

that was an awsome game... I remember playing that as a little kid, it was my first "RPG"

 

[GlassJaw]

Looking for advice and ideas on what to do with it

Play it!! It's fun!! It's good to play if your gaming group takes a week off (or if some players are missing) or if you want to introduce non-RPG'ers to the basics of what RPG's are. The figures are also great for D&D. I have 2 of the core games.

I remember seeing the adventure packs in PDF format somewhere on the internet

Yeah, there is one. Not sure if it's still there. I think I have the link at home. I'll try to find it and post it tonight.

Just to let you know, some of the expansion packs are very expensive. They are pretty cool though if you can get them. I have Kellar's Keep, Witchking, Elf Quest pack, and the Barbarian pack. The Elf and Barbarian packs are ridiculously expensive.