HeroQuest (role-playing game)
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| HeroQuest | |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Robin D. Laws |
| Publisher(s) | Issaries |
| Publication date | 2000 (Hero Wars) 2003 (HeroQuest) |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| System | Custom |
HeroQuest is a fantasy role-playing game written by Robin D. Laws and published by Issaries, Inc.
Like RuneQuest, HeroQuest is set in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of Glorantha, but the rules system is designed for more epic games; there is no real relationship between the RuneQuest game and HeroQuest except for the setting of Glorantha.
HeroQuest uses an innovative resolution system capable of fulfilling either simulationist or narrativist play with no modification. Some players found the abstraction of the system problematic, while others have found it to have been a better match for the mythic vision of Glorantha.
The first-edition rulebook, Hero Wars, was riddled with errors as this book was rushed in order to prevent the publishing company from facing bankruptcy.[citation needed] The game's extensively revised second edition was published in 2003 as HeroQuest; the Hero Wars products are highly compatible, and conversion guidelines are available at http://www.heroquest-rpg.com
As of 2005 the line had expanded to
- Hero Wars: Roleplaying in Glorantha, containing the core rules.
- Narrator's Book, containing advanced rules and sample adventures.
- Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars, world background (with no game rules whatsoever)
- Anaxial's Roster, rules and myths for all sorts of creatures and races.
- Thunder Rebels and Storm Tribe, two books describing the Heortling barbarians' culture for players and narrators.
- Barbarian Adventures, Orlanth is Dead and Gathering Thunder, three adventure books for Heortling rebels against the Lunar Empire.
- Men of the Sea, describing sailor characters and nautical campaigns.
- Dragon Pass, a gazetteer for the region.
- Masters of Luck and Death, 27 Herobands from the Dragon Pass area, ready to be used in your game.
- Imperial Lunar Handbook volume 1, a high level overview of the Lunar Empire and characters that come from it. Volume 2 was released 2006, providing an in-depth treatment of the Lunar faith.
In 2006, the first licensed game using the Heroquest game engine was released: Mythic Russia.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Heroquest sites in the ODP
- GBC's HeroQuest Links - The most extensive list of HeroQuest links on the net.
