HeroQuest appears to be like to be making a comeback. Avalon Hill lately posted a brand new HeroQuest website that consists solely of a countdown to Tuesday September 22nd at 12 PM ET. A verified Twitter account for HeroQuest was additionally found with the outline that HeroQuest was a “board game of excessive journey in a world of magic.” No different particulars are at the moment obtainable concerning the game as of press time.
HeroQuest was first revealed in 1989 as a collaboration between Games Workshop and Milton Bradley as a fantasy dungeon crawl-style game with a “1 vs. all” type of play. One participant served because the gamemaster, who decided the dungeon’s structure, the search, and managed the monsters, whereas the remainder served as heroes. Players might transfer and take a single motion on their flip, with assault success decided by rolling 6-sided cube. Individual quests normally fashioned half of a bigger storyline, making HeroQuest an early “campaign-style” games. Two video games for HeroQuest have been launched in 1991 and 1994 respectively.
Fans have speculated a couple of HeroQuest revival since earlier this 12 months, when a trademark for “HeroQuest Legacies” was filed by Restoration Games. Restoration Games focuses on updating basic board games, having turned previous classics like Fireball Island and Dark Tower into fashionable games. Notably, the corporate’s Chief Restoration Officer Rob Daviau has a working relationship with Avalon Hill, having designed each Betrayal on House on the Hill and the newer Betrayal Legacy for the game.
Should the announcement be for a HeroQuest Legacies, we are able to in all probability count on a campaign-style journey game that mixes the Legacy-style use of completely altering game items whereas advancing a narrative.
We’ll report extra on HeroQuest‘s potential revival when extra information breaks. ComicBook.com has reached out to Avalon Hill for extra info as effectively.
