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HeroQuest - Collection Updated 2010-09-19, all links are now http and functionalUpdated 2014-12-15, a change of operating system have lead to issues. The website is up but go on and off without warning leading to a 'connect forever' issue that have been very difficult to resolveHeroQuestCollectionAll content are copyrighted to therespective ownersMilton Bradley Ltd.

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& Games Workshop, 1991Special thanks to Steve Baloban,Zagnut & TrentEXTREME thanks to RansAckeR & Vaughn. Without you guys this site would have been lost forever.Also special thanks to Bradley Boruch(Cyber333), the man who scanned most of the PDF's on this site.I personally have the germanversion and cannot speak a word german. This have helped me to replace my oldparts and spice up the game.All theese files will need WinRAR 3to extract.WinZIP or WinRAR 2 will NOTwork.You can get WinRAR 3 here:v1.5 -117,6 mbThis complete package does not include the. They must be downloaded separatly. They also not include the Boxart, and the Cards. For cards, I use the Card Creator made by Trent.

I haveadded the Card Creator in v1.5.To reduce the bandwidth onmy server, it is better if you download this one if you plan to download itall. It might take more time for you to download only one file at a time, butit will also not force me to ditch this website.History:v1.0 First Releasev1.1 Added Against the Ogre Horde Quest Book. Thanks to Stevev1.2 Added a good scan of the European Quest Book. Thanks to Steve again.v1.3 Swapped lots of old books to Bradley Boruch's versions.

Theese are thebest ones around. Also found a great scan of Elf Quest, the Main Rulebook andthe European Rulebook. Also added 'The Maze' quest, from the Europeanmain game.v1.4 Stephen Baloban, my hero, completed my collection. Barbarian Quest Book,Return of the Witch Lord & Kellars Keep American is now perfect!v1.5 Updated the package with Steve Balobans version of the PDF version of theBarbarian Quest Book. Swapped the Wizards Solo scan into Steve's version. Updatedthe Kellars Keep book into one with tiles. (Steve again).

Included the CardCreator in the package.Index0. 7.CardsTrent's excellent Card Creator.Check his for up to date versions.It contains all cards in allexpansions, easily printable, plus you can create new cards with this program.I reccomend this before any cards found on this page, and I have included it'Complete Package'.TemplatesAn Hero Card, without the hero. Useful if you wish to create your own Hero Card.An Monster Card, without the monster.

Useful if you wish to create your ownMonster Card.A clean sheet for creating a quest. I reccomend that you grab instead thou.HeroQuest(American) Bradley Boruch(American) LargerversionBoth are high quality Bradley Boruch PDFs!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor.

The American version are the newer version of HeroQuest. Most of therules are the same. The text itself is more descriptive as the European version.I recommend to print the American one.I have found the following differences:.

You may search for Traps AND Secret Doors as one action. Chaos Spells are not used in the European version.

Traps are not described in the rulebook, but on the Evil Wizards screen. The European version uses cards for Armory.

In the European versions all monsters can take just 1 bodypoint before theydie. Makes it alot easier (too simple) to solve a quest.

The first quest in the UK edition is The Maze. Each Hero starts in one ofthe corners of the board, and must find the stairs. The first Hero to find thestairs gains 100 gold coins. The first quest in the US edition is The Trial. The Heroes start together,and must find and destroy the Gargoyle Verag.(European) - Starts with the front & back page(European)- Starts with the front pageBoth are high quality Bradley Boruch PDFs!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality.

This book is scanned in greyscale,but since the original book had no color, its ok. The European rules are theold version of HeroQuest. Most of the rules are the same. The text itself ismore descriptive in the American version.I recommend to print the American one.The basics for the main game. Character Sheets, Character Descriptions, Referencesfor the Evil Wizard, Monster quicky, and a rules quickchart.The furniture from the main game, using the original tiles, and 'photos'of the top of the plastic top.

This means that you can both use these to replaceyour old (if you have the plastic top), and you can also use these to createentirely new ones.A bit difficult to play without a board, even if I think all of you who visitthis page have it already.(American)High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor. The American version are the newer version of HeroQuest.

Most of thequests are the same, but the monsters are tougher, and use the 'Chaos Spells'only available in the American version. Check the American Rulebook descriptionto see the differences.

The American version is reccomended.(European)High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor. The European version are the older version of HeroQuest. Most of thequests are the same, but the monsters are weaker. Check the American Rulebookdescription to see the differences. The American version is reccomended.High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!This is a scan of the European Quest 'The Maze'. This quest was onlyprovided with the European version of HeroQuest main game.The basic tiles for HeroQuest.

Also includes a PDF version for easy printing.The European version of HeroQuest contained cards for each type of equipmentyou could buy, the american version contained this instead. Makes sense, becouseeverybody will probably have to write down their inventory sooner or later,and keeping cards for everything is difficult.A large scan of the original character sheet.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.KellarsKeep - Expansion(American)The 'bad guys' are to weak in the European to be of any challenge, so I reccomendthe American quest book in front of the European. This scan is in full colorand excellent quality.(European)High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor. The 'bad guys' are to weak in the European to be of any challenge, soI reccomend the American quest book in front of the European.The scanned box.

Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Look in the Quest Book for theese. You can download this package if you wantthem in a separate JPEG.Forgive me for filling the background with white. It saved me, and probablyyou money for not having to buy new black ink for garbage.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.Returnof the Witch Lord - Expansion(American)The 'bad guys' are to weak in the European to be of any challenge, so I reccomendthe American quest book in front of the European. This scan is in full colorand excellent quality.(European)High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor.

The 'bad guys' are to weak in the European to be of any challenge, soI reccomend the American quest book in front of the European.The scanned box. Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Look in the Quest Book for theese. You can download this package if you wantthem in a separate JPEG.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.Againstthe Ogre Horde - ExpansionHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality.

This book is scanned in fullcolor, and include the tileset, so be sure to print it in color! There is onlyone version of the Against the Ogre Horde book, so no worry about what to printor not.Look in the Quest Book for theese. You can download this package if you wantthem in a separate JPEGThe scanned box. Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.Wizardsof Morcar - ExpansionHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor, and include the tileset, so be sure to print it in color!

There is onlyone version of the Wizards of Morcar book, so no worry about what to print ornot.Look in the Quest Book for theese. You can download this package if you wantthem in a separate JPEGThe scanned box. Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.BarbarianQuest - The Frozen Horror - ExpansionHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor, and include the tileset, so be sure to print it in color!

There is onlyone version of the Wizards of Morcar book, so no worry about what to print ornot.The tiles of The Frozen Horror.The scanned box. Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.ElfQuest - The Mage of the Mirror - ExpansionHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor, and include the tileset, so be sure to print it in color! There is onlyone version of the The Mage of the Mirror book, so no worry about what to printor not.Look in the Quest Book for theese.

You can download this package if you wantthem in a separate JPEGThe scanned box. Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.Theese cards are not added to the full package, becouse I feel that the makes printing of new cards alot easier.AdvancedQuest - Dark CompanyHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor!AdventureDesign Kit - ExpansionHigh quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in greyscale,but contains all the extras that where provided in the box.There are programs that can do quests and print them, saving you the hassleof cut & paste.An updated version of the Character Sheet. This one is included in the PDF ofthe Rulebook.The scanned box.

Just for fun. Not included in the complete package.MagazineQuests & Noteworthy AppearencesThis is the White Dwarf's Preview of HeroQuest.The halls of Durrag-Dol is a quest for MB Games' Heroquest. Included with thisquest are new rules for using Skaven in your Heroquest games and an option toinclude Kili Thekkrsson as a Dwarf Trollslayer player character.The Eyes of Chaos is a Quest for MB Games' Heroquest. Included with this questare some new monsters and a Henchman who will assist the Heroes in overcomingthe perils of the Tombs of the Phalanx.Inn of Chaos, by Greg Fewer, Adventures Unlimited Magazine #5.High quality Bradley Boruch PDF!All Bradley Boruch scans are in excellent quality. This book is scanned in fullcolor, and include the tileset, so be sure to print it in color!

Marvel Comicsreleased a 'Marvel Winter Special' Comic based on Hero Quest. Containsnew tiles, a quest (Return of the Weatherman), new tiles, and a comic.DaveMorris Book QuestsThree HeroQuest books were releasedin the UK.

Well.Apparently there was some interest in my post about the amazing and its great approach on mechanically resolving conflicts. It’s the most popular post I’ve ever done on this blog, by a good margin.So this week, I’m going to address how HeroQuest would work as an alternate set of rules for what could be considered the most popular type of RPG gaming out there.Inevitably, any time a generic set of rules is published (and even when the rules aren’t generic), gamers start looking at it with a mind to determine if it would be a good alternate set of rules for running a game of D&D. This has already been asked about HeroQuest on various fora out there over the years.This week, I’m going to discuss it in a bit more details. Which D&D?The important thing to remember about Dungeons & Dragons is that the game, and the most common campaign types, have changed over the years since D&D was first published back in the 1970’s. And while they certainly have many elements in common, the differences can be huge. So I’m going to tackle this topic based on the various “types” of D&D games.(Note this is how I personally break down the different types of D&D – which is somewhat separate from edition – and others may have their own opinions, of course. Also keep in mind that I make no value judgments on any of these categories – I’ve had fun playing to each one of these, but they do highlight different aspects of a D&D campaign.) The Dungeon Crawl CampaignThe first D&D campaigns were all about the dungeon.

In fact, in many cases—including those early campaigns run by himself, as reported by those who were actually there in the early days—each session would begin with the characters at the entrance to the dungeon and end when the characters emerged back into daylight. This was a requirement considering the large number of players that participated in the campaign, and the varying availability of any particular individuals on any given day.Early editions of D&D also had a reward system that was based not on fighting monsters, but on recovering treasure. Characters received one experience point for each gold piece they recovered from the dungeon. In those early games, combat was considered a fail state—if your characters got into a battle with a monster, it meant they had made a mistake somewhere along the way.Those early D&D campaigns were focused on delving into a dungeon, recovering treasure by the most efficient means possible, and getting out alive. Low-level characters were extremely fragile, and any fight could result in the death of a character from a single unlucky roll. And there was absolutely no guarantee that any creature found in a dungeon would be “level-appropriate” for the characters.

Encounters locations could be easy or overwhelming, depending on the design of the dungeon and what “made sense” for that area. In HeroQuestHeroQuest can, of course, do this kind of game. However, it doesn’t really play to the strengths of the system. There tends to be few communities and very simple NPCs in a campaign with this tight of a focus, and the players may find that characters end up being very similar due to the nature of the challenges they are going to be facing.Overall, I would say this kind of game gets the least mileage out of using the HeroQuest rules. The Hex Crawl CampaignThe first major “expansion” to many D&D campaigns in those early years was expanding the focus to be on a geographical region, not just a large dungeon complex. Hex paper was commonly used to map out this region, which was often some kind of borderland on the edge of more settled areas.The focus on this type of campaign was exploration. Characters would set out from their home base—usually a small settlement on the frontier—and explore the surrounding lands.

In addition to dungeon and cave complexes, they might find isolated villages, wizards’ towers, primitive tribes, strange ruins, and other interesting locations.In addition, as the characters grew in power (level), they were expected to build their own strongholds in areas they had “cleared” of threats, so as to extend the reach of civilization. Extended campaigns moved from an “adventuring” phase to a “domain management” phase as the characters became movers and shakers in the region.Depending on the edition of D&D used (or other OSR games that focus on this kind of play, like the ), there may still be XP for Gold in place.

And combat may or may not be considered a fail state. In HeroQuestThe HeroQuest system is ideally suited to this kind of game. The wide range of situations in which the characters can find themselves means that there can be great differentiation among them, and the possibilities for NPC interaction, both at the home base and at locations out in the wilderness, provides good fodder for establishing relationships, which are a key part of HeroQuest characters. The Adventure CampaignAround the release of AD&D Second Edition, the focus widened out and started trying to reflect the high fantasy novels that were being published at the time. TSR also branched out into publishing their own novels, based off new settings they were developing for the game.

Heroquest Rule Book Pdf Online

This era gave rise to the series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, for example.This kind of campaign is more about the “story” than the acquisition of gold pieces. Experience points were rewarded for performing “character” actions rather than just getting more money. Adventures like the Dragonlance series had big plots and the encounters were design to tie into those directly.(Some people might put the various series in this category. However, I feel they more properly belong in the next category for a number of key reasons.) In HeroQuestOnce again, HeroQuest is perfect for this kind of campaign. Great heroics, epic battles, dramatic confrontations and deep mysteries flow so naturally through the HeroQuest lens that it’s easy for players to feel like they are protagonists in big-budget fantasy movie, or best-selling fantasy book series. The Running Combat CampaignThe third edition of Dungeons & Dragons established this type of campaign, and it persisted through 4 th edition and is core part of gameplay in the Pathfinder RPG as well.

The system moved to granting Experience Points for overcoming challenges, primarily in the form of monsters and/or NPCs to fight and kill. It was also balanced (carefully or not) around the idea of a “standard” encounter, which was a fight that was designed to expend about 20% of a party’s resources (hit points, spells, ammunition, etc.).The Standard Encounter became the base line, with a few easier and tougher encounters thrown in for variety. But the core idea was that almost all encounters were “level-appropriate.” This meant that players expected that any battle was designed to provide a fair chance for them to win. Coupled with the experience for defeating monsters, the game system encouraged a great deal of combat.The need for that balance also meant that adventures were designed for characters to gain an expected amount of XP as they progressed, so that later encounters would still be balanced correctly.

This ultimately meant that adventures required a certain amount of railroading. Players who strayed from the path of the adventure could miss “necessary” combat encounters that would give them the needed XP to reach the appropriate level for later encounters.The Pathfinder Adventure Paths are a great example of this kind of campaign. The ideas in most of these published campaigns are fantastic, but it’s a common complaint that the need for so many “filler” encounters—who’s only purpose is to provide XP—can certainly drag them down at times. In HeroQuestWhile the HeroQuest rules do not really shine the most in a primarily combat-focused game, a great deal of the published material out there for this kind of game actually works amazingly well when looked at through the lens of the HeroQuest rules.The core ideas of well-known adventure paths like are really solid—they provide some great campaign hooks and memorable locations and encounters. Using HeroQuest means that the GM and players can bypass those “filler” encounters that are a necessity of the native rule system and concentrate solely on the core ideas in each adventure.

It also gives the players the freedom to go “off the rails” because the GM can more easily improvise. He or she is not tied to the need to balance encounters with the correct amount of XP to ensure the appropriate challenge later on, and new encounters can be easily created on-the-fly because of the mechanical simplicity of resistances.

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Rise of the RunelordsWARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!Without going into a ton of detail, I’ll give an example from Rise of the Runelords. The first adventure in the path, Burnt Offerings, is a good adventure that sets the stage for the greater threats to come.Here is the synopsis of the adventure:The PCs arrive in Sandpoint to attend the Swallowtail Festival (a ritual to consecrate the town’s new cathedral) and end up defending the town from a goblin raid. In the days to follow, the PCs come to terms with their newfound local fame, making friends and contacts among Sandpoint’s citizens.

As rumors of massing goblin armies build, the disappearance of a local tavern owner leads the PCs to uncover treachery within Sandpoint Glassworks and the existence of an ancient catacomb below the town.