{"id":3738,"date":"2008-10-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2008\/10\/04\/advanced-heroquest\/"},"modified":"2008-10-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T10:00:00","slug":"advanced-heroquest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2008\/10\/04\/advanced-heroquest\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Heroquest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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designer<\/td>\nJervis Johnson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
publisher<\/td>\nGames Workshop
Klee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
released<\/td>\n1989<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
players<\/td>\n2-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
playing time<\/td>\n120\u00a0minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rating<\/td>\nnone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Advanced Heroquest<\/a><\/h2>\n

Quick look by Moritz Eggert<\/p>\n

This is a semi-successful attempt to create a hybrid of role- and wargame. The extensive rules promise an
\ninteresting experience, but where the game fails is the atmosphere. This is dungeon crawling at its
\nmost basic – only a handful of different monsters and basic features appear again and again (this
\nwas supposedly to be changed with expansions – but not many appeared) and torture the patience of
\nthe players. Why anybody would want to play a campaign with a character who visits the same three
\ndifferent rooms again and again is anybody’s guess. The basic “Heroquest” – although
\ntruly “basic” – remains more playable because of its many expansion and its appeal to
\nyoung gamers. Has been greatly surpassed in playability and appeal by newer games like
\n“Heroscape” or most collectible miniature games. Therefore dated, but a “grail”
\nto many for some reason.<\/p>\n

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