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HeroQuest, is a tabletop game republished by Avalon Hill [a subsidiary of Hasbro] who reacquired the license of ownership to reinvigorate & rebrand the original Milton Bradley series that retailed in 1989 under the same name. The fantasy adventure board game was released to pledge backers in 2021 via Hasbro Pulse [crowdfunding platform].

In this dungeon crawl adventure board game, heroes [players] consisting of role-playing games archetypes play to complete a linear narrative of quests, find treasures & defeat the antagonist of ‘Dread Magic’, Zargon. This semi-cooperative board game has 1 player taking on the role of Zargon, the gamemaster, while 4 mythical heroes [Barbarian, Dwarf, Elf, & Wizard] as protagonists brave dungeons of unknown perils & foes tailored by Zargon. As detailed in the game lore, before being corrupted by ‘Dread Magic’, Zargon was the former apprentice of the benevolent wizard named Mentor. The quest book supplied with the HeroQuest Game System details quests that are individually mapped & thereby guides Zargon’s strategy of play as the heroes [players] navigate the dungeon according to the parchment text [quest objective(s)] provided by Mentor.

Players can immerse themselves in the fantasy of original thematic artwork, crafted scatter terrain & detailed meeples [resin miniatures]. The core game system comes with 14 quests & has limitless replayability because players can also build their own [home-brew] quests & adventure campaigns in an epic battle of good versus evil.

Several expansions have been released & planned for release, each adding new tiles, traps, artefacts & monsters to the core system.

The game’s rules as written is for 2~5 players, ages 14 & up. However, in the spirit of the 1989 HeroQuest series, rules are encouraged to be adapted to be as accessible as possible to all ages & party sizes within reason. Single players can pit themselves against a digital Zargon via use of the downloadable ‘HeroQuest Companion App’ for compatible electronic devices.

History
''In the late 1980s, game designer Stephen Baker moved from Games Workshop (GW) to Milton Bradley and convinced Roger Ford, Milton Bradley's head of development to allow him to develop a fantasy genre game. Kennedy gave him the go-ahead if he kept the game simple. Basker contacted his former employer, Games Workshop, to develop the plastic miniatures that would be needed in the game, but he then decided to draw on their expertise in the fantasy game field to help develop the game. The result was the fantasy adventure board game HeroQuest (1989), in which the players work together against the gamemaster. The game was released in Britain, Europe and Australia in 1989, and the North American edition, with a different subtitle - Game system, in 1990.''

''A HeroQuest Adventure Design Kit was released in Europe in 1990, containing items to help players design their own quests, and an Adventure Design Booklet was published with four sheets of adhesive labels and with an 80-page pad of a new design, larger character sheet. There was also a blank quest map printed in the middle of the original game's quest booklet for creative players to make their own adventures.[ citation needed]''

The Frozen Horror, with a snow and ice theme, featured a Female Barbarian, Mercenaries, Ice Gremlins, Polar Warbears and a pair of yeti as well as the "Frozen horror" of the title, while The Mage of the Mirror had an Elven theme: Female Elf against an evil Elven Archmage, Elf warriors and archers, Giant Wolves and Ogres.

''In 1997, Milton Bradley let their HeroQuest trademark lapse. It was subsequently purchased by Issaries, Inc. who used it for an unrelated tabletop role-playing game. This was sold in 2013 to Moon Design Publications who continued to use it for the same purpose, eventually selling it back to Milton Bradley (now Hasbro Gaming) in 2020.''

HeroQuest [updated rerelease]
Under the name Hasbro Gaming, the HeroQuest trademark was purchased from Moon Design Publications in September 2020. Avalon Hill launched a website. The visitor accessed a landing page online that displayed an update of the HeroQuest logo, the WitchLord character from ‘The Return of the Witch Lord’ quest pack & an active countdown timer. The tease campaign galvanised widespread theorising that a return of the game in a digital format, card game or other form would be produced under the official licence recently acquired.

The countdown concluded on the 22nd September, 2020 to reveal the launch of Hasbro Pulse’s HasLab crowdfund campaign goal of $USD 1m to release an updated edition of HeroQuest with new sculpted meeples & quest expansions. Would-be supporters were offered the Heroic Tier pledge content or an expanded Mythic Tier pledge that offered more than the core game system limited to the Heroic pledge. Funding was achieved within 24 hours, with Hasbro expecting to ship in late 2021.

The initial campaign was initially intended for US & Canada only, however Hasbro later expanded the campaign to include United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand much to the approval of more pledge supporters. All intellectual property under the licence ownership of Games Workshop was stripped & replaced by Hasbro & Avalon Hill. Notably the “Dread” moniker replaced “Chaos” in all instances & an Abomination monster race of synodontidae likeness replaced the Fimir that originates from the Warhammer verse.

HeroQuest Heroic Tier Pledge Contents:


 * Core HeroQuest Game System;
 * 71 highly detailed character & furniture meeples;
 * 4 bonus hero meeples [gender variant];
 * Barbarian;
 * Dwarf;
 * Elf; &
 * Wizard
 * 1 exclusive meeple only available during the ‘HasLab’ campaign;
 * Sir Ragnar [limited time imprisoned version]

HeroQuest Mythic Tier Pledge Contents:


 * All that the Heroic Tier offers;
 * 2 game expansion sets;
 * Kellar's Keep Expansion;
 * Return of the Witch Lord Expansion


 * 2 more exclusive meeples;
 * Mentor & Wizard Hero Card;
 * Witch Lord
 * All Stretch Goals Unlocked at $USD…;
 * … 1.2m - Warlock Hero & Card by Shauna Nakasone;
 * … 1.4m - 6 extra combat dice;
 * … 1.6m - 2 extra Skeletons;
 * … 1.8m - 2 extra Goblins [gender variant];
 * … 2.0m - ‘Prophecy of Telor’ Quest Book by Stephen Baker;
 * … 2.2m - 2 extra Zombies [gender variant];
 * … 2.4m - Druid Hero by Nikki Dawes;
 * … 2.6m - 2 extra Orcs;
 * … 2.8m - 2 extra Mummies [gender variant];
 * … 3.0m - ’The Spirit Queen’s Torment’ Quest Book by Teos Abadia
 * … 3.0m - Bard Hero & Card
 * … 3.2m - 2 extra Abominations [sculpt variant];
 * … 3.4m - 2 extra Dread Warriors;
 * … 3.6m - 1 extra Dread Sorcerer [gender variant];
 * … 3.8m - 1 extra Gargoyle [sculpt variant];
 * … 4.0m - ‘The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness’ Quest Book by Joe Manganiello, ‘Venom’ Dragon meeple & Game Tiles.

With the HasLab HeroQuest crowdfund campaign raising c. $USD 3.6m, it fell short of unlocking the final 2 stretch goals which notably included Joe Manganiello’s quest book. However, on […]

The latter was gifted to those who pledged for the mythic tier content as a result of falling short of the target figure.

New Heroes introduced:


 * A new halfling warlock hero complimented with one warlock equipment card and three warlock spell cards
 * A new druid hero complimented with three druid spell cards
 * A new orc bard hero complimented with one equipment card and three bardsong cards

Monsters controlled by Zargon:


 * Goblin [in variant sculpts & genders];
 * Orc [in variant sculpts & genders];
 * Abomination [in variant sculpts];
 * Skeleton [in variant sculpts];
 * Zombie [in variant sculpts & genders];
 * Mummy [in variant sculpts & genders];
 * Dread Warrior [in variant sculpts];
 * Gargoyle [in variant sculpts];
 * Dragon named Venom;
 * Witch Lord; &
 * Dread Sorcerer [in variant sculpts & genders].

Shortly after the crowdfunding campaign, Hasbro made available a PDF of a new quest, Training Quest Rogar's Hall by Stephen Baker.

In November 2021, Avalon Hill announced an expansion pack, the Hero Collection - Commander of the Guardian Knights. This included two knight figures as well as three knight skill cards and two equipment cards for each figure. It was a limited street retailers and sold out quickly.

Hasbro also released the free HeroQuest Companion App, which aids a Zargon player, or fills the role of Zargon allowing the game to be played either cooperatively or solo.

At the end of 2021, HeroQuest was released to retail stores, along with the Kellar's Keep & Return of the Witch Lord expansions. Hasbro also released online quest one: Forsaken Tunnels of Xor-Xel by Doug Hopkin, which connects the core game's quests to the Kellar's Keep expansion.[better source needed]

On April 8th, 2022 Hasbro released online quest zero: New Beginnings by Doug Hopkin, which was later re entitled as HeroQuest: Try out a New Beginning.[better source needed]

The summer of 2022 Hasbro released online quest two: Into the Northlands by Doug Hopkin,[better source needed] and the HeroQuest Adventure Design Kit.[better source needed] In August 2022, the Barbarian Quest Pack expansion was re-released as The Frozen Horror Quest Pack.

In December 2022, Avalon Hill released a second expansion pack, the Hero Collection - The Rogue Heir of Elethorn as a prologue to the Elf Quest Pack. This expansion included two rogue elf figures as well as three rogue skill cards and two equipment cards for each elf.

The Mage of the Mirror Quest Pack was released in February 2023 with new elven furniture.

On March 27, 2023, Hasbro announced a new expansion, Rise of the Dread Moon that will include a variant sculpt of the Commander of the Guardian Knight, 3 translucent spectres and 4 purple cadre of the Raven's Veil figures. A new potions card deck will also be included.[better source needed]

Avalon Hill revealed July 15th, 2023 as it’s inaugural ‘HeroQuest Day‘. A scheduled streamline event officially heralded the launch of ‘HeroQuest - Rise of the Dread Moon’ as the first new HeroQuest expansion in 30 years. Building on the events explored in ‘HeroQuest - Mage of the Mirror’, collaborative partners showcased an original quest revealed as ‘Knight Fall’ and as the catalyst[better source needed]for ‘Rise of the Dread Moon’. The release of ‘Knight Fall’ was made free to download upon the conclusion of the stream. Complimenting the experience ‘Dread Sorcerer Zargon’ tweeted live throughout the stream event.

On the 17th of July 2023, news leaked across social media that forthcoming releases would include: ‘Prophecy of Telor’; ‘Spirit Queen's Torment’; ‘Against the Oger Horde’ [remake] and ‘Path of the Wandering Monk’. No confirmation has come from Hasbro or its subsidiaries, however, many have anticipated a retail release but for the latter, which, if produced, would be new original content.

Intended order of play for Quest Packs:


 * Pulse Exclusive Quests:
 * ‘New Beginnings’
 * Training Quest – Rogar’s Hall
 * HeroQuest Core Game System [Heroic Tier Pledge Quest Pack]
 * Pulse Exclusive Quests:
 * ‘Forsaken Tunnels of Xor-Xel’
 * HeroQuest ‘Kellar’s Keep’ [Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest [Mythic Tier Pledge Quest Pack]:
 * Prophecy of Telor;
 * Spirit Queen’s Torment
 * HeroQuest ‘Return of the Witch Lord’ [Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest ‘Against the Ogre Horde’ [Out of Print Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest ‘Wizards of Morcar’ [Out of Print Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest ‘The Dark Company’ [Out of Print Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest Hero Collection ‘Commander of the Guardian Knights’ [Expansion]
 * Pulse Exclusive Quests:
 * ‘Into the Northlands’
 * HeroQuest ‘The Frozen Horror’ [Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest Hero Collection ‘The Rogue Heir of Elethorn’ [Expansion]
 * HeroQuest ‘The Mage of the Mirror’ [Quest Pack]
 * Pulse Exclusive Quests:
 * ‘Knight Fall’
 * HeroQuest ‘The Rise of the Dread Moon’ [Quest Pack]
 * HeroQuest [Mythic Tier Pledge Quest Pack]:
 * The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness