Advanced HeroQuest is a dungeon crawler board game set in the Warhammer universe, first published in 1989 and designed by Jervis Johnson for Games Workshop. One to four players take the roles of heroes who explore randomly generated dungeons in search of treasure. It is notable for supporting full solo play and for rules that are more complex than the simple dungeon games it followed: combat is detailed, magic is organised into several colleges of spells, and fate points let a hero undo a mistake. Cooperative play, a modular board and role playing are its key mechanics, and a session takes about two hours. The game has also been issued by other publishers including Diseños Orbitales and Klee.
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Playing Time Band Playing Time Skill or Luck Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player Count Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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1. Advanced Heroquest (Board Game Matcher)
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1989
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Advanced HeroQuest is a dungeon-crawler board game for 1-4 players with full solo play support.
View the Source2. Advanced Heroquest (Wikipedia)
Gameplay
In the 1980s, for a dungeon crawler, Advanced Heroquest was unique because it utilised a twelve-sided dice (D12) system for all gameplay mechanics.
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ca. 90 minutes
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Dice (D12 system)
View the Source3. Advanced Heroquest (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 120
- Designer: Jervis Johnson
- Publisher: Diseños Orbitales
- Publisher: Games Workshop Ltd.
- Publisher: Klee
- Game Category: Adventure
- Game Category: Exploration
- Game Category: Fantasy
- Game Category: Fighting
- Game Category: Miniatures
- Game Mechanic: Cooperative Game
- Game Mechanic: Modular Board
- Game Mechanic: Role Playing
- Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
- Minimum Players: 1
- Maximum Players: 5
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