HeroQuest Fantasy Genres

HeroQuest Fantasy Genres

HeroQuest

Designed by Greg Stafford and Robin D. Laws, and published by Issaries, Inc., HeroQuest is a fantasy roleplaying game set in Glorantha, the mythic world originally made famous as the setting for games such as RuneQuest, and Dragon Pass. (This game was originally called Hero Wars, but the 2nd edition of Hero Wars prompted a name change.)

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Editor's Picks:

- Issaries, Inc's official site for the game. Features game background, cults, scenarios, and artwork, as well as news, games errata, and information on current releases.

- FAQ featuring the Gloranthan Digest and a searchable digest archive. Includes several other mailing lists.
- Observations on the game and notes from the author's campaign. Includes sample player characters and random mini-adventures.
- Summary of the Rass family campaign, who have broken an ancient curse and found their rightful place in the world.
- Background for campaigns set in the Lunar Empire, Malkioni West, and Old Carmania. Includes a songbook, folk tales, Carmanian Sources, Malkioni Scriptures, Moonie Madness, and Life of Moonson characters.
- Searchable index of Gloranthan content and articles.
- Features new keywords and revised rune fonts.
- Fan site dedicated to roleplaying in Middle Earth.
- Campaign notes for a horror/heroic fantasy campaign. Includes character creation guidelines.
- Features a DOS-based statistics calculator utility.
- Message board for players focused on the independent publisher nature of the game. Topics include alternate rules and examples of rules in actual play.
- Publishers of support material. Includes product lists and maps.
- Campaign information on the Grazers, Ralios, and Sartar from the creator of the King of Dragon Pass computer game.
- Features a review of the rules. Also includes scenarios and alternate rules.
- Official discussion of how to play Heroquest in Glorantha. Focused on introducing new players to the game.
- Features fiction about the Gloranthan heroine. Also includes a bibliography, articles, and Treasure Trove Hurbi's maps.
- General essays on Glorantha. Includes Prax and Sartar campaign notes and a Gloranthan name generator.
- Adventure seeds, complete scenarios, and forums for new and existing narrators.
- Background material for a campaign set in the city of Syran. Includes maps, illustrations, occupations, religions, organizations, and characters.
- Archives of a mailing list organized to develop Hero Wars software.
- Features myths, characters, and resources. Includes rule variants for comic book superhero settings.
- Campaign set in medieval Russia. Site includes previews of the book.
- Discussion of Heroquest rules and game mechanics.
- Includes scenario ideas, house rules, Aranwyth tribe material and tips on enjoying Hero Wars.
- Narrator and player resources for troll campaigns. Includes adventures, characters, religions, myths, magic, and treasure.
- Companion site to the Chaos Society's magazine devoted to roleplaying in Glorantha. Includes supplemental articles and artwork.
- Collection of stories, maps, and characters. Includes the Gwandor Saga, myths, and campaign logs.
- Articles, alternate rules, and scenarios that expand on the original 1980's boxed sets.
- Features stories, characters, and campaign history, all organized by region.
- Features information on the Far Place and Sartar, Gloranthan fiction, essays, songs and poems, and a 3D gallery of Glorathan art.

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