HeroQuest (RPG)

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HeroQuest is a pen and paper role-playing game from Issaries, Inc. released in 2003. It takes place in the fictional world Glorantha . MoonDesign Publications has had the exclusive license for HeroQuest since 2006.

HeroQuest is based on the world Glorantha invented by Greg Stafford . It is the current state of a development process for Glorantha games that began in 1975 and is being promoted by Greg Stafford and the Glorantha fans. The best-known result of this process is the role-playing game RuneQuest , which was also released in Germany. In 2005 Mongoose Publishing acquired the license for RuneQuest, so that two Glorantha role-playing games exist to date.

Game concept

HeroQuest was developed by game designer Robin Laws to experience the rich mythology of Gloranthas. The rules of the game therefore specifically support the experience of the game as part of a dramatic narrative . They allow the game master and the players to adjust the ( narrative theory ) duration of the game in a targeted manner and to create an arc of suspense . This will u. a. achieved through an abstraction of already known role-play rules: instead of classifying the narrative conflicts (e.g. armed, magical, etc.) and resolving them with different rules, there is only one single mechanism.

With HeroQuest and RuneQuest there are two parallel role-playing games for Glorantha. To avoid confusion, the background material for the games deals with different epochs of Gloranthas. HeroQuest focuses on the Age of Hero Wars - also known as the Third Age - and RuneQuest focuses on the Age of God Learners - also known as the Second Age.

At the same time, a HeroQuest is also a further concept of the game itself. In a HeroQuest, the players interact with the mythical past of the fictional culture of their characters. The characters leave the mortal world and "enter" the gods of Gloranthas. This allows them to interact directly with their gods and gain incredible powers.

Development history

HeroQuest was first announced in 1979 as the RuneQuest successor to Chaosium. However, HeroQuest never appeared and Greg Stafford let the claim to the brand name lapse. In 1989 the games company Milton Bradley acquired the trademark rights. In 1994 Chaosium and Avalon Hill ended their collaboration on RuneQuest. Avalon Hill retained the rights to RuneQuest and Greg Stafford retained the rights to Glorantha. In 1997 Greg Stafford left his company Chaosium and founded Issaries Inc. to develop a new Glorantha RPG. He hired game designer Robin D. Laws to design the rules of the game. With the help of several thousand dollar donations from the international fan base, HeroWars was released in 2000 . The tight budget did not allow any revision of the material and the revision of HeroWars was paid for with the proceeds from the sales and licenses. In the meantime, Milton Bradley had expired the HeroQuest brand and Greg Stafford re-acquired it. HeroQuest was released in 2003.

The German role-playing association RuneQuest Gesellschaft eV translated the HeroQuest predecessor HeroWars and the Glorantha book into German. Both books were published by the French publisher MultiSim. When MultiSim went bankrupt in 2001, the books remained lost. However, since 2005 the RuneQuest Gesellschaft eV has owned the translations and sells them in Germany.

Publications

Basic rules

  • ISS1001 Robin D. Laws and Greg Stafford: Heroquest. Roleplaying in Glorantha . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003, ISBN 1-929052-12-X
  • ISS1001H Robin D. Laws and Greg Stafford: Heroquest. Roleplaying in Glorantha . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003 (Limited hardcover edition, no ISBN)

Game aids

  • ISS1002 Mark Galeotti and Greg Stafford: Hero's Book, Playing in the HeroWars . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003, ISBN 1-929052-13-8
  • ISS1102 Greg Stafford and Peter Metcalfe: Glorantha, Introduction to the HeroWars . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2001, ISBN 1-929052-02-2
  • ISS1103 Jamie Revell and Greg Stafford: Anaxial's Roster, Creatures of the Hero Wars . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2000, ISBN 1-929052-07-3

Source books

  • ISS1301 Robin D. Laws, Greg Stafford, John Hughes, and Roderick Robertson: Thunder Rebels, Players Book for Orlanthi Barbarians . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2000, ISBN 1-929052-03-0
  • ISS1302 Martin Laurie, Wesley Quadros, and Mark Galeotti: Imperial Lunar Handbook, Volume 1: The Lunar Empire . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003, ISBN 1-929052-04-9
  • ISS1303 Greg Stafford et al .: Masters of Luck and Death . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2004, ISBN 1-929052-17-0
  • ISS1304 Mark Galeotti, Martin Laurie, Wesley Quadros, Roderick Robertson and Greg Stafford: Under the Red Moon, Imperial Lunar Handbook, Volume 2 . Moon Design Publications, Michigan 2006, ISBN 1-929052-19-7
  • ISS1305 Martin Hawley et al .: Men of the Sea . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2004, ISBN 1-929052-23-5
  • ISS1306 Mark Galeotti et al .: Champions of the Red Moon . Moon Design Publications, Michigan 2007, ISBN 1-929052-19-7
  • ISS1305 Jeff Kyer et al .: Blood over Gold - Trader Princes of Maniria . Moon Design Publications, Michigan 2007, ISBN 1-929052-19-7
  • ISS1310 Greg Stafford et al .: Storm Tribe, the Cults of Sartar . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2001, ISBN 1-929052-10-3
  • ISS1502 Greg Stafford and Ian Cooper et al .: Dragon Pass - Land of Thunder, A Gazetteer to Kerofinela . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003, ISBN 1-929052-18-9

Scenario volumes

  • ISS1401 Greg Stafford et al .: Barbarian Adventures (Sartar Rising, volume 1) . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2001, ISBN 1-929052-05-7
  • ISS1402 Greg Stafford et al .: Orlanth is Dead! (Sartar Rising, volume 2) . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2002, ISBN 1-929052-15-4
  • ISS1403 Greg Stafford, Martin Hawley, Ian Cooper, Jeff Kyer, David Dunham, Ron Edwards, and Martin Laurie: Gathering Thunder (Sartar Rising, volume 3) . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2004, ISBN 1-929052-20-0

Novels and short stories

  • ISS1603 Phyllis Ann Karr, John Boyle, Greg Stafford: Gloranthan Visions, Insights into Glorantha . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2000, ISBN 1-929052-08-1
  • CHA4500 Greg Stafford: King of Sartar, How One Man Became a God . Chaosium Inc., USA 1992, ISBN 1-929052-00-6
  • ISS4501 Nick Brooke, David Hall, Steve Thomas (Ed.): Wyrm's Footprints . Chaosium Inc. & Reching Moon Megacorp, USA 1995, ISBN 1-56882-043-7
  • ISS4502 Oliver Dickinson: The Complete Griselda. Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2001, ISBN 1-929052-11-1

Computer games

  • ASH1000 David Dunham, Robin D. Laws, et al. King of Dragon Pass A Sharp, LLC 2000 [1]

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  1. ↑ Issaries Inc. Press release : Issaries Inc. and Moon Design Publications announce new licensing agreement for Greg Stafford's HeroQuest RPG ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated January 2, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glorantha.com
  2. ↑ a b c d e Robin D. Laws and Greg Stafford: Heroquest. Roleplaying in Glorantha . Issaries Inc., Concord CA 2003, ISBN 1-929052-12-X
  3. ↑ Issaries Inc. Press release : RuneQuest License Granted ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated January 2, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.glorantha.com
  4. ↑ Alexander Dotor: Interview with Greg Stafford . In: Ye Booke of Tentacles No. 6, RuneQuest-Gesellschaft eV, Bremen 2006
  5. ↑ Peter Maranci: The History of RuneQuest . Last visited: Jan 28, 2007
  6. ^ Homepage of the RuneQuest Society eV

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