[Loremaster]

HeroQuest. HeroScape. DragonStrike. MageKnight. HeroClix. And all those entry-level D&D Boardgame products.

Anybody else out there a big fan of hank-and-slash on a boardgame? Taking several of these games with parts that work together, like one-inch-square boards and figures, has been a hobby of mine for a long time. Before I get into all that....

Anybody into this kind of gaming?

[lionrampant]

I know I have always liked Warhammer Quest, which was a big dungeon crawl boardgame, with killing monsters the only thing to do. Long out of print and super expensive on the secondary market, but a fun game if you don't take it seriously.

[Loremaster]

I'm guessing it's related to Hero Quest, the Milton Bradley game from around 1990, which the rights were bought by Games Workshop (and both companies now owned by Hasbro). And I'm still downloading user-made content for the game, including the DragonStrike boardgame and pieces, D&D figures, and a stack of card stock to draw additional maps.

HeroQuest was almost too simple in its creation that most gamers just have to tinker with it. But the simple dungeon design and quick play can't be beat. Reminds me... did anybody out there ever play Mage Knight? I probably would have, if I didn't have to go out and collect all the pieces. (I already play Magic, thank you.)

[lionrampant]

WQ was not really related to HQ, though there are some base similarities. WQ at its base was intended to be run by a deck of cards, rather than a gamemaster. You could do it with a GM, though, and you could pretty much put it anywhere on the spectrum from full boardgame to full RPG that you wanted. Helps if you have a large minis collection, though, as the included monster minis don't do much good past first and second level.