HeroQuest (role-playing game)

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HeroQuest

Designer	Robin D. Laws
Publisher	Issaries, Inc.
Publication date	2000 (Hero Wars) 2003 (HeroQuest)
Genre(s)	Fantasy
System	Custom

For other uses, see Heroquest.

HeroQuest is a fantasy role-playing game written by Robin D. Laws and published by Issaries, Inc.

Like RuneQuest, HeroQuest is set in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of Glorantha, but the rules system is designed for more epic games; there is no real relationship between the RuneQuest game and HeroQuest except for the setting of Glorantha.

HeroQuest uses an innovative resolution system capable of fulfilling either simulationist or narrativist play with no modification. Some players found the abstraction of the system problematic, while others have found it to have been a better match for the mythic vision of Glorantha.

The first-edition rulebook, Hero Wars, was riddled with errors as this book was rushed in order to prevent the publishing company from facing bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]} The game's extensively revised second edition was published in 2003 as HeroQuest; the Hero Wars products are highly compatible, and conversion guidelines are available at http://www.heroquest-rpg.com

As of 2008 the line had expanded to

Hero Wars: Roleplaying in Glorantha, containing the core rules.
Narrator's Book, containing advanced rules and sample adventures.
Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars, world background (with no game rules whatsoever)
Anaxial's Roster, rules and myths for all sorts of creatures and races.
Thunder Rebels and Storm Tribe, two books describing the Heortling barbarians' culture for players and narrators.
Barbarian Adventures, Orlanth is Dead and Gathering Thunder, three adventure books for Heortling rebels against the Lunar Empire.
Men of the Sea, describing sailor characters and nautical campaigns.
Dragon Pass, a gazetteer for the region.
Masters of Luck and Death, 27 Herobands from the Dragon Pass area, ready to be used in your game.
The Lunar Empire - Imperial Lunar Handbook volume 1, a high level overview of the Lunar Empire and characters that come from it.
Under the Red Moon - Imperial Lunar Handbook volume 2 provided an in-depth treatment of the Lunar faith.
Champions of the Reaching Moon, Lunar Herobands, related to each other in an association, ready to be used in your game.
Blood over Gold - Trader Princes of Maniria, contains a describtion of the region of Wenelia and the western Trader Princes campaign.