Slev's Advanced Heroquest site!

Entering Slev's Dungeon...

The Dungeon Master himself has finally assembled all of his Advanced Heroquest modifications in one no nonsense, right to the point, web site. Find Slev's Advanced Heroquest: Reforged here: http://advancedheroquest.webs.com/.

Slev's mod, previously known as AHQ2 is by far the most significant content based, fan-variant to the game. My own variation borrows some mechanics from Slev's great work. He went to great lengths to improve the game and clearly put an enormous amount of time into design and play-testing. Slev managed an expansive reshaping, far beyond my skill level, and every diehard fan should check it out.

"If you’ve played the original Advanced HeroQuest, you’ll find that the game is 90% the same mechanically, and entirely the same in feel. You just have a lot more options now than you did before.

If you’ve never played Advanced HeroQuest, then this is an excellent place to start!"

Head over to Slev's new site: http://advancedheroquest.webs.com/ and see for yourself; one look into his downloads archive clearly demonstrates just how much work he's put into the game.

Some other fun Advanced Heroquest sites: http://www.kabay.arc.net.au/main1.htm, http://greywolf.critter.net/ahq.htm, http://www.toco.be/ahq/.

Play (Enhanced) Advanced Heroquest for CHEAP!

Really all you need to play (Enhanced) Advanced Heroquest is dice, miniatures, the rules, some dungeon floor tiles, and imagination. Anything else is literally optional...

A lot of you likely have dice and miniatures abundant already, and on the DOWNLOADS page of this blog you can get some rules to play; then here you can get suitable dungeon tiles for under $5! Check out the Inked Adventures: Modular Dungeon Cut-Up Sections Basic Pack (see below for more options).

Don't forget you can download some dungeon doors for free as well:
http://enhancedadvancedheroquest.blogspot.com/2013/12/alternative-paper-doors.html
http://enhancedadvancedheroquest.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-simple-mechanic-doors.html

If you don't have appropriate miniatures and you are looking for cheap fantasy figures be sure to check out Reaper Bones! All of these guys are under $3 each!!

There is so much great free (or inexpensive) stuff out there for dungeon crawlers it can make your head spin... here are some of my other favorites:

For slightly more expensive, but really nice (3D) tiles: http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/index.php?view=product&product=22

Some free tiles!:
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/na-tiles.php
http://greywolf.critter.net/ahq/tiles.htm (these are designed for Advanced Heroquest!)
http://bederken.blogspot.com/2011/02/bederken-dungeon-free-printable-tiles.html
http://kevslounge.blogspot.com/2012/11/index-of-kevs-lounge-free-dungeon-tile.html
...and this great French site: http://free-dungeon-tiles-to-print.blogspot.com/
And of course you could spend days searching through DriveThruRPG.

While I'm at it, here are some paper miniatures for Heroquest: http://boardgamegeek.com/file/download/8l0sz90eib/hq_paper_minis_col062812.pdf

In conclusion, if you are willing to do a little digging and a little printing/cutting you can play this great old gem for very cheap (or even free).

My (Enhanced) Advanced Heroquest Game...

Here is the Dungeon builder... I should have also included my custom tiles (and the miniatures) in this photo but I guess I'll leave that for another day.

Advanced Heroquest is not an easy game to find but I'd say it's well worth it if you do. And as I've said elsewhere the core system is so easily customizable - you could, without any effort really, use the tiles from other games such as Warhammer Quest, Pathfinder, etc, or even some of the great 3D dungeon tiles. I see myself eventually making 3D tiles when I can find the time.

Our way is the old way?

It's 2013 and this game has been out of print for 20 years; what the f*** is going on here? Advanced Heroquest has a high nostalgic value to me for sure - but outside of that, the built-in mechanics of the game, the tables, the dungeon generation, and the core rules in general hold up quite well to other games that have come and gone. It was a solid addition to the dungeon crawler archive despite the lack of miniatures, and despite coming with only one quest! The character advancement was tight, the monetary system was extremely tight, and the combat was brutal. I found that one of the greatest aspects of this game is that it is also highly customizable. It's great right out of the box, but with a little tweaking you can push it really far (see the Dicing with Design podcast for inspiration).

For me it is also a great excuse to collect all of those old fantasy miniatures I had so many years ago. Here is the original WD Advanced Heroquest launch-splash from 1989.