Not sure if this is the right sub forum, but here I go anyway.
Was wondering what you fine folks thought of this game? I had a copy when it first came out but IIRC never actually got round to play it. A fit of nostalgia hit me today and I thought I'd look it up on ebay but it currently costs more than a bucket of diamonds.
I spent my childhood years playing Heroquest, but this seems like it might have a bit more to it.
Anyone got a copy? Could be good fun for OG gaming night.
I saw a 'new' one sell on Ebay for over £350 last week..
I know Eric has a copy somewhere, but I think games have moved on, Descent being an example.
Still I would love to have a go...
Quote from: fatolaf on August 16, 2009, 11:41:54 am
I saw a 'new' one sell on Ebay for over £350 last week..
I know Eric has a copy somewhere, but I think games have moved on, Descent being an example.
Still I would love to have a go...
gah, nostalgia sure can be expensive. That Descent looks fairly promising, nothing can beat a good dungeon crawl.
Quest is a great game, one of my favourites.
Needs a fair bit of organising though, as every character has a tonne of special rules.
Have you unpacked it yer Eric?
Yeah, but it's a lot of books. Three for the main game, then another four for the players. Not to mention the amount of cards and whatnot that need to be brought for each game.
Does it require a DM?
Depends on how you want to play it. There are advanced rules for DM, or there are the basic rules for self generation.
You also need time - the post game stuff takes longer than the game itself. Each character has his own places to go in towns, and special rules for dealing with things. Admin nightmare!
Is that for levelling up experience in a campaign game or something? Could you not just send your chap in to bash goblins up for a couple of hours?
You could, but it's missing out on the best part of the game.
If we can get four, then I might do a single game in Sept.
El Beigio Dano
Ol
Me
Someone else - Veldy Richie?
Quote from: Funkadelic Erik on August 18, 2009, 02:39:07 pm
You could, but it's missing out on the best part of the game.
If we can get four, then I might do a single game in Sept.
El Beigio Dano
Ol
Me
Someone else - Veldy Richie?
Hell yes
Ok, I'll run a standalone game and see how much of things I can remember. Doing the full DM stuff is a lot of work, and something that I've not actually done before. I'll tinker with the opponents rules, as they way they currently work you need just about every army under the sun.
Choices of character are
Wizard
Wood Elf
Dwarf
Barbarian
Trollslayer
Warrior Priest
Bret Knight
Witch Hunter
Chaos Warrior
Imperial Noble
Elf Ranger
Pit Fighter
We could make this one of our first OG night games, where we will have no time pressure..
Baggsy I'm the Troll slayer....
Does one tend to play 1 character? And is it random selection or pick?
Choose who you want, and keep that chap for evermore. They've all got individual rules and stuff, so a self running game is easiest to play.
As it's a standalone game for the moment, you could try a few different people out in different games.
Ol - we could do this at OG. It requires space to lay the floorplans (no one has any idea how large the dungeon is, but it's not excessive), but not a full gaming table to play.
Quote from: Funkadelic Erik on August 19, 2009, 09:28:56 am
Ol - we could do this at OG. It requires space to lay the floorplans (no one has any idea how large the dungeon is, but it's not excessive), but not a full gaming table to play.
We have a perfect gaming table that is too low for WFB but perfect for boardgames, complete with surrounding sofa and comfy chairs... :thumbsup:
I'd be dead keen to get in on this. Used to play as a teen, and I may be able to unearth a copy from a friend of mine who used to have it. Hope he still does.
Andy
I would love to play this, just say and we can do Mondays!
I used to play this as a juvenile as well. I got all misty eyed for this a few months ago and acquired a copy but without miniatures- I've played a couple of games, and have got hold of some beasties to fill the dungeon, but am still missing quite a few- anyhoo, i'd be keen to get involved or even run a dungeon (if someone else can bring some beasties). the campaign mode with level advancement is definitely the way to play- half the fun is the stuff after the dungeon.
You don't need a huge variety of beasts - write the quest so that all of the enemy options are from the same race, and get someone with that army to bring the models along.
's what I used to do.