Both heroes and monsters are defined by Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, Strength, Toughness, Wounds, Speed, Intelligence, and Bravery.Ĭombat is resolved in melee by rolling a target figure that is determined by the difference between the target's and player's Weapon Skills in ranged combat, the target number is determined by how far away the target is versus the character's Ballistic Skill. The game uses 12-sided dice for skill and combat resolution. 78 counters and interlocking room and corridor sections that are combined to produce modular maps.64-page rule book that includes four introductory scenarios.

While the only monsters included in the miniatures set are the rat men known as Skaven, statistics for all the monsters that appear in the HeroQuest game are given, and it is possible to meet some or all of them via the random generation encounter tables. The included quests feature the heroes entering a Skaven-infested dungeon in order to retrieve a magical artifact. Changes from HeroQuest include more complex and RPG-like rules, a modular board and the use of henchmen. Later the same year, Games Workshop released Advanced HeroQuest, a similar but more complex game. The original HeroQuest was an adventure board game created in 1989 by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop.

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