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Issue 09 HeroQuest The legend turns 25 IT’S A WAY OF LIFE Editorial 5 News 6 Features The HeroQuest Effect 8 HeroQuest 10 The Milton Bradley Catalogue 16 Gamer Dad: A Father of Adventurers 18 What’s In The Box 22 The HeroQuest Box Artwork: An interview with Les Edwards 24 Wandering Monsters 26 What’s In The Box 22 The HeroQuest Television Advert 28 HeroQuest In The Digital Realm 30 Not Yet Heroes 32 Reference and adverts URL Directory 39 HeroQuest 10 Les Edwards 24 Digital HeroQuest 30 Not Yet Heroes 32 Creative Challenge Host your own! For details on how to host your own, or on what Creative Challenges are currently being held and where, check The Campaigner website. w w w.thecampaignermaga zine.com Editorial Welcome to this very special edition of unique insights into HeroQuest are not The Campaigner, where we celebrate 25 available. The Campaigner years since the release of . HeroQuest The other is the highly controversial 2014, Issue 09 This is the first time we have dedicated HeroQuest 25th Anniversary edition, Released 9 September 2014 an entire issue to a single game, but we being designed and published by Copyright 2014 feel that rightly deserves it. HeroQuest Gamezone. Initially there was some [email protected] HeroQuest is an important game for me contention as to whether this was www.thecampaignermagazine.com personally. It is what ultimately led me to suitable for the issue, since Gamezone’s tabletop wargames and miniatures. But I edition can quite rightly be viewed as Editor & Production won’t talk about that here. You can find entirely unofficial. However, the spirit Matthew Lee out all about that later on in the issue. of the project and its inspiration was Proofing undeniable, and it was decided to pursue Our focus has primarily been on the Linda Howard this as an article subject. original HeroQuest boxed board game. Contributors A number of expansions were available We contacted Gamezone a number of Amy Atherton, Phil Atherton, Nic Equid, Jerry over the years, and while fantastic times, but received no response. This, Hawthorne, Brian Lee, Matthew Lee, Terry additions to HeroQuest, we decided to and the fact that the game hasn’t been Masson, Sam Phillips, Bradley Visser. focus our attention on the core game. released yet, meant that we decided not Cover The reason for this is that we felt the to include anything about Gamezone’s Craig Lee boxed game paved the way for all that version of HeroQuest. followed, and we wanted to properly Do not fret though, as there is still Publisher explore what this meant. a whole host of interesting articles Matthew Lee From our research, the main benefit that to read. Such as our first game play Printing and Distribution arose from the expansions was that, through, where we follow three players HP Magcloud as they were progressively released, experiences with HeroQuest and have they fixed the issues in the boxed them provide their thoughts at the For sales rates and queries email: game. For instance, the ill-defined end. In the very least you will hopefully [email protected] victory conditions. So the expansions learn something you didn’t know about Disclaimer contribution to improving the game HeroQuest somewhere in this issue. of should not go without No material published in this magazine may be HeroQuest This issues cover is an original piece of mention. reproduced in whole or in part without written artwork done by Craig Lee. Craig has permission from the editor. All material remains Be that as it may, we have stuck to previously provided the cover illustration property of its respective creators. Products exploring the original boxed game. for The Campaigner on more than one named in these pages are trade names, or However we do have plans to revisit occasion. Each contribution has been trademarks, of their respective companies. HeroQuest, more specifically its fantastic, but this piece is especially The views expressed in this magazine are not expansions, some time in the future. amazing. Take a careful look at it and necessarily those of the editor or publisher or see if you can spot all the little details Looking through the issue you might The Campaigner. and nods to the game itself. spot a couple of obvious omissions. The HeroQuest first would be input from the designer of It is available for download as a desktop HeroQuest himself, Steven Baker. I did background on The Campaigner website. make contact with Stephen, and talked Just go to the Issue 9 page. to him at length. Unfortunately, Hasbro Matthew Lee denied my request for a formal interview Editor with Stephen about his game, and so his The Campaigner Issue 09 5 NEWS The Campaigner looks at the most Nagash is back Foundry father notable events in the recent months, During August, Games Workshop began to release To celebrate its 30th anniversary, as well as the teaser images and product shots for birthday of its founder Clifford Ansell, Foundry and explores the The End Times. Some kind of supplement or campaign for ran a special giveaway. Each order made during real facts behind Warhammer, it centres around the necromancer August came with four models of Clifford, each one the stories. Nagash reappearing and bringing together the two representing one of the four careers he had over his warring factions of the undead, the Vampire Counts lifetime. The careers represented were coal mining, and the Tomb Kings. the navy, teaching maths and making model casts. Products that will accompany the release include You can find out more about Clifford and the a new plastic Nagash model, a rule book called miniatures on the Foundry website (www. Warhammer The End Times: Nagash, as well as a wargamesfoundry.com) variety of character models. Goodbye, Robin Doing it for Actor and comedian Robin Williams died 11 August the kids 2014. He was a well known collector of Warhammer The National Game Day, held by Extra Life, will this 40,000 armies, as well as an avid console and year start at 8am (USA central time) 25 October computer gamer. and end at 8pm 26 October. Extra Life is a charity that encourages gamers to get sponsors to play for a 24 hour period. All money raised goes to the Children’s Miracle Network Polite society Hospital of the gamers choice. You can find out more about Extra Life on their The South Australian Tabletop Gaming Society website, www.extra-life.org launched mid-August. Its primary focus is the discussion, promotion and organisation of events and hobby related activities in South Australia. Started by Terry Masson, it already AV Con includes the backing of a number of prominent South Australian tabletop AV Con was held over the weekend of 18-20 July in personalities. Adelaide, South Australia. Special guests included You can find the society on Facebook at Chris Avellone, Cherami Leigh and Jon St John. www.facebook.com/groups/satgs As well as video games and anime being on offer, there was also a board game section being run by the guys at Hungry Hippo Cafe. You can find photos of the day on The Campaigner Facebook page. Go to www.avcon.org.au for more detail on the convention. 6 The Campaigner Issue 09 Guard your mind At the centre The end of August saw Privateer Press make Miniature Central launched its service in early models for the new Cephalyx faction available for August. It allows miniature enthusiasts to track and purchase. Previously Cephalyx Overlords, along with trade gaming miniatures, review games and record their associated Mind Slavers and Drudges, were games between players. The database of miniatures only available as part of the Cryx faction. This new is possibly the largest, most complete and most Cephalyx faction is part of the Mercenaries group, accurate accumulation of information currently in and includes all new units like the Wrecker. existence. You can purchase Cephalyx models and rules online You can find Miniature Central online at www. from Privateer Press at privateerpress.com miniaturecentral.com, and at the moment is open for anyone to join. Tanks a lot Kirby’s quest GenCon was held during August. One of the main points of interest was a life-sized Rivet Wars Games Workshop’s CEO, Tom Kirby, announced Sturmpanzer at the CoolMiniOrNot booth. It wasn’t he would be stepping down from his position on 1 just for show, attendees could climb inside and January 2015. The announcement was made in the get a photo of them piloting a walking machine of Games Workshop Annual Report. destruction. The company will begin looking for a new CEO from 18 September. A job specification for the position is available from Games Workshop. The other game Revealed at GenCon was the new game The Others. For the Created by Guillotine Games and Studio McVey, it will include a board game and miniature range. trees It appears to be a horror game about corruption and greed, where players control either a group of Dampf’s Modelling Page heroes or their monster opponents. began taking orders for its At the moment the game is scheduled to be second Wargame Terrain book, released some time in 2015. called More Wargame Terrain. It will contain content targeted at the novice terrain builder, with tutorials ranging from simple, through intermediate to a selection of expert difficulty. Each piece is inspired by an actual building, model or illustration that the author has seen and admired. The first 100 books will be signed and numbered. The Campaigner Issue 09 7 The HeroQuest Effect Phil and Amy Atherton – UK Bradley Visser – Germany Our current delve through HeroQuest was brought about by The release of HeroQuest was a big event for us as a a recent wardrobe rummage and clean out where the near group of 10 or so year olds.