HeroQuest (role-playing game)

HeroQuest
2nd edition cover by Jon Hodgson
DesignersRobin D. Laws
Publishers
Publication
  • 2000 (Hero Wars)
  • 2003 (HeroQuest)
  • 2009 (HeroQuest 2nd ed.)
  • 2015 (HeroQuest Glorantha)
  • 2020 (QuestWorlds SRD)
GenresUniversal
SystemsNarrative

HeroQuest is a role-playing game written by Robin D. Laws first published as Hero Wars by Issaries, Inc. in 2000. It has its roots in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of Glorantha, but was designed as a generic system, suitable for, but not tied to any particular genre.

The game's mechanics are focused on quick resolution; Contests are resolved by comparing the results of two twenty-sided dice, each tied to a character ability chosen by players and/or narrator. After the die roll, the participants work together to interpret the outcome in story terms.

In 2020 Moon Design sold the HeroQuest trademark to Hasbro,[1] rebranding HeroQuest as QuestWorlds.[2]

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