What
is RandomQuest?
RandomQuest is a new,
GameMaster-less way to play HeroQuest. Dungeons are created randomly, as is
monster placement and treasure.
RandomQuest is loosely based on the card system found in Warhammer Quest. It
uses card decks to determine passages, rooms, monsters, and treasures. Quests
from any source can be played in RandomQuest - HeroQuest quests, Advanced
HeroQuest quests, Warhammer Quest quests, Dungeon and Dragons, etc.
RandomQuest was designed so that any number of Heroes can play. Solo questing
is easy, as is multi-Hero parties. Players are not limited to one of each Hero,
nor are they limited to the basic Heroes that came with HeroQuest.
RandomQuest Downloads
To play the game you need to download these files:
1.
Rules:
You can get the rules in three different ways:
A.
RandomQuest
Rules in MSWord format (81KB)
B. RandomQuest
Rules in ASCII Text format (32KB)
C. RandomQuest
Rules in html format
2. Passages:
You need Passage
Tile Cards (214KB)
These cards go with these Passage Tiles:
· Passage Tile
(14KB) · Corner Tile (10KB) · Tee Tile
(12KB)
You will need to print several copies of each of these tiles, as detailed in
the instructions.
3.
Rooms:
You need these Room Cards:
· Room Cards 1
(265KB) · Room Cards 2
(318KB) · Room Cards 3
(465KB)
· Room Cards 4
(296KB) · Room Cards 5
(295KB)
These cards go
with rooms found on this site. If you have not already done so, you will need
to download these tiles:
From Dewayne's
Tile Page:
· 3 Square Wide Rooms
· 4 Square Wide Rooms
· 5 Square Wide Rooms
· 6 Square Wide Rooms
From Ron
Shirtz's Interior Room Tiles:
· Abyss · Chasm · Dead End · Death
Pit · Fire Bridge
· Fountain · Power
Sphere · Stairs · Throne Room ·
Treasure
Room
4. Monster Cards:
You
need these Monster Cards:
·
Monster
Cards 1 (389KB) · Monster Cards
2 (443KB)
·
Monster
Cards 3 (462KB) · Monster Cards
4 (454KB)
5. Chaos
Spell Cards:
You need these
Spell Cards:
· Spell
Cards 1 (382KB) ·
Spell
Cards 2 (400KB)
6. Treasure Cards:
You need these
Treasure Cards:
· Treasure
Cards 1 (335KB) · Treasure
Cards 2 (352KB)
· Treasure
Cards 3 (359KB) · Treasure
Cards 4 (344KB)
Card Backs:
If
you want to create your own RandomQuest cards, you can download the card backs
here:
·
Card Backs
(339KB)
RandomQuest
Additions
These is the area to find new cards, quests, and so forth for RandomQuest.
Artifact Cards:
·
Artifact
Cards 1 (331KB) · Artifact
Cards 2 (268KB)
These cards allow Heroes
to randomly gain Artifacts.
Monster Cards:
·
Monster
Cards 1 (420KB) · Monster
Cards 2 (430KB) · Monster
Cards 3 (406KB)
·
Monster
Cards 4 (410KB) · Monster
Cards 5 (352KB) · Monster
Cards 6 (365KB)
These cards provide 40
new, more powerful monsters using the standard HQ figures.
Chaos Spell
Cards:
·
Chaos
Spell Cards 1 (382KB) · Chaos
Spell Cards 2 (410KB) · Chaos
Spell Cards 3 (334KB)
These cards provide 17
new Chaos Spells. Many of them are used
by the additional monster cards above.
Cave And Mine
Tiles:
· Cave/Mine
Cards 1 (511KB) ·
Cave/Mine
Cards 2 (550KB)
· Cave/Mine
Rules in MSWord Format
· Cave/Mine
Rules in Text Format ·
Cave/Mine
Rules in html Format
These
cards allow you to play RandomQuest with Ron Shirtz’s Cave
and Mine
tiles. To use these cards in
RandomQuest you will need to download these tiles:
· Cave Passages · Cave Fork ·
Long Passage · Four Rooms
· Spiral Room · ‘S’ Room · Cave Room 1 · Cave Room 2
· Cave Room 3 · Cave Room 4 · Cave Room 5 · Straight Track ·
High Octane
Track · Curve · Y-Track
New Room Cards:
· New Room
Cards 1 (554KB) · New Room
Cards2 (615KB)
To
use these cards in RandomQuest you will need to download these tiles by Ron Shirtz:
· Crocodile Pit · Boiling
Cauldron · Pit Of Doom · River Of Lava
And
you will need to download these tiles by Ken O’Brien:
· Unholy Altar · Pharaoh’s Tomb · Small River · Small Den
· Lava
Falls · Large Lava Room · Great Hall ·
Large
Secret Room · Big Room · Rocky Room · Tomb Room · The Void · Small Cell · Water Room · Dungeon
RandomQuest
Additions - Coming Soon
These
are RandomQuest additions that I have already begun work on. They should be
posted here in the coming weeks. These are listed in no specific order.
· New Quests ·
Quest Generator
RandomQuest – In The Works
These are
RandomQuest additions that are planned, but work has not yet begun on
them. Conversion plans are new quests,
spells, monsters, and treasures based on these games:
· Conversions of MB’s Quest Packs · Conversion of Advanced
HeroQuest
· Conversion of Warhammer Quest · Conversion of DarkWorld
· Conversion of DragonStrike · Conversion of the
Quests found on my page.
Why
did you create RandomQuest?
Sometime
ago I realized that I had never played HeroQuest as the Hero. I was always the
GameMaster, and it just didn't work out that others could be him.
I also wanted an way to play HeroQuest without all the preparation that goes
into a normal game - quest creation can take quite a while. I wanted a way to
play a game with little or no advanced notice.
Why didn't you use any
of the random and/or solo HQ rules available on the internet?
There
are many good rules for solo/random play available. Mitchel Hansinger has a
good set on his
HeroQuest
Resources Page. The only problem that I had with most of these rules is
that they relied on tables to generate rooms and monsters. I wanted an easy way
to add a new tile into the set, or take some out. What if you got a new monster
figure - you would have to re-work the tables. What if you only wanted to play
the game with Undead? 'Greenskin' monsters? Only Orcs? Again, a bunch of table
changes.
What I was after with RandomQuest was a quick way to set up the game for any
type of monster, quest type,
treasure type, etc.
Why
did you make the cards for RandomQuest so large? Two
reasons, really. The first is because
on several of the cards there is so much text that is was hard to fit on the
standard ‘HeroQuest’ sized cards. The
second is that I have been playing the game with my son, who is in the second
grade and had an easier time reading the text at a 10 point font size than at
the smaller 8. I needed the cards to be
larger for this larger font. If the
cards are too big for your personal tastes, you may want to reduce the size
before printing them.