Alchemist's Bench: Issue 3

IN THIS ISSUE

WELCOME

NEWS

The Adventure Quest program

New HQ websites Action on eBay

QUEST

"The Attack on Oakdale."

ATTACHMENTS

In addition to the Oakdale quest, we've created HQ play aids in a variety of styles and formats.

IN THE STORES

Cardboard Heroes

NEW MONSTERS

Skaven, HeroQuest style

MINIS

Painting Skeletons, plus a look at Skaven miniatures.

QUEST DESIGN

Filling in the Plot

GAMEMASTER HINTS

Ways to beef up the game's existing monsters. Second in a series of two.

WELCOME!

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NEWS

ADVENTURE QUEST SOFTWARE

Nate Dahl has created a program for Intel-based computers called "Adventure Quest." While not officially derived from HeroQuest, it is likely to appeal to people who enjoy HQ. Take a look at Nate's Adventure Quest website for more information. The URL is http://aquest.8m.com/frames.htm

NEW HEROQUEST WEBSITES

Some new HeroQuest websites have appeared or reappeared this month.

Krusty's Webpage, at http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/castle/881/ , is up with two new quests.
The Red Dragon's Guild, at http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ernie.polegato/ , has new quests, board overlays, rules, heroes, and monsters.
Cycore's Game Crypt is back up at http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/starcraft/6/choose.htm . There are some new monsters, heroes, and quests to download from this site.
HeroQuest Resource page has a good selection of material, including new rules, a quest and art ideas. You can find it at http://www.megsinet.net/~gymnast/games/heroqest/hq_main.htm .

AUCTION ACTION

ChaosOrc reports that eBay, the online auction house at http://www.ebay.com/ , has been auctioning off numerous HeroQuest items recently. In the past month, copies of all the quest packs released by Milton Bradley, including the British packs 'Wizards of Morcar' and 'Against the Ogre Horde,' have changed hands.

Next issue, the Alchemist's Bench plans to feature an article giving tips and hints for bidding on items on eBay. If you check out eBay in the meantime, don't forget to search for both "Hero Quest" and "HeroQuest".

QUEST

"The Attack on Oakdale" is a new quest pack by Dewayne Agin. We've included it as part of this issue's attachment file (700k, click to download), for those of you who receive the editions of this newsletter that include attachments. For everyone else, you can download it as an 81k ZIP file from Dewayne's site at http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Chasm/9223/quests/attack.ZIP.

ATTACHMENTS

In addition to the Quest Pack described above, this issue's attachment file includes a few playing aids for HeroQuest. These contain material that you've already seen in this and previous issues, but in formats designed to be easy to glance at during gameplay. Please take a look at them and tell us which formats and styles you'd like us to support with future releases.

IN THE STORES

CARDBOARD HEROES

by QuestGnome

NEW MONSTERS

SKAVEN

by Dewayne Agin

MINIATURES

PAINTING YOUR MINIATURES:
Part 2 - Skeletons
by Nathan Stout

SKAVEN MINIATURES
by Dewayne Agin and QuestGnome

QUEST DESIGN

FILLING IN THE PLOT
by Dewayne Agin

GAME MASTER HINTS

BEEFING UP MONSTERS - Part 2
Adding to Monster Stats
by Dewayne Agin

End of Issue 3 See you next time!

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