FEAR the DARK - HeroQuest fanzine issue number 4

With issue number 4, FEAR the DARK, my new HeroQuest fanzine, enters a new stage.

As all the previous issues, this is free (Pay What You Want on Drivethrurpg... of course if you want to throw me a dollar, your support will be appreciated!).

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/353187/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-4

This time, instead of new adventures for our heroes, I've put together several random tables to be able to generate a dungeon directly while playing. 

I was trying to keep things simple but to include everything needed by the GM: there is a theme for the mission (so the heroes know what they have to do), a system to generate a map which puts the "final room" somewhere down the road (not too early) but leaves space for additional rooms to explore, etc.

Every room has its own monsters, but there are a few tricks to try to maintain some consistency between the mission and the monsters, and between the content of the room (i.e. furniture) and what happens in it, and so on.

I know this would work much better as a computer program, it would be much faster, and would allow a GM to generate a dungeon with a simple click, have a look at the map, and discard it if it made no sense or was not suitable for the game they're playing... but I wanted something which could rely simply on paper and dice, as it was in the '80 in the last century!

Also, this will still work in case of an apocalypse.

If you missed them, here are the previous issues:

1: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/329570/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-1 

2: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/334395/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-2

3: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/344012/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-3

FEAR the DARK - HeroQuest fanzine issue number 3

And this is the third and final issue of the first series of quests for FEAR the DARK, my new HeroQuest fanzine. As the previous issues, this is free (Pay What You Want on Drivethrurpg... of course if you want to throw me a dollar, your support will be appreciated!).

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/344012/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-3

This issue concludes the series of adventures which started in issue number one and continued in number two, bringing to an end the story of the Mad King and his alliance with chaos warriors and sorcerers. It surely was a tough journey for our heroes!

I hope you enjoyed these quests, and I would love to hear your feedback and comments, and especially your stories if you played these quests at home.

If you missed them, here are the previous issues:

1: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/329570/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-1 

2: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/334395/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-2

Issue number 4 is in the making... if you follow my blog you've probably already seen the draft I released asking for comments.

FEAR the DARK - HeroQuest fanzine issue number 2

 As a follow up on issue number one, here is number two with four new quests. These are all about the undead (as you can guess from the cover).

It also introduces the usage of double doors (two doors placed side by side, that open together... making the "barbarian stands on the door and kills monsters one by one" strategy a little less useful).

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/334395/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-2

I am working on the adventures for issue three, and thinking about some changes starting from issue four... we'll see.

Issue 1 here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/329570/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-1 if you missed it.

FEAR the DARK - HeroQuest fanzine

While the rest of the world talks about the new re-print (I'll call it re-print, with a new look, but just a re-print), here is my first little experiment after bringing back the game at the table after 30 years or so...

It's a short series of three adventures, and it is made to be played from zero, with new heroes. So it should fit any new group (new players, or veterans willing to start a new campaign without re-playing the original questbook).

It also introduces monsters little by little, and there is a nasty twist with the undead. I hope you'll like it...

I already have a draft for the next adventures, so the goal is to have a full campaign in a total of 3 issues of this fanzine... well, we'll see how it goes. Have fun!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/329570/FEAR-the-DARK--HeroQuest-fanzine--issue-1