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The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

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The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby lucapaschi » Thursday March 23rd, 2023 5:30pm

Hey all, since no one seem to have posted it yet, here's for posterity:
https://elvyler.com/2023/03/elf-quest-pack-designer-interview/

While studying the Elf quest pack's drafts, we did finally find out who the missing designer of the pack was!
Some extra digging meant we could land an awesome interview on the design process of the Elf pack.
Many thanks to the wonderful Kathy for her interview! :)
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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby QorDaq » Thursday March 23rd, 2023 7:18pm

This is a fantastic extra treat revelation because of the hard work and perseverance that you and the "Team" have put in. Thank you so much for your collective efforts in tracking down Ms. Connors, securing this interview, and arranging it's presentation to the world. Kudos, indeed.
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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby lestodante » Friday March 24th, 2023 10:48am

As I sayd before, if Hasbro is not interested in crediting the original authors, then fans will surely do! ;)


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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby Kurgan » Friday March 24th, 2023 3:22pm

Salute from the fans! Elf Pack (like Barbarian pack) had some rough edges, but we can see they had a lot working against them. It's a part of HeroQuest history that should not be forgotten!

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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby cornixt » Friday March 24th, 2023 3:50pm

The oddest part is that after she submitted the draft she was cut out of the loop for feedback and revisions.


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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby Bareheaded Warrior » Thursday March 30th, 2023 11:08am

Interesting stuff, one thing that popped out at me was her reference to "the Games Workshop version"...is this a reference to FE or SE or something else, it is certainly choice of phrase...

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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby lucapaschi » Thursday March 30th, 2023 3:51pm

Bareheaded Warrior wrote:Interesting stuff, one thing that popped out at me was her reference to "the Games Workshop version"...is this a reference to FE or SE or something else, it is certainly choice of phrase...

As I said previously, I had EXTENSIVE play time with HQ, starting with the Games Workshop version!


I think based on the following part of the interview "(we had two American sets as well as the Games Workshop version, Kellar’s Keep and Witch Lord expansions)", she might mean the UK version!
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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby QorDaq » Thursday March 30th, 2023 4:05pm

lucapaschi wrote:
Bareheaded Warrior wrote:Interesting stuff, one thing that popped out at me was her reference to "the Games Workshop version"...is this a reference to FE or SE or something else, it is certainly choice of phrase...

As I said previously, I had EXTENSIVE play time with HQ, starting with the Games Workshop version!


I think based on the following part of the interview "we had two American sets as well as the Games Workshop version, Kellar’s Keep and Witch Lord expansions)", she might mean the UK version!


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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby wallydubbs » Thursday March 30th, 2023 4:17pm

I think she needed to specify, as you may recall the copyright infringement on the name "Elf Quest Pack" and they had to change it to "Quest Pack for the Elf".
In similar fashion there's "HeroQuest" in regards to the Glorantha world. So it could just be away of being specific.


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Re: The Kathryn L. Connors Interview Mar/2023

Postby benvoliothefirst » Thursday March 30th, 2023 11:53pm

Very cool! If her name isn't on the updated version, I'm adding it myself!
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