Questing: HeroQuest Webseries

[Maike05]

**troll mode on**

Descent is better than heroquest and warhammer quest better than descent!

**troll mode off**

[knightkrawler]

Marian has left?
Oh, well...
Life goes on, I guess.

[jimmeuh]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
No more Marian?



Love the humor guys, keep it up!

[Daedalus]

I'm gonna miss her as well--what an entrance! Your co-director will no doubt be missed as well if you continue on (and I hope you do). Great satire--I'm looking forward to more. I don't mind that the script occassionally expands beyond the board and into the relationships. For me, that is where the heart of this lies. The odd takes on how different characters relate between themselves within the structure of the game, how they break down that structure, and how the outside world interfers is working for me. Yeah, I'd like to see more of the in-game jokes, but everything presented thus far has a place in the wider world of Questing, I think.

On another note, the vulgarity issue reminds me of when I first discovered the Old Scratch Forum years back while learning about mold-making. Beforehand, I had been reading posts in a molding thread on an Italian Hero Quest site. Loads and loads of compliments with exclamations there, more than I had ever seen. In my limited experience, I felt uncomfortable with what seemed to me was an effusive level of camraderie. Then someone posted about the Americans and thier molding (more compliments), but he was dismayed at the vulgar and aggressive language commonly used on their site. Somebody familiar with the Old Scratch site reassured him that was just how the Americans expressed themselves on that forum--it was cultural. Maybe that is what is going on here, as far as the language goes. Many Americans take the freedom-of-speech thing wherever they please, and feel that is the natural way adults express themselves. After all, as anyone who has studied the language of America knows, English is a bitch.

[drathe]

That my friends, is why you should never reveal the stats of special characters to the heroes. They may need some secret tweaking.

Enjoyed this episode.

[Blackthorn]

Well, the vulgarity was toned down. But honestly, was this episode written by a nine year old?

[Nephew of Mentor]

I chuckled. This one is more topical, the type of things that are sometimes present in these games. Excited about the next one.

[Blackthorn]

This one is more topical, the type of things that are sometimes present in these games.

That's true. The Zargon player getting mad because his fire mage got killed right away and creating a plot twist to suit his whims was very believable, as was his "I am the Game Master!" power play. Still, the conclusion and numerous phallic references were right out of elementary school.

[jimmeuh]

Was looking forward to the new ep for a while...

And there it is!
Weren't we all in such a frustrated DM-moment once?
The trick is just to not let your players notice, and get back at them later *gna*gna*
As DM you can "cheat" what you want.... cause... It ain't cheating... as long as the players don't experience it as cheating


Keep it up guys! (damn Marian )

[Daedalus]

I feel the sophmoric humor blends well with the dungeoncrawler vibe. Since for many Hero Quest came out of grade school times, this ironic group bringing the game to the table means it's time to regress and hit each other with imaginary swords and insults. Taking off the gloves is all part of the game atmosphere. The humor I see in this episode is the glee and animosity that spills outside of the character conflict defined in-game. When Zargon breaks the suspension of disbelief with his pathetic cheat, the others find a way to strike him down in their "real" world. The punch line therefore works--literally.