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So I'm finally starting my first HeroQuest campaign in nearly two decades. However, more friends expressed interest than I was anticipating. I think I'll have six people playing Heroes. I have the extra figures (I have a copy of Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Adventure Board Game) and I'm creating two extra classes... but is there anything I'm forgetting? Any reason why two additional Heroes might pose a problem in the playing of the game?

Well, if you are playing the pre-made quests from the game system the heroes are gonna steamroll everything. You might want to include more and/or stronger monsters.
Keep in mind that you (Morcar) is going to wait through 6 players turn before your monsters get a chance to move.

If your new heroes use spells, do you have the extra spells needed?

You can always make up houserules that Morcar may move twice, inbetween 3 heroes turns. 3 heroes - morcar - 3 heroes - morcar.
Or simply add more/stronger monsters as suggested before.
Or see if you can play 1 monster inbetween every heroes turn. hero 1 - 1 monster - hero 2 - 1 monster etc... - morcar (all monsters) - hero 1 - 1 monster - etc.

They will get better armor more slowly, as they'll have to divide gold/loot over more people.

I would go with the idea of the evil wizard moving between every 3 heroes myself, if you were going
to change when the evil wizard moves.

Otherwise...just make sure you have enough copies of all the spells, and I would certainly add new hero types/classes,
not only to keep things different, but to give everyone the chance to be in the spotlight.
And you will, of course, want to add monsters or beef things up a bit. This thread offers a very clear and concise talk
on my idea of how to balance things out nicely.
viewtopic.php?f=143&t=1587&p=18165#p18165


If you haven't come up with your two new heroes yet, make sure to check out my additional cards - I have 6 sets up
on the inn so far. Set number 1 is the most extensive...and I might suggest that one if you want to include more spells
and a "priest" type character. Also - check out my expanded monsters, hero spells, and evil wizard spells here:
viewtopic.php?f=58&t=1212&p=17772#p17772


Good luck. Hope you have fun with all those players.

I hadn't thought of the fact that Zargon/Morcar might need to move twice in a round. Good idea about moving on 3 and 6. I did realize I might need to include more monsters. I was going to try to include at least one or two extras of the same type for every room that has a monster, depending. But it didn't occur to me that Zargon/Morcar would need to move in the middle of the Heroes as well, that's a good point.

As far as the additional Hero classes, I think I (almost) have that covered over in the now-inappropriately-named thread on this board "Legacy of Soracil class types" I started. I ended up with a Priest-ish character (a Warrior Priest was the closest I could find in Warhammer universe) and I've adapted his spells from Advanced HeroQuest/Warhammer Quest ones that seemed appropriate. I'm struggling with the sixth class, though.

Or you can use dnd board game turn system with its special cards. One initiative card per player. SHuffle at every turn's beginning and you will always have a different initiative order. This makes ense when thre are so many players.

bastianbux wrote:So I'm finally starting my first HeroQuest campaign in nearly two decades. However, more friends expressed interest than I was anticipating. I think I'll have six people playing Heroes. I have the extra figures (I have a copy of Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Adventure Board Game) and I'm creating two extra classes... but is there anything I'm forgetting? Any reason why two additional Heroes might pose a problem in the playing of the game?

When I play with more than four hero's it makes the game alot longer as well what would normaly be a 1 hour quest usally turns into a 2 hour quest so keep that in mind as well.Especially if the players are new to the game.

Maike05 wrote:Or you can use dnd board game turn system with its special cards. One initiative card per player. SHuffle at every turn's beginning and you will always have a different initiative order. This makes ense when thre are so many players.

I actually just thought of that, too. But I wonder if just that alone will prevent the six Heroes from steamrolling poor ol' Morcar. I think the people who have suggested that Morcar gets two moves per round (if there are six Heroes) are onto something. But do you think that if I did the Initiative Card thing (I have them, I have D&D FABG) that would be enough and I could just keep Morcar at one turn?

I would simply add more monsters, especially boss ones. even 6 heros would be hard-pressed to go thru the maze first quest. You could always add a few chaos warriors to the game that can ATTACK two heros per turn, one magic one physical. Give a Zombie 1 poison autodmg to anyone adjacent! Let the mummy, an undead prince have magic attax!

Monsters that are intelligent should raise the alarm when they see a hero, calling all other intelligent monsters to them!

Also remember the quest maps are more like... guidelines.

Feel free to add extra monsters'n'stuff on the go