Thanks for the welcome. Here's my collection:
https://cutandassemble.com/index.php/hero-quest-collection/The original set and four expansions are fully painted, but I won't bore you with the paint jobs from 30 years ago.
Perhaps the most serendipitous item is the Pierre Chancier miniature from White Dwarf 145. I'm pretty sure I bought/received the mini because I love knights (and dwarves) rather than it being in the WD. Though I may be wrong, it was a long time ago.
It's starting to look like I just stockpile HQ stuff, I'll give you a rundown of the original game systems on the HQ shelf.
- Top box is my original childhood copy
- Second from top was bought as a kid from a friend who didn't play anymore
- Second from the bottom is/was my brother-in-law's copy
- The bottom copy was found at a charity sale. This drove me nuts. I spend 25+ vigilant years always on the lookout for a copy, then my wife practically trips over one!
While I love HQ, I've spent more time in the past few years on print-and-play Warhammer Quest 1995. This is my site:
https://cutandassemble.com/index.php/print-and-play-warhammer-quest/I'd also like to thank everyone here and those that have kept the HQ hobby alive all these years. Its definitely had its up and down times. Sometimes it feels a little sad that lots of old pages/posts/sites are abandoned or gone. But the game is definitely alive and well. The sticker book for example. I can't seem to find who did all the work on that since there's tons of posts on here about it. But the with/without pdfs are amazing. They are pixel perfect. Just exceptional.
I want to balance my collection with "collecting". Sometimes it feels funny rushing out to buy something just because a company makes it. I prefer to be nostalgic rather than consumeristic. As kids, My brother and I spent so much time playing, they're great memories. Maybe I'm just trying to rationalize!
Now I have kids and we have a ton of fun playing ourselves.