Interview with Martin

Q: Martin, now that we have seen your impressive work on this project. Could you tell us a bit more about you?

A: I am Martin Long. I'm 42. I live in Huddersfield West Yorkshire in the UK.

Q : How and when did you start playing Heroquest?

A : I have been into HQ since 1989. Yup a long time.

Q : How often do you play HQ?

A : I try and game as much as I can really.

Q : Which is your favorite role (Elve, Barbarian, Dwarf, Wizard or Zargon)?

A : My fave character is the Barbarian. But I am creating a Paladin character too.

Q : Where did this project of reviving Heroquest come from?

A : I started this project whilst recuperating from a mild cardiac event as it was called. Just because I love Heroquest and wanted a copy without paying the earth for it. So I just took it from there.
I started sculpting miniatures a few years ago out of love for the hobby and wanting my own minis I suppose.

Q : Do you have any other project like this in progress?

A : I am wanting to do several other classic games if I can too. May do advanced heroquest and space hulk. But I don't really want to have to source a ton of Genestealers etc. I want to keep it simple.

Q : You told me you are sculpting figures for other players. Could you tell us a bit more about your activity?

A :  Well I am a commission miniatures sculptor. But I like to do my own work for fun. So I may sculpt my own take on the original characters. Me and my 6 Yr old daughter love to play D&d and other games together too. So it's been fun for both of us.

Q : Thank you very much for your answers. Would you like to add something?

A : You are welcome. Well, all I can say is I mainly do this for fun and the love of the hobby. I have tons of ideas but so little time as always. Plus limited funds. My wife is registered disabled so we spend a lot of time together too. Plus my day job. We are a very creative household she is a master crocheter and crafter also.

Martin's reviving Heroquest project

For the first time on this Blog I'm featuring another Reviving Heroquest project. This one is carried out by Martin. He revived his own Heroquest from scratch by printing materials on cards. The result is quite impressive and should it be not sufficient he also sculpted his own figures.

The main board was printed on a 180g paper stuck on a 3mm mounting board :

The rule book has been aged by burning and staining the pages from a notebook with an amazing result :

He also printed the cards, figures and doors :

These printed minis are temporary until he can sculpt all the figures (see below).

Finally He also sculpted his own figures :

OpenQuest : Combat rules

The basic version of the fighting rules are now onlibe. You can download it from here.
I only used basc Heroquest rules and also adapted it to standard dice in case the players don't own the original fighting dice from Heroquest.

Dice for Heroquest v 1.10.64.2

Finally after a long break for professional reasons, i'm back online.

First achievement is the new version of the Dice for Heroquest application.

Now Google Play Games functionalities are working properly and you can earn Xp for achievements! Check them out...

In a near future i'll write down the combat rules.

Combat rules required

Now it is hard time to work on combat rules...

OpenQuest - Chapter 2.1 : Moving

Now it is time to move your newly created heroes. You will find here the basic moving rules.

OpenQuest - Chapter 1 : Character Creation

The first chapter of the rules is online here.

I think I've reached quite a good balance. Do not hesitate to download it and share your own adventurers...

You can also find the character sheet here