FEAR the DARK - HeroQuest fanzine 2
FEAR the DARK an HeroQuest fanzine and a tribute
issue #2
NOVEMBER 2020
You ventured into the nest of goblins and orcs¸ you braved the lair of the infamous Uruk and received the gratitude of the Merchants' Guild and their gold coins. Your company grew stronger¸ and you learned to explore and to fight together¸ overcoming the war bands of green-skinned monsters.
Then you faced horrors like never before: animated corpses in form of skeletons or zombies¸ and even mummies crawling slowly but inesorably towards you¸ animated by pure evil and the desire for human flesh.
Treasure after treasure¸ dungeon after dungon¸ your reputation grew beyond the little towns of this remote province¸ and even in the Free Cities they heard of you: the strong barbarian who frightens even the orcs¸ the powerful dwarf master of traps¸ the smart elf armed with sword and magic¸ and the great wizard with a useful spell always ready.
The Free Cities Council has asked you to investigate the works of the emissaries of Chaos; too many of them have appeared in this land. They use orcs and goblins¸ sometimes fimirs too¸ to bring destruction to the human land and to plunder. But especially they work to keep the humans busy with minor struggles... while the Chaos warriors work on their terrible plans¸ whatever they may be¸ and the Chaos sorcerers violate the threshold between life and death. Be ready¸ for you may cross that threshold too!
FEAR the Dark is a fanzine dedicated to HeroQuest - the popular fantasy board game of the 90s which introduced so many of us to dungeon crawling and miniatures.
This is going to be a complete reboot of the game's background and story. It will remain faithful to the original material but it aims to bring a different feeling to it¸ so that there will be no overlapping with the stories of Mentor¸ Morcar and Zargon. Moreover¸ the 'zine will contain new quests which can be played by any group of players. Old players will find new maps and new missions¸ and new players will be allowed to start from zero.
Everything presented in this fanzine is written to be played starting with issue number one¸ and will slowly expand beyond the original box and miniatures. It will also attempt to provide a modular system; it keeps the traditional rules and will progressively add little¸ indipendent pieces to them. You will be able to use all those rules¸ or just some of them.
Issue number 2 ‐ November 2020:
- A short introduction
- A usable summary of the traditional rules
- Three new quests adventuring into the realm of the Undead
- A bonus fourth quest adventuring deeper below
- A simple new rule for double doors