Talk:HeroQuest (role-playing game)

message: This article doesn't tell you anything about the game's system or what makes it innovative.  Kind of useless, really.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.239.145.125 (talk) 03:19, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

message: I've made a start with adapting this article to the upcoming publication of the game system.
Up front, I'd like to state that I'm a long time fan of the games' predecessors and early
editions (RuneQuest, HeroWars and HQ 1st ed.), but I will attempt to adopt a neutral tone.
I've also got a copy to a limited edition of the new system, making me comfortable to make
verifiable statements about the product. A PDF preview is also available, and I've quoted
some text to illustrate the essence and the positioning of the game.
I do think the article needs more work, as up to now it consisted only of two sections:
Rules and Books.
I intend to look at other RPG articles for good examples.
Henk Langeveld (talk) 01:36, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates related to a new edition 

message: HeroQuest is spelt in a single word. Hero Wars is spelt in two separated words. Check here and here. Kintaro (talk) 11:29, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  HeroQuest and Hero Wars 

message: Should this article be renamed QuestWorlds to avoid further confusion, retaining HeroQuest only in the history section? Sciencefish (talk) 14:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I would think so, but since this is a bit of breaking news, I think a move can be held off on for a moment in case something changes. Not that I expect the HeroQuest name to stay on this game with the return of the board game of the same name, but the "QuestWorlds" name (which is written in CamelCase) should become established first, with actual products in the shelves before this is renamed. After that WP:NAMECHANGES applies. oknazevad (talk) 16:49, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just testing the water, it should certainly change after new QuestWorld products appear. The trademark has been sold so there will be no more Moon Design products made using HeroQuest. Thanks for your input. Sciencefish (talk) 17:16, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: As it is beyond the legal date the HeroQuest name could be used by HeroWars/Quest Worlds, this article name should change to one of those with a note of when the HeroQuest name was used due to lack of renewal of HASBRO of the Trademark. an it should remain on disambiguation pages for HeroQars, HerQuest both after the name is changed so people don't have  ahard time finding it when the article name is changed. shadzar-talk 04:57, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Once QuestWorlds products appear, the name should change, otherwise there's no source that can verify the change of this product to QuestWorlds. Likewise a redirect should be put in place for HeroQuest (role-playing game) to QuestWorlds (role-playing game). Sciencefish (talk) 08:23, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course there is, there's a(n online-)published SRD, numerous statements from Chaosium to that effect, and at least some acknowledgement of what passes as the RPG 'press' these days.  We're not talking a prominent review in the New York Times I'll grant, but these are not controversial claims that need to be subject to extraordinarily high levels of scrutiny, they're basic incontestable facts.  Were they not, they shouldn't be in the article at all (as they are).  As it stands we have something of a claim in para one ("is an RPG") that's effectively bait-and-switched by para 4 ("as of 2020, not so much").  Not satisfactory.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 10:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  HeroQuest trademark sold to Hasbro, HeroQuest rebranded QuestWorlds