Would You Like To Play HeroQuest In LEGO Form?
July 9, 2019 by brennon
A creator by the name of KingGloriousSquirrel (amazing name) has put forth a LEGO Ideas project which might appeal to a fair few of you out there. How would you like to see a return of HeroQuest...but in LEGO?
The user has gone to the trouble of re-creating as much of the original board game as he can, entirely from LEGO blocks and within the 3000 part limit which Ideas puts forth for those wanting to submit a project. I have to say, it looks pretty bloomin' awesome.
I am very happy with the look of those furniture items and I think the design of the dice also needs a nod, taking those iconic old symbols and throwing them into the mix alongside the buildable dice that LEGO uses.
"It was a real challenge to design this proposal within the constraints of the Ideas rules and yet maintain the aesthetic and charm of the original game.
I am particularly proud of some of the furniture items, such as the alchemist's table, sorcerers alter and the tomb of the fallen knight. I am also quite pleased with the final design of the Gargoyle, using an inverted Stature of Liberty crown combined with a dragon sword hilt from Ninjago."
Whilst the game has been recreated with a lot of LEGO blocks the creator does say that the item count could be lowered with the use of a mat for the game board rather than being one that is put together by the owner. Also, we have to give props to him for getting so many of those iconic villains sorted for the game including the Fimir!
Whilst the likelihood of this ever making it to market is low this would be a fantastic project to see someone try and recreate in reality as well in digital form as we're seeing here. HeroQuest is a well-loved game that started a lot of us off in the world of tabletop gaming and if we're honest...everyone loves LEGO!
Who knows, if this project gets enough new supporters we could see this becoming a proper kit. We shall cross out fingers and dream HeroQuest dreams!
What do you make of the project and the effort put into it?
"We shall cross out fingers and dream HeroQuest dreams!"
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It doesn’t count as a new system when you own LEGO…. does it?
It won’t count as a new system if you own the game and have to buy the LEGO …
Consider this a premium upgrade of your old game 😉
I don’t own the old game (sadly never had) but I own a brick-ton of LEGO 😉
I definitely would play that.
I would love to own Heroquest in Lego, because it is Heroquest and Lego. I would be afraid the rose tinted glasses would fall off if I ever played it again, not that I ever played the game correctly!
Funnily enough think I would be interested in this, though price would be a big factor.
I didn’t know you could make dice from legos.
That would actually be a brilliant game mechanic on its own (dice faces that can be swapped out because each face is a lego piece).
They are probably from Lego’s own boardgames they once made, though it seems they all had black dice so maybe they are recoloured or 3D printed and use the Lego dice design.
I believe this was done using the Ideas tool from Lego to allow you to create a 3D digital version of a build to submit to them without having to own all of the Lego yourself. And it most likely includes the option to colour change each of the bricks.
cool beans.
Where are the studs? Can’t be a LEGO game (at least digitally) without studs.
Shut up and take my money…
2 words….Hell yeah
I want a copy!
lol brilliant one please.
Hey, I’m the guy who submitted the Lego HeroQuest Idea – KingGloriousSquirrel. Thought I’d sign up to say hi and also to say thanks to those of you who supported my project. The postive response has been incredible! Now I just need to get the Bards thoughts on it. Anyone know how I could contact him?
I also just uploaded a new picture to the ideas page. The original box artwork in Lego form – let me know if you like it!
I love what you’ve done with this. Back in (Jan) 2017 I displayed a playable diorama Lego Talisman board game (Brickvention in Melbourne). The process of sourcing bits and pieces to make the characters, the enemies/strangers…..the objects and places from the card deck…..and the board. So my diorama was pretty basic (first draft). I’m working on a reboot of that project with better quality diorama and ‘finishing’ – more as a diorama/scenes rather than playable boardgame this time around. A couple of years later – (Jan) 2019 – a young fellow was displaying his playable Heroquest. There’s also a Lego… Read more »
Lego is what we all love as children but I think that as you grow up it becomes even more interesting. And not only all the games as the one described. There are a lot of cool legos that any adult will like, just get through the information from the article I linked to and you will get the point.