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Just came across this article, well worth a read. Like many of the middle-aged players on here, this was my first introduction to tabletop gaming and GW...

https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-heroquest-when-tabletop-gaming-went-mainstream

A nice article.
Without those 'what-if' moments, things would have been quite different.

The best thing about Heroquest is Stephen Baker!

Thanks for posting that. An excellent article.

I wonder if there is something similar for what I just learned is another Stephen Baker game: Battlemasters. I was just a bit young for Heroquest when it came out (though I vaguely remember the advertisements) but I was the perfect age for Battlemasters which remains a childhood treasure and was probably the major catalyst for what became my wargaming hobby.

I'm now enjoying the release of Heroquest with my own children. Thanks Stephen Baker!

 Eilif wrote:
Thanks for posting that. An excellent article.

I wonder if there is something similar for what I just learned is another Stephen Baker game: Battlemasters. I was just a bit young for Heroquest when it came out (though I vaguely remember the advertisements) but I was the perfect age for Battlemasters which remains a childhood treasure and was probably the major catalyst for what became my wargaming hobby.

I'm now enjoying the release of Heroquest with my own children. Thanks Stephen Baker!

I got Battle Masters for Christmas when it came out. A couple years later I tried to paint some of the figures. And it's all been downhill from there.

 bbb wrote:

 Eilif wrote:
Thanks for posting that. An excellent article.

I wonder if there is something similar for what I just learned is another Stephen Baker game: Battlemasters. I was just a bit young for Heroquest when it came out (though I vaguely remember the advertisements) but I was the perfect age for Battlemasters which remains a childhood treasure and was probably the major catalyst for what became my wargaming hobby.

I'm now enjoying the release of Heroquest with my own children. Thanks Stephen Baker!

I got Battle Masters for Christmas when it came out. A couple years later I tried to paint some of the figures. And it's all been downhill from there.

I have a feeling there are quite a few wargamers with similar origin stories to you and I. As for painting, a few years back when I decided to try KoW. I took the Chaos I had acquired from a few sets of Battlemasters and The Beastmen, Chaos Knights, Warriors and Archers formed the core of my Kingdoms of Man army, which 2 editions later is now Varangur.

Most recently they've seen battle in a modified version of La Maisontaal Abbey
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2022/09/aar-la-maisontaal-now-with-33-more-evil/
and other KoW gaming
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2022/06/aar-kings-of-war/


I'm thinking about painting up one set of good guys and the rest of one set of bad guys to have a full set of painted Battlemasters to throw down for nostalgia at conventions.

Great looking army. I've been thinking about painting up a set of Battle Masters minis as a nice little project too. So many ideas, so little time.