Well, their FAQ is skimpy yet, but if you take a look at Issaries site (http://www.issaries.com), note that they're saying that the new game is a different game, and Hero Wars will be the one for playing in "modern" Glorantha.
Perhaps this new effort is a return to the rumored intention that Issaries would detail Glorantha only up to a certain point in time and stop, not providing any continuing arc, on purpose. I've sent them some email asking about that, and perhaps that will end up in the FAQ.
--J B Bell
[Edit: and the release date is now Spring 2002. Siiigh.]
I'm very confused by this situation. Is there going to BE a Hero Wars 2nd edition? Or is HeroQuest replacing Hero Wars but uses the same game system? Arg! I'm very interested in this game but I can't sort out the product lines. What is the relationship between these two games?
Jesse
Best as I can figure, Hero Quest *is* Hero Wars 2nd edition, with the emphasis on a particualr time in Gloranthan history removed. That is, the Hero Quest rules are the Hero Wars rules cleaned up and reformatted (as promised/proposed for Hero Wars 2e), but the setting that surrounds Hero Quest is "Glorantha in general". "Hero Wars" will remain as a label for the line of products/supplements that explore/develop "Glorantha at the time of the HeroWars".
There was a thread about this over at rpg.net . . . I don't think anyone had anything more conclusive than the above.
Gordon
Quote from: jburnekoI'm very confused by this situation. Is there going to BE a Hero Wars 2nd edition? Or is HeroQuest replacing Hero Wars but uses the same game system? Arg! I'm very interested in this game but I can't sort out the product lines. What is the relationship between these two games?
I recently returned from the Internet, and while the
Issaries FAQ (http://www.issaries.com/news/HQ-FAQ.html) is quite informative, according to my sources,
Hasbro had the trademark on 'HeroQuest,' not
Games Workshop (http://www.games-workshop.com/). Heck you can still download
the rules from Hasbro (http://www.hasbro.com/instruct/HeroQuest.PDF).
Who currently owns it? I don't know. I'm not entirely sure the name change warrants the unwanted confusion between the old HeroQuest and Issaries' new one. (But I for one loved the jigsaw pieces that came with it's 40K companion
Space Hulk and would love similar from Issaries - What? That was
yesterday? Damn my eyes.)
Fang Langford
For what it's worth . . . a visit to the Trademark search system reveals that Issaries has the trademark, GW abandoned it . . . but no one's picked up ADVANCED HeroQuest.
(go to this (http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/tm.html) link and navigate to where you can search for "HeroQuest" to see our IP law at work).
Gordon
(edited TWICE becasue you can't actually link to search results - OR the search screen)