https://www.alwaysboardneverboring.com/2013/09/advanced-heroquest.html
He hits the nail right on the head. AHQ feels too real and gritty. To him, this diminishes his enjoyment. It’s what attracts me to it in the first place. And anyone who plays OSR has claimed to prefer gritty, dangerous, highly lethal dungeon crawling, and AHQ delivers.
I also like how he opens the review with a discussion on the necessity of rules, especially ones that bound the realm of possibility. A major drive of RPGs is that there are no rules, only the will of the DM, and I think that’s throwing the baby out with the bath water. Certain rules are necessary to have an actual consistent game, otherwise you’re just playing make believe with your friends. You don’t need an RPG for that, and you really should be embarrassed if you’re doing that and calling it an RPG.
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