The author’s experience is starkly different than mine as a young person with a copy of AHQ in hand.
https://www.shutupandsitdown.com/pauls-most-important-gaming-memory/
I’m glad someone enjoyed their experience with AHQ, because my experience was a letdown after the wonders of HeroQuest. My brother and I were ready to take on AHQ after playing dozens of rounds of HeroQuest. But the box contents were… underwhelming. Warhammer Quest 1995 remedied that situation, though at an out-of-reach price tag.
So! As an adult I figured I’d give AHQ another try. And, it was pretty much the game I remember. Lots of emptiness ending in abrupt death. In stark contrast to HeroQuest, where you’re slaying monsters all day, if you run into a monster in Advanced HeroQuest, they will quickly and quietly stab you to death in the darkness of a long forgotten hallway. Your character will spend their last moments counting how many arrows remain in their quiver, and how many 25′ lengths of rope they have.
I’ll get back in the AHQ dungeon. It’s just a different flavor dungeon crawl than I’m accustomed. But check out that link above, the author sounds like they genuinely had a blast exploring the world of Advanced HeroQuest.
