They also possess different skills, like the ability to cast certain magic spells, or being able to disarm traps more easily. The various hero characters have different parameters in terms of movement distance, attack power, defense, life points, and magic points. Each dungeon basically uses the same board, but doors, walls, and other pieces are arranged differently each time, creating a new layout. This is basically a role-playing board game where you guide a team of four heroes through dungeons composed of a set number of floors. There are a few rough edges, but it’s a surprisingly polished game given the developer is a one-man team, and the amount of content is impressive for the price.įor those who don’t know HeroQuest, I suppose I should go through what exactly Arcane Quest 2 is. If, however, you’re open to the idea of playing a bit of HeroQuest solitaire, you’re going to find a game that faithfully captures the essence of what made that board game fun and manages to add a few great ideas on top of it. Right from go, that means this game lacks a big part of HeroQuest‘s appeal, so if that’s what you’re looking for, you might not enjoy Arcane Quest 2 that much. I mean, you could technically pass your device around, I guess, but there’s no support for playing over the internet or local wireless. I should mention upfront that this is a single-player take on the concept. From what I can gather, the developer took a whole lot of suggestions from fans of the first, grabbed a couple of things from the Dungeons & Dragons board game, and put it all together into Arcane Quest 2. Naturally, including that means you can’t just throw together a level pack for a sequel and expect people to buy it, so the developer was forced to essentially make a sequel to HeroQuest, and do it without stepping on any Games Workshop toes. The game even had a level editor, so people could put together their own quests, a popular element of the HeroQuest board game. It seems to have had at least decent enough following to earn a sequel, but I can’t honestly say I had heard of it or played it before. The original game was apparently more or less an electronic version of HeroQuest for a single player.
#ARCANE QUEST 3 EDITOR FOR ANDROID#
This is a sequel to a game that was released for Android and Windows Phones, but not iOS.
That doesn’t mean we can’t take a little pit stop now and then to reflect, however, and that’s where Arcane Quest 2 (Free) comes in for me. It’s true what the great northern minstrel Tom Cochrane famously sang, life is a highway. I’m not even sure if they even play games anymore. The five of us who played that day are scattered around the world these days, and I can’t even recall the last time we were in the same room together, let alone playing one of the many board games we used to binge on. Sometimes, I look back at memories like that and feel like I missed some kind of point, but thinking again, those are some great memories of happy times spent with friends, and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
We spent a good portion of the day sitting in the park beside the beach, making our way through a few campaigns. But instead of bringing a volleyball or anything like that, my good friend had Milton Bradley’s HeroQuest board game tucked under his arm. My tight little group of RPG-loving friends and I had our swimsuits and a couple of Super Soakers. Well, everyone was pretty excited about this trip, and when the day arrived, people came with bags packed with swimming gear, water guns, and sports equipment for the park.
It’s kind of a popular beach for those who have the means to reach it, and there are even a couple of food stands and a vague attempt at a boardwalk. In junior high school, or middle school as some of our readers might call it, our class planned a trip to one of the islands in the lake my hometown sits beside. Since we’re all friends here, I’ll let you in on one of them.
Like any lifelong enthusiast of role-playing games, I’ve got a few memories that are embarrassing to relate in mixed company.