The adventure continues! Against the Ogre Horde is an expansion set used with your original Hero Quest Game System. You must have the Game System in order to play the adventures in this booklet. Against the Ogre Horde confronts our valiant Heroes with a threat far more dangerous than anything they have yet encountered: the Dirgrusht Ogre clan. This Quest book contains new rules for the Ogres and new rules for Mind Points. There are seven new Quests which will test the courage and resourcefulness of the Emperors Heroes like never before. Contents: Plastic Figures: 1 Ogre Lord, 1 Ogre Chieftain, 1 Ogre Champion,4 Ogre Warriors; Cardboard Tile Sheet. Cardboard tile sheet includes: 1 new over-ground starting tile 2 new double-sided room tiles 4 Pit of Darkness tokens 4 Secret Door Tokens
Ogre into place, squeezing firmly. Finally, push the Ogres
head into its socket. Repeat the sequence for each Ogre.
15 Chaos Spell Tokens
4 Stone Doorways 6 Fall Rubble Tiles 1 Ogre Throne
All cardboard components should be carefully punch out
all the components from the new die-cut sheet. The new door pieces fit into the existing door bases in the same way as normal doors. There are four different types of Ogre miniatures, each illustrated on the back cover. Be sure to match the correct arms and heads to each body. Carefully remove all of the pieces from the plastic sprues. Take the front half of the Ogre and place the left and right arms into the shoulder sockets. Next, push the back of the Stone Doorways Stone Doorways are large slabs of rock that must be pushed out of the way using brute force before you can pass. To open one of these doors, a Hero must roll a number of Combat Dice and score 2 Skulls. The number of dice he throws depends on what character type he is: the Dwarf and the Elf both roll 2 dice, the Barbarian rolls 3 dice. The Wizard cannot open a Stone Doorway. Once a Stone Doorway has been opened it remains open for the rest of the Quest. Ogre Throne Assemble the Ogre Throne in the same manner as the throne from the HeroQuest Main Game System.
Note: The new cardboard components are shown here and on the following pages. Next to most components is a matching Quest Map symbol. These symbols appear on each map to show you where to place components on the gameboard. These symbols are also the exact size needed for the blank create your own Quest Map provided in the Game System Quest Book. All you have to do is photocopy the symbols and cut them out.
Carpet Room A luxuriously carpeted room fit for a Chaos Sorcerer.
Sun-Eye Room A source of Chaos power, ideal for an Apprentice of Chaos.
The Pit Room
Watch your step, or you could fall to oblivion.
The Battle Room
Beware your step, for many of the Ogres foes have fallen here.
Pits of Darkness The Pit of Darkness Trap works in the same way as a normal pit trap with the following exceptions: if a Hero crossing a Pit of Darkness space rolls a Skull, he plunges 30 feet onto hard floor. Once he falls, a Hero will suffer damage depending on how much armor he is wearing. Heroes not wearing any armor must roll 1 Combat Die to see if they lose any Body Points; those wearing Chainmail or Borin's Armor must roll 2 Combat Dice; and those wearing plate mail must roll 3 Combat Dice. A Hero may climb out of a Pit of Darkness on his next turn if there is a free space on any one side of the Pit of Darkness. Pits of Darkness may not be disarmed (once discovered), but Heroes may jump over them like ordinary pit traps.
Surface Tile For entering and exiting the Ogres Fortress.
Pit of Chaos Watch your step, or you, too, will succumb to the throes of Chaos.
Any character with a Tool Kit may attempt to disarm a
Swinging Blade Trap. To do so they must roll any shield, using only one Combat Die. If they roll a Skull, they will set off the Swinging Blade Trap. The Dwarf may disarm a Swinging Blade Trap automatically once it has been discovered. Example: In the diagram below, the Elf moves five spaces and lands on a white blade space. He does not set off the trap, but on his turn, the Barbarian moves four spaces and lands on the black blade space. The blade swings down attacking both the Elf and the Barbarian with two Combat Dice.
Swinging Blade Trap
The trap is tripped when a character lands on a space marked with a black blade symbol: a huge blade swings down from the roof attacking any character in any one of the three spaces marked with a white or black blade symbol. These characters will be attacked with two Combat Dice, which they may defend against normally. A Swinging Blade Trap can only be detected by a search in the room or corridor containing the black blade symbol.
Chaos Sorcerer Spells
Below are three new Chaos Spells that use Mind Points to affect their targets. Mind Points are a measure of a character's wisdom and a measure of a character's magical aptitude. They show how well they can use magic and more importantly, how well they can resist it. These new Chaos Spells have spell tokens which monsters will use when allocated them in the Quest notes. Chaos Sorcerers may only cast one spell per turn. A spell can be cast at any character to which the Chaos Sorcerer has a clear line of sight. A Chaos Sorcerer who casts a spell may also move, but may not engage in hand to hand combat in that turn. If a Chaos Sorcerer cast a spell and is killed, that spell stops working at once. For example: If the Chaos Sorcerer uses a spell on a Hero and is killed before that character's turn, the Chaos Sorcerer's spell stops working at once. The Hero is then free to move on his next turn. If a Hero has the Talisman of Lore, he receives an extra Mind point. This Mind point counts toward that Hero's Mind Combat total, as long as that Hero has the Talisman. Mind Lock This spell allows a servant of Chaos to freeze a Hero's mind and prevent him from taking any action. The Chaos
Sorcerer makes a Mind Attack against his target by rolling
a number of Combat Dice equal to his Mind Points. His target defends with as many Combat Dice as he has Mind Points. The defender is frozen for one turn for each Skull scored by the attacker. If no Skulls are scored against the target, the spell has no effect. A Mind Locked Hero places one Mind Lock token on his Hero board for each turn he is affected, removing one on each of his turns. Having removed a token, a frozen character may attempt to break the Chaos Sorcerer's hold by rolling one Combat Die for each Mind Point. If he manages to roll 3 Skulls or more, he may remove all remaining Mind Lock tokens on his Hero board. A frozen Hero may not move, attack or perform any other action, but he may defend against other attacks using only 1 Defend Die. Dominate This spell allows a Chaos Sorcerer to take control of a Hero for 1 turn. The Chaos Sorcerer must attack his target by rolling a number of Combat Dice equal to his Mind Points while the defender does the same to defend himself. The Chaos Sorcerer places a Dominate counter on the character's board and may move that character immediately. He may move, cast spells and fight with the Hero as normal and may attack the other players with him. A Hero is only Dominated for the duration of the Chaos Sorcerer's turn. If the attack is unsuccessful, nothing happens.
Mind Blast This spell allows a Chaos Sorcerer to inflict Mind Point damage to a Hero without having to be next to him or physically attacking him. A Chaos Sorcerer with this spell receives the number of Mind Blast tokens specified in the Quest. Each time he attacks, he must discard one of the tokens. He may only use as many Mind Blasts as he has tokens. To attack with a Mind Blast, both characters roll a number of Combat Dice equal to their current Mind Point score and add up the number of Skulls they have. The one with the most Skulls, be it attacker or defender, then inflicts Mind point damage on his opponent equal to the number of Skulls he has in excess of his opponent's score. If both scores are equal, neither character inflicts any damage. If a Hero or monster loses all his Mind Points as a result of a Mind Blast, he is knocked unconscious and remains out of play for the rest of that Quest. Mind Points are recovered between Quests in the same way as Body Points.
Ogre Background Ogres see the world as one long series of meals: enemies mean lunch or breakfast, depending on the time of day. More often than not, Ogre duels are vast eating competitions although violent brawls make a good substitute.
HeroQues Ogres in HeroQuest All Ogres occupy one space on the HeroQuest gameboard. No other figure may pass through the same space as an Ogre figure, whether they are good or evil. Once an Ogre blocks a corridor, it stays blocked until he moves or is killed.
As enemies, Ogres are ruthless foes who show no mercy
once their appetite has been whetted. Anyone brave enough to do battle with the Ogres must be sure of their own fighting prowess. Otherwise, they might not just end up dead they'll end up as someone's dinner!
HeroQuest Ogres are more powerful than any monsters so
far encountered by our Heroes. Compare the relative strengths of the different Ogres.
Ogres are not evil as such. Just permanently hungry and
frighteningly violent. Often they just wander about alone. At other times, they group together in clans led by an Ogre Lord whoever is the meanest, nastiest and hungriest at that particular time.
Ogre Warrior Move 6 Spaces Attack 5 Dice Defend 5 Dice Body 3 Mind 1
Ogre Champion Move 6 Spaces Attack 5 Dice Defend 5 Dice Body 4 Mind 1
Ogre Chieftain Move 4 Spaces Attack 6 Dice Defend 6 Dice Body 4 Mind 2
Ogre Lord Move 4 Spaces Attack 6 Dice Defend 6 Dice Body 5 Mind 5
It is possible for both the Empire and the forces of Chaos
to hire Ogres as mercenaries, so long as they are guaranteed a good time a brawl and plenty to eat (usually as a result of the fighting). But their habits make them unpredictable and horribly dangerous.
Playing Against the Ogre Horde
1. General Rules The following Quests can either be played individually or as a continuous adventure, with one Quest following on from the next. If you choose to play them as a series of Quests, the following rules apply. 2. Playing the Quests as a Series At the start of the first Quest, each Hero should receive five healing potions, each of which will heal the character up to his maximum Body Points once. Take a note of these potions on the character sheets and cross them off as you use them. Any number of potions may be used in any one Quest. Heroes that use magic may replenish their spells between Quests, but they must keep the same spells they chose right at the start of the first Quest. Heroes may not buy new equipment between these Quests but may keep anything they have found in those Quests. Zargon should reshuffle the Treasure Deck between each Quest, returning any used Treasure Cards from the previous Quest to the pack.
3. Advice to Players Before the Heroes begin these Quests, they should carefully choose the equipment and the magical items they will take with them. Remember, the crossbow and the staff are two invaluable weapons in any Quest. The crossbow allows a Hero to kill a monster without entering a room and running the risk of falling foul of any traps. The staff allows a Hero to join in an attack against a foe that might otherwise be blocked by other attacking Heroes. Players should stick together as one party and advance carefully, searching for traps and trying not to move through rooms that they have not checked. 4. Advice to Zargon Zargon should try to lure the Heroes into his traps by making them chase monsters or charge to the attack. He should make the best use of the new traps and spells now available to him. For example: Look at the second Quest in this book. In room A there are two Orcs with crossbows positioned behind two concealed pit traps. If the Heroes charge the Orcs they risk falling into the pit traps, but if they don't, the Orcs will shoot them with their crossbows.
If any of the Heroes are killed during a Quest, Mentor is
able to magically transport a new starting Hero to join the party at the beginning of the following Quest.
A Glimpse of Chaos
argon sat motionless on his throne of pure jet, deep in thought. His eyes scanned the image of the Emperor's lands, which he had magically conjured before him. He had been so close to victory, so nearly had he trapped and destroyed the Emperor and his forces in the ancient fortress at Karak Varn. But he had been foiled at the last minute by the Emperor's accursed Champions. The same fate had befallen his powerful ally the Witch Lord whose Army of the Dead had crumbled following the slaying of their leader. Zargon needed some new and subtle means to attack the Empire and weaken its forces before he could lead his armies against them once more. Suddenly his gaze froze and a smile sent ripples through the lines of his ancient face. A plan had come to him. A month later Zargon again sat back to examine the scheme he had set in motion. He had never before considered the ancient race of Ogres as a potential tool. Their undisciplined and random nature made them unreliable as servants and dangerous as allies. However, using the magical arts at his disposal, Zargon had planted one of his Chaos sorcerers, Festral, within the subterranean fortress of the infamous Dirgrusht Ogre clan. Drawing from a magical pool of Chaos power, Festral had subtly taken control of the Ogre clan and started them on a series of raids on the Emperor's Farmlands. This was only the beginning, for as the raids went on, other Ogre clans and Orc tribes came to swell the ranks of his new army.
Quest Map Guide
The Quest map symbols are color-coded to help you guide the Heroes through these Quests. Heres what the various map symbol colors mean.
Gold: This color is used to highlight traps that the Heroes can detect by searching.
Light Green: This color is used to highlight traps and other hazards that the Heroes can neither see nor detect by searching.
Dark Green: This color is used to highlight monster symbols. See the Monster Chart in the back of this book for actual symbols.
In each Quest, notes prefaced with a capital letter correspond to a matching letter location on the Quest map.
At the beginning of each Quest, read aloud the parchment message from Mentor. The Quest notes that follow the message are for Zargons eyes only!
Quest 1
Search for the Ogre Fortress
"You, my Heroes, must find the gateway to the Ogre Fortress which is hidden within the coils of a vast cavern complex. But tread warily for the
denizens of that Fortress will surely have placed
guardians and traps to protect their domain.
NOTES: The Gargoyle in this room has the following stats: :Movement 6
Attack 4
Defend 5
Body 5
Mind 4
This Orc is a magical statue, which is able to cast a Fireball
of 3 Combat Dice, every turn. It has 5 Combat Dice in defense and 2 Body Points. It is unable to move and is immune to all spells. Players may only pass this statue once it has been destroyed.
This Swinging Blade Trap will only be triggered by
someone opening the chest or someone attempting and failing to disarm the trap. The chest contains 50 Gold Coins. All the Orcs in this room are armed with staves and may attack diagonally or with their normal Combat Dice if they wish.
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
4 Goblins
Quest 2
The Outer Caves
"You have found the entrance to the Ogre Fortress. You must now strike at their raiding parties and destroy the subterranean headquarters where
they plan their raids, by keeping the central
chamber free of monsters for at least one turn.
NOTES: This chest contains Emeralds worth 300 Gold Coins.
The Orcs in this room have crossbows. They will pick off adventures while the Ogre prevents them from crossing the Pit Traps.
These are the headquarters for the Ogres' raiding squads. To
complete the Quest, the Heroes must clear this room of monsters and be the sole occupants for one turn. The two chests contain the loot from the Ogres' latest raid, a total of 600 Gold Coins and a Potion of Healing which will heal 1 Hero up to 6 Body Points (1d6). The first Hero to land on or pass the space marked with an "X", will activate the occupants of this room and will open the secret door.
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
2 Chaos Warriors
Quest 3
Lair of the Ogre Horde
"In order to reach the heart of the fortress, you must make your way through the lair that houses the might of the Ogre Horde. Be wary not to alert
these forces to your presence for even you might
be hard pressed to defeat an entire army.
NOTES: This chest contains 200 Gold Coins. Whenever there are any Heroes in any of these corridors during Zargon's turn, he must roll 1d6. On a roll of 1 or 2 all the monsters in the central hall are activated and the doors opened. A roll of 3-6 has no effect. Zargon may roll every turn that there is somebody in the central hall. This is the chamber of Tograk, the commander of the Ogre forces. He is an Ogre Chieftain.
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
This is the chamber of Nexrael, an apprentice Chaos Sorcerer.
Movement 8
Attack 3
Defend 4
Body 3
Mind 5
Nexrael can use the Mind Blast spell and has 4 tokens for it. This is the Horde's plunder room. There are 400 Gold Coins in the first chest. The second chest conceals a spear trap and contains 500 Gold Coins.
3 Orcs
Quest 4
The Carrion Halls
"You are now entering the inner reaches of the fortress. Before you can reach any of your objectives, you must pass through the Ogres'
eating halls where they pursue one of their
favorite pastimes.
NOTES: If a Hero opens the door on the right, they will activate the swinging blade trap marked on the board. It cannot be activated any other way. This chest contains 200 Gold Coins and some old bones.
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
These two Goblins are both armed with shortbows. They
may each make ranged attacks with 2 Attack Dice. A search of this room will reveal a cache of 5 diamonds worth 100 Gold Coins each, hidden behind the fireplace.
2 Fimir
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Quest 5
The Pit of Chaos
"Tread carefully Heroes, for I sense that you are now approaching a source of Chaos power. You
must destroy this source by finding Festral's Ring
of Power and hurling it into the Pit.
NOTES: In the center of this chamber is the Pit of Chaos. Anyone who moves into the pit will instantly turn to Chaos and fall under the control of Zargon forever. This is the domain of Festral, the Chaos Sorcerer, whose stats are as follows:
Hidden in the bookshelf is a hollow book containing
Festral's Ring of Power and 10 diamonds worth 75 Gold Coins each.
Movement 6
The center of this room is a bottomless pit, over which one
small bridge stretches. Any character or monster that falls into the Pit dies.
Attack 4
Defend 5
Body 6
Mind 8
Festral knows all three of the Chaos Sorcerer spells and has three tokens for each. The Chaos Warriors in the room are members of Festral's personal guard: Movement 7
Attack 5
Defend 5
Body 3
Mind 3
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
3 Chaos Warriors
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Quest 6
Fortress of the Ogre Lord
"At last you have reached the heart of the Ogre Fortress where the lord of the Ogres presides over his clan. If you kill the Ogre Lord, you will break
the unity of the Ogre Horde and save the Empire
from their threat.
NOTES: Both of these Orcs are armed with crossbows, which may make ranged attacks with 3 Combat Dice. This is the chamber of Xenloth the Chaos Mage, who is Festral's assistant. Xenloth is able to use the Mind Lock spell and the Mind Blast spell. He has 5 tokens for each spell. Movement 6
Attack 2
Defend 4
Body 3
Mind 4
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
Here lies the treasure of the Ogre Lord. Each chest contains 700 Gold Coins, but all the chests conceal traps. Anyone opening one of them is attacked by a spear trap. Roll 1 Combat Die. If a Skull is rolled, the Hero loses 1 Body Point of damage. You have finally reached the Great Hall of the Ogre Lord. Here he sits with his general, an Ogre Chieftain and his finest warriors. If he is killed, the first Hero to search the room will find his jewel-encrusted crown, which is worth 450 Gold Coins.
Ogre Warrior
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Quest 7
Flight to the Surface
"A thousand praises my Heroes! You have destroyed the Ogre Lord and shattered the might of the Ogre Horde. But beware for we cannot rejoice yet! You are still deep within the Ogre Fortress and the alarm has
now been raised. You must escape and if you can
reach the surface you will be able to lead the Emperor's forces against the remnants of the Ogre Horde.
NOTES: On each of his turns, Zargon may activate all the monsters in one or two rooms, whether the door to that room has been opened or not. He rolls 1d6. On a roll of 1-5 one room may be activated; on a roll of 6 he may activate two rooms. The contents of the room(s) are then laid out and the door is opened. Any monsters in that room may move on that turn. On each turn after the Heroes have left this room, Zargon may place up to three Orcs on the stair tile, depending on how many he has available. The Orcs may move immediately.
Wandering Monster in this Quest:
The first Hero to open this door will trigger a falling rock trap which will fall on the space marked with an "X". This works in the same way as a normal Falling Block Trap. The chest inside the room is empty. Once a Hero passes through this door onto the overground tile, they are safe. No monsters may follow them there.
Zargon may activate one room.
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Monster Chart Movement Squares
Attack Dice
Defend Dice
Body Points
Mind Points
Ogre Warrior
Ogre Champion
Ogre Chieftain
Ogre Lord
Monster
Map Symbol
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