--- In HeroWarsProgram@yahoogroups.com, "Roland" <rmv1@o...> wrote:
> Now that HeroQuest is out, and I've
> actually got players who want to
> play, I thought I'd pop in and ask:
> any chance of a new version of
> the program being released? I'd
> think the changes to the Program
> would be fairly minor, even though
> characters would need to be
> converted to the new system to be
> entered (an automated conversion
> utility would be nice but
> unnecessary IMO).

Roland,

thanks for the interest. Unfortunately, I can't as I am generally
too busy at work (it is 22:25 here in Bangkok and I have just
finished for the day). And when I go home to Singapore at weekends,
my children and wife demand a lot of time, strangely enough!

The changes from HeroWars to HeroQuest are a lot more than you might
think. Bad enough when changing rules in the paper game - I do not
think I will ever play HeroQuest correctly (that is if I get an
opportunity to play at all) - but far worse when programming.

The easier piece of work is on the contest resolution system. Rip
out ability tests, fix the resolution table, disable edges (or make
them a hidden advanced option) and many more changes that I have
probably forgotten.

The difficult piece of work is on the charcater storage. Keywords
are vastly more important in HQ than they were in HW. There would be
a lot of work to upgrade this part of the program.

regards,
Charles