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18 games like HeroQuest

The best games like HeroQuest are Mansions of Madness Second Edition, Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game and Arcadia Quest — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mansions of Madness Second Edition shares adventure, exploration, fantasy with HeroQuest.

Every alternative below links to its own HeroQuest-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / exploration shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of HeroQuest’s 2.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)

   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See Mansions of Madness Second Edition alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Role Playing · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~60 min longer · +0.5 heavier

   Check price for Mansions of Madness Second Edition →
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   2. Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)

   1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board, Role Playing · 8 shared tags · 4 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (67%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · +0.4 heavier

   Check price for Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game →
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   3. Arcadia Quest (2014)

   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See Arcadia Quest alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min shorter · +0.4 heavier

   Check price for Arcadia Quest →
4. 

   4. Claustrophobia (2009)

   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Claustrophobia alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs HeroQuest: both play at 2 · ~45 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
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   5. Dungeon Saga Dwarf King's Quest (2015)

   2–5 players · 30–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board, Role Playing · 8 shared tags · 4 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (67%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
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   6. Warhammer Quest (1995)

   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Role Playing · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.5 heavier
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   7. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)

   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board, Role Playing · 8 shared tags · 4 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (67%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +1.2 heavier
8. 

   8. Valor & Villainy Minions of Mordak (2020)

   2–6 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board, Role Playing · 8 shared tags · 4 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (67%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
9. 

   9. Mice and Mystics (2012)

   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Mice and Mystics alternatives →

   Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Role Playing · 6 shared tags · 2 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
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    10. Talisman Revised 4th Edition (2007)

    2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium-light · See Talisman Revised 4th Edition alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Roll / Spin and Move · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · same complexity
11. 

    11. Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie (2004)

    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light · See Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 6 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
12. 

    12. Descent Journeys in the Dark (2005)

    2–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Descent Journeys in the Dark alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board, Role Playing · 8 shared tags · 4 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (67%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~90 min longer · +1.2 heavier
13. 

    13. The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)

    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Modular Board, Role Playing · 5 shared tags · 2 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
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    14. Talisman Expansion Set (1986)

    2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Roll / Spin and Move · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
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    15. Massive Darkness (2017)

    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium · See Massive Darkness alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 6 shared tags · 2 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
16. 

    16. Elder Sign (2011)

    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light · See Elder Sign alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Die Icon Resolution, Modular Board · 6 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
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    17. The Talisman Dungeon (1987)

    2–6 players · 240 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium-light

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Role Playing, Roll / Spin and Move · 7 shared tags · 3 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (50%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~150 min longer · same complexity
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    18. Runebound Second Edition (2005)

    2–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium · See Runebound Second Edition alternatives →

    Shares with HeroQuest: Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Role Playing · 6 shared tags · 2 of HeroQuest’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs HeroQuest: overlaps at 2–5 players · scales to 6 · ~90 min longer · +0.5 heavier

Looking for the original? See the full HeroQuest fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.