HeroQuest : The Kellars Keep Dilemma
“How can the heroes buy equipment between levels when they’re delving in a multi-level Orc infested dungeon?”
Yup. No visits to the corner store between missions.
This is how we resolved it.
Resolving it has two stages.
A goblin merchant opens up a trapdoor which cannot be detected by searching and cannot be prised open. The goblin opens up his grotty leather waistcoat and says;
“Oi! Wanna buy some stuff, cheap?”
The Goblin Dungeon Merchant explains the source of his stuff is that a Yoomin army recently came through the mountain pass beyond the underground city which the Orcs have reclaimed from the previous occupants what built it, those Dwarves who have sodded off and left a perfectly good underground mountain city completely empty but for a few scary nameless things, for reasons known only to themselves. The Yoomin army being particular disorganised and messy had left behind all manner of stuff in their wake, which the Goblin Merchant has collected and is now selling to anyone who wants it.
“It’s all jenyooin, top quality Yoomin gear, none shoddy goblin shit what falls apart ‘cos it’s held together by snot and wishful thinking.”
The second stage to resolve the dilemma is the players looked through all of the available Equipment Cards from the expanded Deck, now containing items from Kellars Keep expansion pack in addition to the original HeroQuest 2021 reboot edition, and decided it’s all a load of useless shit they don’t want anyway.
Sorted.