Reply To: HEROQUEST – Hasbro / Ludofilia GameZone

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At the risk of talking in circles…

If they were broke, they would have had to cease trading.  They didn’t.  They didn’t have enough money to fulfil the Kickstarter, that doesn’t mean they’re broke.

Gamezone had a legal right to use the Heroquest trademark and thus they had a legal position against Hasbro.  Having a legal position and being able to defend it aren’t necessarily the same but they DID have a legal position.  I would say that Hasbro acted honourably in this regard.

In trying to bring back Heroquest Gamezone were no more dishonest than Restoration Games.  There was no extant Heroquest brand to confuse with at the time, they were very clear about who they were, what they were trying to do and why.  Had all gone according to plan and they hadn’t messed up the work, then they could have rightly claimed to have produced a new edition of the Heroquest game.

You seem to be quite angry about all this, maybe you lost money on it or something.  Even if that’s true, your anger seems somewhat misguided – the campaign failed due to Gamezone’s mismanagement of funds, not for any of the reasons you have listed.  So by all means be angry at Gamezone but do so for the right reasons.  If you haven’t lost any money over this then honestly I don’t understand why you seem to have such a strong opinion of the situation or of Gamezone.