After Milton Bradley and Games Workshop had good success with Hero Quest, Which can arguably be described as "Advance" Dungeon (by TSR) or a very simple version of Dungeons & Dragons (or "D&D the Boardgame"). It also is not too surprising that one of the companies that published a Hero Quest clone was TSR.
Dragon Strike has almost identical game play as Hero Quest: One player acts as the "Dragon Master" (i.e., the DM) and controls the placement, movement, and action of the villains. The rest of the players control one of five different hero types (Warrior, Wizard, Thief, Elf, or Dwarf) and attempt to complete various adventure goals. Dragon Strike takes the Hero Quest game play and goes a step further in a few directions: 1) The Wizard and Elf have more spells at their disposal and a greater variety to choose from, 2) Dragon Strike comes with 4 different game boards (vs. Hero Quest's single board), one of which is outdoors, 3) a slightly more advanced combat system which uses different polyhedral dice (instead of all six-siders) and has concepts like flying creatures which can only be hit with spells and missile weapons, and 4) a (cheezy) 30 minute VHS video tape which introduces players to the game and sets the "mood" for playing.
Unlike Hero Quest which was successful enough to spawn four expansions (six in Europe) and two sequels (Advanced Hero Quest and Warhammer Quest), Dragon Strike did not go any further than the base game.
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