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Post by Zenopus on Sept 16, 2020 7:46:47 GMT -6
Actually, I'm more curious as to how thomden was able to post an image. I thought that function had been disabled.  Apparently not - captainjapan posted an image as well, and before the thread merge there was even a third one (can't recall who posted it) that doesn't seem to be here anymore. It's because those images are linked images. They are hosted elsewhere on the internet and merely displayed here using the image tag. We turned off the ability to upload images to be hosted here, because we are near the allowed limit. |
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Post by jeffb on Sept 16, 2020 8:10:18 GMT -6
Actually, I'm more curious as to how thomden was able to post an image. I thought that function had been disabled.  |
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Post by tdenmark on Sept 16, 2020 10:04:13 GMT -6
Actually, I'm more curious as to how thomden was able to post an image. I thought that function had been disabled. heh. I had to do a little voodoo. |
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Post by Malcadon on Sept 19, 2020 4:21:07 GMT -6
Heads-up folks! The HQ community has been all a buzz about two new images from the official HeroQuest Twitter page. (And yes, its going to be a board game.) Here are the new icons for the Combat Dice — While Shield, Skull and Black Shield:  Here are the original icons for comparison: And here is a picture that is obviously the Heroic Brew with a note saying "Caption this.":  Here is the original: P.S. Here is my caption: "Hay kids! This is actual booze in a kid's game! Drink it up! This stuff will make you grow into a god d**n sexual-tyrannosaurus! Just like me!" |
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Post by Starbeard on Sept 21, 2020 10:43:27 GMT -6
I've always wondered what has kept HQ from coming back, given that the game is such a cult classic, and that Games Workshop is a stock-traded media company, and those generally very much depend on what their customers demand. So, my estimation is that his might not have been a creative decision, even in favor of Warhammer Quest, and all, but maybe - a production issue? Was the game too expensive to produce at a reasonable price? Quite possibly. We paid 20 USD for it in 1990, which supposedly inflates to 39.77 today. I've heard people say it retailed for as much as 30 USD, which inflates to 59.66. There's a lot in the package. The box is inferior to the sturdy FFG boxes nowadays, but there are just as many miniatures (and casted in far better quality than you get in in most FFG games), very sturdy cardboard-and-plastic pieces, several decks of cards, a high quality playing board, multiple booklets, a game screen, custom wooden dice—and just about everything in at least 3-tone or full colour. That's as much as you'd get in a standard big bill FFG game, at equal or better quality, retailing for 40-60 USD by current standards. FFG games will typically run 60-100, usually at the 80-100 end, and there's still street talk that they are going bust in some of their departments for spending too much. |
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Post by Malcadon on Sept 22, 2020 13:05:22 GMT -6
Well, its finally here! The timer counted down to zero and now we get to see...  A fund-raiser for the game not even made yet, and only for U.S. and Canadian backers.  As GamesWorkshop is not involved, you will not find the Fimir (now they are Fishmen called "Abomination"), and everything "Chaos" (Warriors, Sorcerer, Spells, etc.) is now called "Dread": Dread Warriors, Dread Spells and so on. (They could not even be bothered to use "Dark") The basic Game System added a female Elf, but if you want other female Heroes (and the male Elf) you have to go "Mythic Tier". To the game's credit, some of the monsters (Goblins and Orcs) are female, which I like. The doors and furniture are all plastic and highly detailed. The box set looks good in most regards and looks compatible to the original.  They are going to have Stephen Baker, the lead designer for the original HeroQuest game (and HeroScape), make a special Quest Book if they can raise $2M, along with an other Quest Book called The Spirit Queen's Torment. On the other hand, being Hasbro, there are going to be some D&D elements thrown in (besides the ugly Wayne Reynolds-styled Goblins). The $1M+ Mythic Tier "Unlocks" are padded with extra bits from the main set, along with some of the most uninspired 5e D&D-looking Heroes: A leafy Druid woman, and an edgelord Halfling Warlock chick. The only thing missing is a brooding Dread Elf Ranger with a pair of scimitars and a pet panther.  Also:
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Post by captainjapan on Sept 22, 2020 13:53:45 GMT -6
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Post by asaki on Sept 22, 2020 19:33:52 GMT -6
Cool that the furniture is a sturdy plastic instead of the fragile cardboard (does anyone have a fireplace that still fits together??), but I'm far too lazy to have to paint all of that stuff. Maybe some of the pieces will be different colored plastic, like the original game. But then I'm pretty happy with my original copy, anyway. I'm not missing very many parts. The expansions might be neat, though.
Hmm...but I could always use more dice.
I bought some blank dice to try out the "iron on toner transfer" trick, but never got around to it.
FFG games will typically run 60-100, usually at the 80-100 end, and there's still street talk that they are going bust in some of their departments for spending too much. You were close: $100-150 |
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Post by Starbeard on Sept 22, 2020 22:19:30 GMT -6
Cool that the furniture is a sturdy plastic instead of the fragile cardboard (does anyone have a fireplace that still fits together??), but I'm far too lazy to have to paint all of that stuff. Maybe some of the pieces will be different colored plastic, like the original game. But then I'm pretty happy with my original copy, anyway. I'm not missing very many parts. The expansions might be neat, though.
Hmm...but I could always use more dice.
I bought some blank dice to try out the "iron on toner transfer" trick, but never got around to it.
FFG games will typically run 60-100, usually at the 80-100 end, and there's still street talk that they are going bust in some of their departments for spending too much. You were close: $100-150 You're right, they've been bumping them up steadily in the past ten years (probably because they weren't actually making money before). I forgot since it's been about a decade since I've actually bought an FFG game. And: surprise surprise, $100-$150 is exactly the price range for the HeroQuest revamp. |
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Post by Malcadon on Sept 23, 2020 1:33:37 GMT -6
I am not backing the the campaign. I do not have $100-$150 to sink on a game set I already have, and with changes I only half-like. Plus, like a number of folks in the HQ community, I get a cheep $200 3D Printer so I can make my own 3D furniture, miniatures and other gaming props. Sites like thingiverse.com and cults3d.com are full of great free D3 designs that can be made to print, with quite a number being made for QH.
Cool that the furniture is a sturdy plastic instead of the fragile cardboard (does anyone have a fireplace that still fits together??) Yes, my old fireplace still fits, but the portrait is bent forward, and one side pealed away requiring me to draw in the stonework (and a poker) with a pencil. Snapped swords and candle sticks, shoddy superglue globs, torn cardboard, old pizza stains, missing parts and the like. That is all too common with the game sets we held on since we were kids. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 3:57:24 GMT -6
Personally, I was annoyed to notice that the game will only ship to the US and Canada. That's a missed opportunity, right there. The price is steep, and I will also wait out until the full product is conventionally available for some time before I make a final decision on this purchase. Mainly, the key will be whether appropriate translations will be available, or not. English is nice and fine, but if I want to play this with my little cousins here over the pond, it won't do. That said, I'm just happy the game is in print, again. If it gains a traction like the 2000s edition of Talisman managed to get, this means that an entire new generation might grow up with this game - and with the aesthetics that surround it. Don't think so much about now - think about 2030, gentlemen! D&D will be 56 years, then. And yet, things like this might make people ask what things are like beyond the hype. I'm not talking about us old farts; I'm saying, if there's a kid in 2030 that voluntarily goes on to read "Quag Keep", "Gord the Rogue", and "Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn", chances are they will have played "Hero Quest" before.  |
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Post by hamurai on Sept 24, 2020 22:01:04 GMT -6
I was looking forward to this very much as HeroQuest was *the* first game that lead me to the hobbies (RPGs, miniatures) I enjoy the most now. I have many memories still of my brother, me, our friends, playing this game as kids.
When I saw that it'd be US & Canada only, I was very much disappointed.
I have to admit, though, that I wasn't too happy to see some of the design choices. Some monsters to me have a manga/comic-style design where I'd have preferred a dark/grim design, as it used to be a game in the world of Warhammer.
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