JUNGLES OF DELTHRAK discussion

[Kurgan]

SteverRS2000 posted this link in our HeroQuestFans discord: https://store.blackdiamondgames.com/heroquest-jungles-of-delthrak-expansion.html

If ATOH is still set for March, 5 months later for this sounds fine, but we still don't have much info on these, when this is barely 7 months away!

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[LucaRocks]

I think they are going he Dread Moon route. Release date was July 15 and preorders were live June 15. With no heads up and with very little being previewed up until the preorders opened.

So I suspect that ATOH preorders on major sites will be live on Feb 5 if he release date of Mar 5 is true.

[Kurgan]

Once more SteveRS2000 comes in with another product page (posted in HeroQuestFans discord), this time from Canada: https://www.kidtoy.ca/fiche-produit.asp?isdet=0&item=628F9907

[LucaRocks]

Not sure if it matters but I got shipping notice for the Dread Dice set. So things are moving along as predicted. Hopefully ATOH preorders will go up after the dice are out.

[HispaZargon]

Posible new leaks about Jungles of Delthrak all content:

Source: https://www.pixiegames.fr/catalogue/160 ... thrak.html

Screenshot:

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Full raw translation from French to English using Google Translator:

JUNGLES OF DELTHRAK EXPANSION

In the dense jungle, an ancient civilization finds new roots... Quest pack for your HeroQuest adventure!

Publisher: Hasbro
Author: Stephen Baker
Illustrator: Max Dunbar
Price: 59.90 €

EAN: coming soon
Reference: coming soon

ABOUT...

In the dense jungle surrounding the World's Edge Mountains, an ancient civilization finds new roots... Our heroes venture into the perilous jungle lands to seek help from the dwarven people. Find the ancient warriors of Kellar Dungeon who have found refuge in the jungle and discover their secret... 16 new quests with an innovative plot mechanism where you can choose your path.

Content :

Book (16 quests)
39 cards
2 double-sided game sheets
23 Premium figures (translucent)
Translucent dice set
2 new heroes with 3 “forces” cards

[j_dean80]

World's Edge Mountains isn't an IP problem with Games Workshop?

[HispaZargon]

Posibly you are right, it should have been "World's End Mountains" to avoid that, but meh it is an automatic translation from French to English, I guess they will beware in the quest book and box to write it correctly in English to bypass any copyright inflingement like they did in previous releases.

Other option could be such requirement had been relaxed now by Hasbro/GW, who knows.

[Kurgan]

Awesome.. very weird image, like it was cobbled together from other elements to look like a box. Maybe that's all they had been provided at the time? Almost looks worse than just not having an image at all though.

Great reporting! Updating my page now

[Vorimir]

Dwarves in the jungle? Seems weird but also interesting... But one at a time! Now is ogre time!

[Kurgan]

Virg reports that they are using a stock image from Adobe (AI generated): https://stock.adobe.com/images/generative-ai-illustration-of-ancient-temple-ruins-in-a-jungle/553328679

That would certainly be lazy if they used a stock image for the final artwork! There was some oddness about the previous ATOH box they posted ("HOARD" vs. "HORDE"). Perhaps they don't want to be like other sites and just have no image or a stock image and some made up boiler-plate? Agreed with those who think it's a bit shady.

As long as the main info is correct though (as it was with ATOH). Perhaps they were given just an outline, some bullet points and they tried to get an AI to write something about it. But that's pretty risky, not to mention misleading. Witness the reaction in the D&D community to the mere suggestion of using AI art in an official product. BUT this is not Hasbro we're talking about here, just one particular online retail store. Hopefully they'll correct it as soon as they have something real.

In the meantime, perhaps someone should politely and civilly complain to their customer service department...