Redditor FuriousDream has posted a thread where he is unboxing his apparently first copy of First Light (and not an influencer demo box this time!).
One sad revelation is that the dice are unchanged. I guess there are people out there that have been excited about exclusive dice, but these will shortly be as common as dirt. I'm am puzzled by this. Even if the idea of changing the dice occurred "too late" in production, didn't they have tons of the generic red dice (That were already probably filling warehouses before they even thought of remaking HeroQuest) they could have put in? Sure, it's lazy, but how lazy is taking the even more generic white (with black pips) cubical d6's and just give them red paint on the pips (which I'm sure was done by machine so don't tell me it took too much labor). I feel like I would throw these out.
At the very least I would have said, hey, let's take the red dice we already have and give them shiny gold pips. That would stand out, if they want to be able to visually differentiate people's games or photos online or re-sold copies, because actually Shiny Gold pips on D6's, especially red ones, are apparently a very rare thing these days, I've been through dozens of shops and online stores and you really can't find them. The pips are the wrong colors or you have to get red dice that are swirled colors and not just flat red.
The embarrassing part is that the box and the GM screen both depict the familiar red dice (which don't now exist in the box). And the text in all the other HQ boxes out there will say red dice. Not saying you're going to get them confused, but the contrast between the red dice and the white (combat) dice was a nice visual thing. I guess the bone colored combat dice are kind of cool. After awhile you'll just get used to them and not think anything of it and they maintain the high contrast that is so important to recognizing them on the table for group play quickly and easily.
Thanks to dreicunan, seekhashem, SteveRS2000, and anyone else who posted the link and commented on it before I got home today!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Heroquest/s/XKd2jWUE8Q Some people are waiting till the 20th to get their copies around here, apparently.
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