Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Odanan]

Hey look at that I remembered how to post a photo, it's only been almost a year since I posted any HQ pics.
the middle figure is the Dwarf Slayer (old GW metal figure) I use for the White Dwarf article hero player character.

I didn't know there was another Dward [semi]official hero. What are his stats and abilities? (and where can I find the image and more info about him?)

[Blayze]

that is as far as I got before I had to comment on KABA KARN
Sounds like saying Karak Varn with the sniffles

First thing that came to mind was Chaka Khan.

[cynthialee]

I just got mine a day early!

Opened Mythic box and Kellars Keep so far. I like what I am seeing.

Pretty spiffy I must say.

[Blayze]

I just got mine a day early!

Opened Mythic box and Kellars Keep so far. I like what I am seeing.

Pretty spiffy I must say.

Only seen them on streams so far, but I'm not sure what model I'm more impressed by: Venim, the Dread Warriors, Mentor or the Gargoyles.

[Kurgan]

I just got mine a day early!

Opened Mythic box and Kellars Keep so far. I like what I am seeing.

Pretty spiffy I must say.

Will you be posting a video? Pics at least?

We have questions about any of the story or rulebook changes you notice, if any, other than what we know so far with the name substitutions.

[cynthialee]

I just got mine a day early!

Opened Mythic box and Kellars Keep so far. I like what I am seeing.

Pretty spiffy I must say.

Will you be posting a video? Pics at least?

We have questions about any of the story or rulebook changes you notice, if any, other than what we know so far with the name substitutions.

No, I am a little busy today. I opened up everything except Witch Lord to glance over stuff.

Dice are nice.

Characters are the same softish plastic as Reaper Bones. Not too worried about breakage. Rule books are glossy. The Dragon is way big. The board is a nice board, but I have a slightly larger HeroQuest mat with double wide corridors and I prefer to use that. Keeps the players from forming a single hero front in the halls. (hate that move)

Cards are nice. Not having to cut them out of the back of the expansion is cool and they are the same size as the base set.

Haven't pulled out an old set for comparison. (I have both the UK and USA versions.) Honestly I am not concerned with any changes. Some things needed fixed anyways.

It is a nice game set. Takes a lot of space though. No idea where I will put it.

[Xoxxala]

My set just arrived and I'm still going through it. Very happy with everything and look forward to playing soon. I agree it takes a lot of space, so I'm probably going to ditch the inserts and store everything in the core box.

One observation -- no UPC codes on the core and expansion boxes. If these boxes were intended for retail, they would have the UPC barcode. So, no retail version, or more likely, a slightly different box for retail that has the barcode.

[Kurgan]

The Barbarian bases actually appear different than the others, including terrain, as opposed to just looking like they were grafted to a circular platform like the rest.

My set just arrived and I'm still going through it. Very happy with everything and look forward to playing soon. I agree it takes a lot of space, so I'm probably going to ditch the inserts and store everything in the core box.

One observation -- no UPC codes on the core and expansion boxes. If these boxes were intended for retail, they would have the UPC barcode. So, no retail version, or more likely, a slightly different box for retail that has the barcode.

Please come visit the Unboxing thread... love to hear your thoughts and see any pics/video you can take.

[Cael Darkhollow]

Hey look at that I remembered how to post a photo, it's only been almost a year since I posted any HQ pics.
the middle figure is the Dwarf Slayer (old GW metal figure) I use for the White Dwarf article hero player character.

I didn't know there was another Dward [semi]official hero. What are his stats and abilities? (and where can I find the image and more info about him?)

The HeroQuest adventure "Halls of Durrag-Dol" was published in White Dwarf Magazine #134 by Games Workshop in Feb. 1991. It is an official HeroQuest quest.
It introduces a Dwarf Slayer named KILI THEKKRSSON that is a playable character. Look up Dwarf Slayer in the Warhammer world to find out about this strange subculture of dwarfs who have somehow lost their honor and wish to die but suicide is even more dishonorable so they seek death by fighting the biggest baddest monsters they can find constantly battling until they succeed by earning their death by combat. There are Troll Slayers, Giant Slayers, Dragon Slayers, Demon Slayers, etc. (levels based on what hasn't managed to kill them yet.) They forsake armor and shields and fight two handed with axes or axe-flails, and stiffen and dye their hair orange to mark their slayer status. To a dwarf honor is everything; without honor there is no reason to live.
you can see the forum discussion on this quest here:
viewforum.php?f=20

and the scans of the magazine itself (PDF format) here including the quest map and Kili's stats (but the HQ game stats for the UK version of HeroQuest are slightly different than the NA version so would need to be converted or toughened up a little):
http://www.yeoldeinn.com/downloads/publ ... ag-dol.pdf

[Cael Darkhollow]

my second set of mythic tier HeroQuest arrived yesterday (Western U.S.) so my order of two is complete.