Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[ajjohnsen]

Yes it is awesome. It is basically just a giant mousepad that has the heroquest board printed on it. Very good quality, rolls up nicely and has a case to store it in. The resolution and clarity are just the slightest bit murky compared to the original board, but this is to be expected. All in all I can say for me I'll never go back

The extra room is possibly the best part as now tables and furniture and monsters all fit very well. It just works alot better and I can store my original board away safely

One last bit, I love how the wooded dice roll on the board too as it is silent but it provides some bouncy resistance to give each roll just a little bit of extra umph!

[Kurgan]

Sounds cool, so is it kind of a cloth cover with spongy foam backing (what I think of when I hear mouse pad) as opposed to an actual vinyl sheet of plastic? Because I've heard in the latter case of them becoming creased or cursed after long term storage in rolled or folded form.

Personally I'd like to re-do the board as a quad fold type (to put into a new box), and maybe I would increase the squares to 24.5 size.

I have one of those silicon chess boards but I suppose that might be even more difficult to come by for something like this... (and it attracts dust like no other if you leave it out)

[Blayze]

Day 1: $1,000,000 (actually hit 1 million 30min before 24 hours)
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Day 21: $15,399 in Sales

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Sad to see it slow down this much, but understandable given (a) there's a pandemic on so money's tighter than normal, (b) so far they don't seem to be doing other languages, and (c) only people in a handful of countries are even allowed to buy the damn thing. I'm curious if the bump on Day 17 was from all of the resellers, or just the Australia and New Zealand ones; I'd like to hope Zavvi deploy a load of orders that shoot the bar up a large chunk, but that's probably not going to happen.

Without at least the EU, this thing's going nowhere. Wish we could at least hit the four million mark.

[Orc26]

So am I being curmudgeonly when I say that I feel like HasbroQuest isn't being designed for the people that have been playing HeroQuest for the past 25ish years?

[Oftkilted]

So am I being curmudgeonly when I say that I feel like HasbroQuest isn't being designed for the people that have been playing HeroQuest for the past 25ish years?

I think it’s mostly designed for folks who have been playing it for 25 years. But designed in a way that allows them to share their love of the core game with a new generation of gamers.

But it is also appears to be designed to bring those new gamers into the HeroQuest fold, players who might not necessarily play one of the “traditional” HeroQuest classes. None of the new characters are “traditional” sword and sorcery classes. And the visuals are aligning with more modern looks. From what we’ve seen they may be more limited for long-term expansion capability or advancement potential. IE Strong at the Beginning as a ‘pickup character’ but weaker in the end game.

[ajjohnsen]

I think it looked like a nod to past players as much as it was a way to make a new money making game available to a fresh generation. I like basically everything I saw until the new round of stretch goals was unveiled. The Druid art looks awful, even after the redesign, and I have no further words for the "Orc bard." The art and the idea of such a hero is plain awful to me. I'm definitely seeing these people bringing DnD elements to Heroquest, which is fine to an extent, but I'd prefer them to bring themselves to the world of Heroquest and branch out their creativity from there...if that makes sense

Either way, for $150 plus shipping there is no denying the immense value this brings, and I'm very confident there will be more content from now until release. Even if 50% of it sucks or doesn't interest me, that's still tons of fresh content I'll enjoy

[Orc26]

Agreed on the value for the 150+shipping. I'm going to enjoy the heck out of my reprints of the original game and probably never use the new stuff except as dust collectors. I was just saying that it feels like everything that is different between NewHeroQuest and OldHeroQuest is designed to get current D&D fans to consider picking it up.

Some examples
Old HQ: Orcs are chaotic servants of chaos...
New HQ: Orcs are misunderstood/tricked/forced into serving Dread

Old HQ: Making a pact with a demon = you are a badguy
New HQ: Warlock is a 'Hero'

Old HQ: Bards are the people that sing of your exploits while you eat dinner
New HQ: Bards are people that you bring into a dungeon with you

[Oftkilted]

Old HQ: Druids strive to live in harmony with nature. They long for the natural order and have little patience with the modern life.
NewHQ: Druids wear modern athletic wear and are yoga moms.

P.S. I’m still getting a copy of the new edition.

[Blayze]

Whatever the case, I'm going to enjoy playing this game with my friends; it'll be a nice, simple alternative to running D&D.

[Oftkilted]

They’ve updated the Druid Picture again.

Definitely an improvement and less yoga mom.


Not entirely sold on the banana leaf/feather. But definitely doable.