HeroQuest Digital Edition

[wallydubbs]

So it seems like the future of HeroQuest will live on through a screen.
I've had a lot of thoughts since catching wind of this and it's both good and band:

We probably won't be getting any new physical content, no further box expansions, it'll all probably be on this digitized version.
This WILL help getting groups together, but this will be done on line. Getting groups together is already problematic and not always easy, so we'll be seeing even less groups playing at a table anymore.
Fanmade content will become more available, which will blur the lines and eventually destroy official content and fanmade content. Eventually the fans will take over the sight. I imagine players will be able to more freely make content including new spells, artifacts and weapons. This may endanger our own website.
Much like the app, there will probably be several bugs too.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

[HispaZargon]

Well... I think it is still early to know how the Digital Edition will work and what it will actually provide to the fans of the board game.

A key point is how flexible will be the quest editor of the videogame, because if it is not too much, and has tons of limitations, especially to protect the HeroQuest IP, etc., it will definetively not replace the board game on such matter.

And about the gaming experience, even assuming the videogame flows well, I think many people will always prefer to play on a table with eeal people, physical dice, cards to own in your hands and miniatures to be painted. Nevertheless, previous fanmade creations trying to emulate the board game worked reasobably well, but had some issues with waiting times, especially when rolling the dice, so if the Digital Edition doesn't speed up things like that, will have troubbles to encourage people to prefer it against the board game.

Anyway, to summarize I honestly don't see yet any big menace for the board game or this website due to the DE of HeroQuest, I even see positive more people approaching HeroQuest through a videogame. Time will say, but I think we should remember that Hasbro mainly lives from selling toys made of plastic, not software, so more physical expansion boxes will probably appear.