News: Gamezone plans a Heroquest reboot

[Sjeng]

Already own AHQ, but thanks!

[Infje]

I know, I'm just messing with you

[knightkrawler]

Everybody owns seven copies of AHQ and zero of WQ.

[Daedalus]

This thread at BGG provides some insight on the current state of affairs with the Spanish remake.

[chaoticprime]

http://imageshack.us/a/img818/5305/aok4.jpg

How does everybody like the new orc? What did I tell you--a bunch of over-sized, over-posed, CAD-bade whack-offs. What is with people and their damn hubris?

[TMU]

Hate it!

[knightkrawler]

I'll be convinced that it happens WHEN it happens.
And then I have to be convinced how much I want my money in there.
I am very skeptical about both.

by the way: Anyone ever seen a BUST sculpt as art draft when the finished product is supposed to include full miniatures?

Free fact: fre3men is a member at oldscratch's. Wonder why he hasn't posted anything there or here to get at international fans.

[Daedalus]

Since his English isn't clear, he muddled the fact that the bust isn't an actual figure. Despite that, I'm in agreement with Chaotic Prime that the bust is definitely overworked for Hero Quest, a game that has its heart grounded in simplicity. In my opinion, even the other Gamezone figures carry too much detail and action for Hero Quest, a game that carries classic appeal. A BGG comment also mentioned the card art needing Gary Chalk's attention. Many would rather see that, as well. His lack of response to these points shows he isn't concerned with matching the original aesthetic. Oh, well. Maybe Hasbro will do a more classic remake after seeing how well it does (or shutting it down).

It is interesting that fre3men hasn't posted on Old Scratch yet. Now that knightkrawler mentions it, I think this means he doesn't yet feel ready to fully present what they have. There is more to pull together, and he is basically just blogging at this point. When the first minis are up and running on a regular site, then we will better be able to judge the worth of the project.

On the negative side, this may also mean he isn't interested in making a game that reflects the general taste of the nostalgia HQ crowd, but is instead after making a newer game with rules and art that he and any collaborators want to see. Perhaps his strategy is a sound one. But it is also possible he will go too far to satisfy their own preferences, thus missing the opportunity to deliver a game that deserves the title.

So yeah, he looks over-extended with the early announcement, but maybe his enthusiasm will carry the day. I can see why he'd want to spread the news to prepare backers for a kickstarter, anyway. Coming forward to Old Scratch and other HQ sites as a member would be a good move, especially if more actual art and greens were available for presentation, and he payed attention to what we have to say about them.

[Goblin-King]

While I pretty much agree with everything being said, I think they only ever had two routes to go. Re-release HQ in it's original form and content. Or update a lot of stuff.

Obviously the rules could need some cleaning up.
But most of all I'd say there is no excuse in this day and age to make a game with cards not in full color.

That it would be godlike to have Gary Chalk on board doing color illustrations is a whole other thing!
The cards we've seen are not bad at all, but it's this very common style everybody uses these days. Soft bright colors. It's nice but a little bland.
Besides those cards looks like they all belong in different games! There is no coherent look. The old ones at least had the identifying banner at the bottom.

I hate to say it, but right this moment I'm extremely unexcited about this project.
They gotta give us something good soon!

(I honestly think we in here could make an excellent remake from scratch. We have lots of designers, sculptors, molders, painters - anything you'd need.)
Only problem though would be agreeing on the direction...

[knightkrawler]

We COULD start a poll concerning
- what minis?
- in which style?
- card art
- new quest book?
- houserules and rule cleaning-ups
and so on.