Heroquest boardgame and why it's so great

[nikolokolus]

Don't take my word for it.

 

[dream expert]

Paint job is shit.

 

[Galdred]

Paint job is shit.

Actually, that was one of the great things with Heroquest/Space Crusade. You didn't need to paint the mini, they were alreay color coded (good guys in red, undead in white, greenskins in green...), and Space Crusade even had exchangeable arms with weapons.
This was much better than GW recent offering, like Battle at Calth and its grey identical miniatures for loyalists and traitors, that require you to make final loadout choices at the time you assemble the minis.

 

[dream expert]

Actually, that was one of the great things with Heroquest/Space Crusade. You didn't need to paint the mini, they were alreay color coded (good guys in red, undead in white, greenskins in green...), and Space Crusade even had exchangeable arms with weapons.

I already knew that. But the dude painted a few of them, and they were shit. Good video though.


EDIT: I sometimes fantasize that I'll make a short tactical game using some of GW's barroom brawl rules. But then I remember all my White Dwarf magazines are in storage somewhere, and I forget all about it.

 

[Xathrodox86]

This guy knows his stuff.

 

[Galdred]

Actually, that was one of the great things with Heroquest/Space Crusade. You didn't need to paint the mini, they were alreay color coded (good guys in red, undead in white, greenskins in green...), and Space Crusade even had exchangeable arms with weapons.

I already knew that. But the dude painted a few of them, and they were shit. Good video though.


EDIT: I sometimes fantasize that I'll make a short tactical game using some of GW's barroom brawl rules. But then I remember all my White Dwarf magazines are in storage somewhere, and I forget all about it.

Indeed, his point still stands!
Heroquest was awesome, so was Space Crusade.

 

[Joined on the 4th of July]

Heroquest was awesome, so was Space Crusade.

Blood Angels captain was overpowered. Very unbalaced!

 

[Falksi]

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Nothing that has barbarians in it can be bad.

 

[Galdred]

And... it"s back, kind of...
https://heroquest.avalonhill.com/en-us

That is, if it passes the 1.000.000$ "not-kickstarter" on Hasbro site (and it seems to be for Canada and US only).
https://hasbropulse.com/products/heroquest-game-system

They also removed everything Warhammer in the references, but heh, the Old world doesn't exist anymore, and I'm glad it is not set in AoS!
There is no mention of the game system at all. I am a bit worried of having the move dice back :D

 

[SausageInYourFace]

That "modernized" cover art is literally this but IRL:

 

[Bara]

Not a fan of that cover or character art on the cards but the black and white art on the wepage ranges from good to okay.

Could have been worse, still might be if they really messed with the rules.

 

[vonAchdorf]

The cover is awful.

But it's not limited to that. What happened to the Dwarf:

 

[Galdred]

Half funded in 4 hours.
I hope they also included better rules this time:

• Monsters died way too quickly in the EU version (and were HP bags in the US one)
• No incentive to not take 32 turns to reposition before every single room
• Rolling dice to move, seriously?

As the Bardic guy said, Heroquest was there for us at the right time, but will children of today really get anything from it at this price tag, now that there are many more points of entries into the hobby (be it RPG, "heavy" boardgames or wargames)?

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

I think this is aimed much more squarely at old neckbeards rather than new kids. The $100 price tag is a key giveaway. That's still cheaper than a lot of mini-heavy crowdfunded board games but it still doesn't feel like "Mass market game made by a major manufacturer at a really reasonable price".

I dunno, I am sorely tempted to go for the $150 tier. I know I shouldn't, I'd be better off buying fucking Gloomhaven if I want a dungeon crawling boardgame I'm never going to play to sit on a shelf, but Heroquest has nostalgia for me. I've still got my heavy battered and mangled copies of both Heroquest and Warhammerquest floating around somewhere.

 

[udm]

Now with melanated dwarves

 

[Galdred]

Now with melanated dwarves

They are dark skinned because they live underground and never see the sun...
Why don't they wear helmets? The original dwarf had a cool helmet instead of this mask(?)

 

[rusty_shackleford]

They are dark skinned because they live underground and never see the sun...

I'm not sure if that's how it works

 

[vonAchdorf]

Now with melanated dwarves

They are dark skinned because they live underground and never see the sun...
Why don't they wear helmets? The original dwarf had a cool helmet instead of this mask(?)

That mask thing is worse than the skin color and dreadlocks.

 

[udm]

They are dark skinned because they live underground and never see the sun...

I'm not sure if that's how it works

Pretty sure Galdred was being sarcastic

 

[SausageInYourFace]

I want a dungeon crawling boardgame I'm never going to play to sit on a shelf

Too close to home, man

 

[Alex]

The cover is awful.

But it's not limited to that. What happened to the Dwarf:

The dwarf?! What did they do the the elf??

I mean, I dislike elves as much as the next guy, but this is just too much. The HeroQuest elf was even kinda cook, as far as elves go anyway, in that it had that old british fantasy game feel...

 

[grimace]

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What has Hasbro done to earn our trust?

 

[grimace]

https://twitter.com/timsoret/status/1308452826880847872/photo/1

https://twitter.com/The_Reviewist/status/1308457404862955523/photo/1


What could have been

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/howland_nick/status/1308496491749814272/photo/1

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The cover is awful.

But it's not limited to that. What happened to the Dwarf:

The dwarf?! What did they do the the elf??

I mean, I dislike elves as much as the next guy, but this is just too much. The HeroQuest elf was even kinda cook, as far as elves go anyway, in that it had that old british fantasy game feel...

hehe elf boobies