Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Anderas]

I just separated all the symbols out of the Rogars Hall Quest...
They are nice! I don't like the fireplace but the rest is really nice!

[FainFlynn]

Anyone notice we keep losing pledges everyday?

[Kurgan]

Hey we've got female warlocks and male witches. What is the underworld of dark magic coming to???

Hey, for me they can call themselves whatever they want, It's a free alternate universe.

I can call my wizard Hero a pink one eyed goblin. It does not make it so.

If we're going down this route, then every single character in Heroquest is a Barbarian, because none of them speak Greek (Except in a Greek language version if there is one, in which case nobody in that version is a Barbarian).

Maybe YOUR Barbarians don't speak it....

In HeroQuest they're using the common 80's RPG stereotype of Barbarian which is a big strong warrior person who tends to fight without full armor. Aesthetically he's based on Conan. But he can wear armor, and even use magic in some circumstances, which means he can read too!

As opposed to "anybody who isn't a Roman citizen." This isn't earth, it's an alternative world in another dimension that is only "loosely based" on earth history and geography. It's not a hard and fast rule, these definitions. I mean, what is an "Elf"? Is it a tiny little cute magical creature that helps you find treasure or make toys for good little girls and boys, or some kind of quasi-immortal woodsman/angel? Are these Orcs the mushroom kind, mutant elves, just another subspecies of goblins, some kind of physical demon or space alien? Is this Dwarf a diminutive human with a genetic disease, some kind of magical humanoid species of craftsmen that lives underground or what?

There's ambiguity, but examples of differences can be found proving it's not identical to something else that happens to have the same thing.

Anyone notice we keep losing pledges everyday?

$3,769,145. When the deadline was reached, actually there were a bunch of jumps in the number and those have been steadily dropping.

I wonder how many people pledged extra at the last minute, hoping they'd "unlock" that Dragon... and then tried to get out of it later? I have no proof, of course, just a hunch.

Then again I said times are tough, so you could see some stuff get cancelled when all is said and done. People have until Dec 7th to cancel their orders. And once it gets delivered, assuming you don't OPEN it, you have something like 90 days to return it. So if it's the difference between feeding your family or paying your rent, that luxury item doesn't seem to great anymore.

Companies still have to try to do business of course, I'm just sayin'.

[Oftkilted]

Hey we've got female warlocks and male witches. What is the underworld of dark magic coming to???

Hey, for me they can call themselves whatever they want, It's a free alternate universe.

I can call my wizard Hero a pink one eyed goblin. It does not make it so.

If we're going down this route, then every single character in Heroquest is a Barbarian, because none of them speak Greek (Except in a Greek language version if there is one, in which case nobody in that version is a Barbarian).

Maybe YOUR Barbarians don't speak it....

In HeroQuest they're using the common 80's RPG stereotype of Barbarian which is a big strong warrior person who tends to fight without full armor. Aesthetically he's based on Conan. But he can wear armor, and even use magic in some circumstances, which means he can read too!

Actually ... the “no armor or helmet”? That is entirely based on Conan the Barbarian Movies.

In nearly all of the novels armor and helmets were pretty darn standard for Conan.

[Severindrax]

Hey we've got female warlocks and male witches. What is the underworld of dark magic coming to???

Hey, for me they can call themselves whatever they want, It's a free alternate universe.

I can call my wizard Hero a pink one eyed goblin. It does not make it so.

If we're going down this route, then every single character in Heroquest is a Barbarian, because none of them speak Greek (Except in a Greek language version if there is one, in which case nobody in that version is a Barbarian).

Maybe YOUR Barbarians don't speak it....

In HeroQuest they're using the common 80's RPG stereotype of Barbarian which is a big strong warrior person who tends to fight without full armor. Aesthetically he's based on Conan. But he can wear armor, and even use magic in some circumstances, which means he can read too!

Actually ... the “no armor or helmet”? That is entirely based on Conan the Barbarian Movies.

In nearly all of the novels armor and helmets were pretty darn standard for Conan.

He wore armour and a Helmet in the movies too. Personally, i blame it on He-Man

[Kurgan]

He-Man isn't to blame... he wore armor! (even if technically he didn't add anything to his unusual durability)

My memories of the original cartoon are a little more fuzzy, but I know there were instances in the 2002 remake of him wearing armor at times (more gladiator style than full coverage, typically).

Granted, you could still make some argument that Conan and He-Man didn't wear full plate. They threw on a leather coat... a helmet, maybe even a steel cuirass. Goes against the "shirtless, leather diaper and a sword" stereotype, though, for sure. There's no actual restriction on the Barbarian using armor. So what makes him a "Barbarian"? Because he LOOKS like Conan the Barbarian and he's known to be a tough warrior.

Female barbarians often got your infamous "chainmail bikinis" at least in the comics I remember. I thought I remembered Red Sonja having a helmet in the movie version, but turns out it was more like a diadem (decorative crown).

Maybe truly D&D is to blame for these game mechanics? Gandalf, the most identifiable Wizard since Merlin, used a sword!

A lot of the actual game mechanics in HQ I know are BS, but I put up with them because it's the game I grew up with, and it would take a lot to overturn any of them. I do make and use all sorts of mods, but typically they're just adding more to the pile, not drastically changing things. Even my "De-Magicified" mod was essentially just a different coat of paint for the magic, that didn't alter gameplay.. and it gave me ideas about other things (like more opportunities to get potions or recharge "spells") that still didn't change the core gameplay I played as a kid.

So yeah, some type of brain bug, probably from a different popular game... even Rambo wore a shirt of some kind in battle more often than he didn't.

[Severindrax]

yeah, let's just call it a brain bug. I refuse to google "muscular nude men in furry underpants" for further clarification.

never again.

[phoenixcinder]

I just separated all the symbols out of the Rogars Hall Quest...
They are nice! I don't like the fireplace but the rest is really nice!

I did the same. Was shocked they were still in vector format. Too bad it didn't have all the furniture icons in it

[Kurgan]

I wonder if they won't ship to Quebec, because it's not in French? If so they need to get work on a translation... pretty sure the work has already been done!

[lestodante]

I just separated all the symbols out of the Rogars Hall Quest...
They are nice! I don't like the fireplace but the rest is really nice!

I had them in Hi-Res. I wrote you in a previous message.
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