RISE OF THE DREAD MOON discussion

[Kurgan]

Thanks for sharing the video! I return to see domymontalto shared many screen shots on HeroQuestFans Discord which I am mirroring below... original source mapped as Crossover Universo Nerd.

The live size furniture makes me jealous that I missed this stupendous display!

[Kurgan]

Here you have the Italian video where can be watched some of the pictures shared in the last hours in media about Rise of the Dread Moon expansion:

https://youtu.be/UTsf8x8OEX8

More detailed pics but I guess they do not show anything we already know.

Cool stuff... and some more of domymontalto's screen shots also featured on Facebook... showing more detail on what we've seen already.

[Kurgan]

And the final batch of shots, the components are looking good so far. Not much time left to wait for the real thing I suppose...!

[opalmox]

Awfully big box for that little bit, I'm curious what else will be coming and what information that they are going to put out or is included for the Cadre.

Thank you for the pics and updated information.

[Kurgan]

Perhaps a large block of foam that can be cut up and used to pad the rest of the boxes? Just kidding. There will be more plastic miniatures and cardboard, we just don't know what they are yet...

[LucaRocks]

I don't know guys... Hasbro is notorious for upcharging for so called "deluxe" figures that have little to no reason to be labeled deluxe. They don't even include a figure stand for any figure in ANY of their lines, and that's basically just a plastic disk! They are the kings of overpricing.

I only bring that up because of the pic which Kurgan posted back in March I think (thanks to Kurgan). It shows expansion boxes stacked on one another (attached). That Dread moon box looks smaller than the other two. I thought it was foreshortening because of the way the pic was taken (which is suspicious that they would take the photo with that angle) but you can clearly see that the Heroquest title part has been shrunk down and has been squished closer to the Rise title, which tells me the box is smaller than the others. Maybe Hasbro doesn't want this to have much plastic because it's something completely new? Maybe Hasbro won't take a chance on something that hasn't been previously released? Maybe translucent minis blew the budget for this set?

I hope I'm wrong but think about it... MotM had a ton of stuff shown before release, which only got people more excited for it. It is currently sold out on a few online sites. Releasing all the info about Rise would make more people want to preorder it. Why would they not show everything a month before release? Do they have no minis left to show? Why do we not have preorders yet? Marvel Legends get preorders for stuff that's releasing NEXT YEAR. Why don't we have a preorder so close to release? Are they still fine tuning before release? But if so, then the release date would get pushed back, right? It's all very strange. Especially since AH have been very good at addressing fan concerns in the past. But in this case they don't seem to have done so.

Maybe I'm just being a conspiracy theorist, but I'm not going to get over hyped. I like what they've shown so far and will buy this, but I'm not setting myself up for disappointment. Maybe someone can mention my theory in the official discord and AH can refute my claims by showing more stuff LOL

[lestodante]

That's just a matter of perspective in my opinion. I guess the boxes are all three of the same size.
I am sure there is more content inside the box, but they were not allowed to share at Modena Play.
As an example, Sir Ragnar miniature was not shown, neither the potion cards. They are just revealing again the same things we've already seen because that's what they want to reveal at the moment.
Also consider Italian hasbro team were not so much into the game itself, they didn't know exactly how the Paladin works and also heard someone confusing his Stalwart skill as some kind of resurrection skill...

[HispaZargon]

I am sure there is more content inside the box, but they were not allowed to share at Modena Play.

I have no doubt about that. The commercial success of this expansion is really important for Hasbro and their HeroQuest brand, I would bet they are going to include much more new stuff than the one they have shown until now. For sure will be more miniatures inside, at least 1 or 2 villian miniatures, and at least minimum 1 or 2 more new monsters. New furniture or special freak addons should be also included to follow the marketing concept they have already followed for Frozen Horror and Mage of the Mirror. The number of new cards I think will also be good addons, including new rules and features (maybe a new deck of spells for the Heroes?). Even I don't discard they have included a big cracking item in the box. Otherwise, I would be surprised.

As an example, Sir Ragnar miniature was not shown, neither the potion cards. They are just revealing again the same things we've already seen because that's what they want to reveal at the moment.
Also consider Italian hasbro team were not so much into the game itself, they didn't know exactly how the Paladin works and also heard someone confusing his Stalwart skill as some kind of resurrection skill...

Of course, Hasbro is controlling a lot what we can see and what not. In the last cons in Barcelona and Modena only was available the front cover of the box, I would think neither the organizers did not have the back one to check the full content, which is nowadays unknown for the public.

[Maalicia_Ironhoof]

One would also presume the new potions deck will include all Alchemist Shop potions released so far for retail packs (including ROTWL/KK, FH, MITM) plus 4 new ones for ROTDM, which would mean a new card deck of a minimum of 16 cards, PLUS more if they decide to make some of the treasure and equipment cards from the base game as a part of it too.

[QorDaq]

One would also presume the new potions deck will include all Alchemist Shop potions released so far for retail packs (including ROTWL/KK, FH, MITM) plus 4 new ones for ROTDM, which would mean a new card deck of a minimum of 16 cards, PLUS more if they decide to make some of the treasure and equipment cards from the base game a part of it too.

May it be so. I am almost as intrigued by the Alchemy/ Potion deck as I am for the Specters... Dare I hope to see a Scroll deck at some point in the future? Even as a separate purchase, that would be great.