Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Oftkilted]

REMINDER: Monday is the deadline to cancel your orders!

The highest fundraiser total recorded was $3,775,444, it now stands at $3,724,748, a drop of $50,696. Don't worry though, the last unlock was at 3.6 mill. (I can't do the numbers like Leathaface79, or Oftkilted!)

Kind of makes you wonder why people are cancelling.

By my reckoning, a $50K drop is equivalent to around 300 Mythic Tiers being cancelled, or 500 Heroic Tiers being cancelled, so if you assume an even mix of the two, it's around 400 people cancelling their orders (assuming one copy per person).

Money issues? Credit card processing failures? Budget changes between when they pledged and now? Not reading the fine print that it wouldn’t be delivered until next fall and they wanted a present to give for Christmas?

[j_dean80]

Added extra copies to try and hit stretch goals? When it didn’t get reached, now they cancelled their extra copy.

[cynthialee]

it isn't people canceling
there was some glitch in the payment system that caused a lot of people to get notified there was an issue

I got such a message and as I check messages and react in a timely manner we got it sorted out.

Those people who don't check emails or ignore them lost out

[Davane]

it isn't people canceling
there was some glitch in the payment system that caused a lot of people to get notified there was an issue

I got such a message and as I check messages and react in a timely manner we got it sorted out.

Those people who don't check emails or ignore them lost out

That makes more sense.

[Zull Rogar]

What is interesting is that they never send to Brazil.
I miss the original, the only one that Estrela brought here.

[Oftkilted]

What is interesting is that they never send to Brazil.
I miss the original, the only one that Estrela brought here.

They didn’t do this round of availability in any non-English primary language country.

Hopefully they will expand the translations and bring it globally some time next year.

[Davane]

What is interesting is that they never send to Brazil.
I miss the original, the only one that Estrela brought here.

They didn’t do this round of availability in any non-English primary language country.

Hopefully they will expand the translations and bring it globally some time next year.

Shame when you think about it - global translations could have seen the HQ funding drive smash $4 million with ease...

[cornixt]

I hear the Brazil requires it to be made in Brazil or have giant import taxes, which is a hassle either way. Might be easier to import if it makes it to store shelves eventually.

[Zull Rogar]

The problem is that caring is even more expensive. In addition, many of the people I play with are not familiar with English.
I'm going to do the same thing that I did on Heroquest 25th anniversary, incorporating dropper ideas and translating for the crowd.
And the people here at Ye Olde also help a lot, because if it depended only on me getting the information in the videos in English and French on heroquestclassic.com, no one who knew anything about the 25th
But it's that ... fan is a fan anywhere on the planet.

[Kurgan]

I was going to make a wise-crack about it taking extra time to make those finely crafted cardboard miniatures for the new remake, but I'll refrain...

Seriously I feel bad for any country that got Hero Quest back in the day but is being cut out of the deal this time. That means a lot more work for us fans!

They are going to lose a ton of money to ebay dudes who will be shipping it all over the globe late next year, I'm sure...


And I see the total stands at $3,722,649 as of this post (drop of $2,099). I haven't been paying attention each day to see how much it is slipping, but it seems to be continuing to slip down. Again, no worries about it going below $3.6 million before release, that is pretty much impossible.

Edit: As of 12/22, no drop from that total. We'll see how it looks after New Years...