Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Daedalus]

. . . Where can we read about the "it's really coming to retail" news? That to me is way bigger than all this other fluff. The two game shops I talked to in the midwestern US both said they were getting nada (unless they pledged or got a "pre-owned" copy from a pledger... at markup).

According to this Polygon interview,

Update (Sept. 23, 11:44 a.m. EDT): The campaign for the revised version of HeroQuest is officially a success. The game will be made, and, according to O’Rourke, that means it will also show up on store shelves in 2021.

[wallydubbs]

According to this Polygon interview,

Update (Sept. 23, 11:44 a.m. EDT): The campaign for the revised version of HeroQuest is officially a success. The game will be made, and, according to O’Rourke, that means it will also show up on store shelves in 2021.

I just read the article and this part struck me as bullsh*+:
"This relaunch is all about the fans,” O’Rourke told Polygon, “and we want them to believe in the product and feel invested in it. By putting this on Hasbro’s crowdfunding platform [we] will have the opportunity to truly engage with the fan community and work together with them.”
Where is this "working together" notion that he speaks of?
They haven't really taken suggestions or opinions, they've been remarkably silent about what's taking so long or when we're supposed to get it.
I'm actually starting to get upset that i in ested money into this as that's all it seems to be about.

[Leathaface79]

Where is this "working together" notion that he speaks of?

They did do a Q&A that got them to not make all the figs gray. (not to mention they just did a survey to talk about the companion app and what features are important to us.) Not a lot of interaction, but there has been some.

Will all the models be grey?
Based on community feedback, we have decided to differentiate model colors.

[Kurgan]

After complaints ('feedback') they differentiated the models according to classic colors... they revised the clothing of the Druid hero... and they opened up the territories where the game would be released...
Of course maybe they planned to all along, but it appears our 'feedback' has had some effect. The complaints for lack of updates haven't really done much, as an occasional picture has been the only supplement to 'Zargon's twitter grandpa jokes. That is, until the App Survey Email.

. . . Where can we read about the "it's really coming to retail" news? That to me is way bigger than all this other fluff. The two game shops I talked to in the midwestern US both said they were getting nada (unless they pledged or got a "pre-owned" copy from a pledger... at markup).

According to this Polygon interview,

Update (Sept. 23, 11:44 a.m. EDT): The campaign for the revised version of HeroQuest is officially a success. The game will be made, and, according to O’Rourke, that means it will also show up on store shelves in 2021.

Thanks for the link. Since it's not a direct quote though, I'm still a little skeptical. Could be a figure of speech, after all. But it would be the first piece of good news in awhile if literally true!

[Kurgan]

Here's a direct link to the video that was posted not long ago: https://twitter.com/i/status/1423290522068676614 (trailer for the "companion app")

How far we've come since that original remake trailer. But why change the dice?

Sorry for reposting those two pics that were posted multiple times by others (of the Expansion boxes for the remake).

Shadzar's Avalon Hill HQ timeline (not every video is a rant, I found this one helpful to get people up to speed)

I liked this video, sharing his thoughts on the app

[Blayze]

The Target product webpage was up for an unknown length of time, but now it's been disabled.

Not before I got the UPC (195166137230), though; stick that number into Google and see what information the data-scraping websites have saved--some of which you can get at without even clicking on the link.

They're all either WOWHD, music websites (Best guess is they scrape for the word "classic" or "retro" or something) or dodgy-looking hellholes. Either way, most of them say the first of August as the release date, which is almost certainly when whatever site they scraped had its placeholder entry put up, especially since many of them have exactly a hundred five-star reviews and share the same "Hasbro Gamming" typo.

Now I just need a way to see if the expansions have their own UPCs.

Either way, the scrapers should hopefully let us see if the release date changes from the placeholder on the proper websites.

[Kurgan]

The latest video says "late 2021" although that might refer only to the app. The fundraiser page says "around Fall 2021" for shipping to pledgers.

[FainFlynn]

Does anyone else use Battle Masters as a prequel or prologue to HeroQuest?

[lestodante]

Where is this "working together" notion that he speaks of?

They did do a Q&A that got them to not make all the figs gray. (not to mention they just did a survey to talk about the companion app and what features are important to us.) Not a lot of interaction, but there has been some.

Will all the models be grey?
Based on community feedback, we have decided to differentiate model colors.

It was a MUST DO thing, not following a fan request. I guess people were not "asking" for colors, they were just worried to receive all the figures in grey.
They probably wated to discuss more with fans on Twitter but seems Zargon hacked and took control of their account. This was fun at first but now there are a lot of nonsense topic. Quantity over quality! As the new sculpts also...

[Kurgan]

Does anyone else use Battle Masters as a prequel or prologue to HeroQuest?

Since I've never played it, my knowledge is limited to looking at pictures online (and I have a few of the miniature designs that others have modified into HeroQuest miniatures) and my skimming of the rulebook as to its intended connections to HQ.

When I first heard about BM I kind of imagined it was what was going on in the background or right after Kellar's Keep... the Emperor's armies were sacking the forces of Zargon and later fighting back against the Ogre horde. I guess in reality it's a seperate adventure of encroachment to the border lands. So is this invasion campaign what prompted the Emperor to enlist Mentor to seek out the four? Or was it just something that was happening in the background rather than the final battle that resulted after your exploits were over?

I sort of imagine that the Heroes are either conducting their special ops missions at the same time as the war effort is occurring elsewhere or perhaps the battles happen in between, with loses or victories being impacted by the Heroes' progress.

Even though set in the same Warhammer fantasy inspired world and designed largely by the same people (released after HeroQuest itself) it could be treated separately or take place any time, but bigger nerd historians than I can answer that definitively. Would I "use it"? Sure I guess...

I could imagine something like BM happening and it might be cool to play a game of it after playing through all of HQ but since it's a totally different type of game, it might not appeal to everyone (plus it is expensive to track down a complete set in decent condition). I absolutely do not have the floor space to play it at this point in time even if I had the desire to plunk down the cash on such a find. So to me it's just a neat little peak into some more related lore, similar to hearing about Advanced Hero Quest.

Will Hasbro revive BattleMasters next? Who knows. I don't think it ever achieve the same level of popularity and isn't so ingrained in public consciousness, at least over here in the states.