Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Kurgan]

Classic FOMO and scalper fodder. Then again if this is the edition that hits retail store shelves in most territories... who cares?

But calling it a "Gamestop exclusive" is annoying. Then again if it's just a miniature, vs. extra content, that's not much motivation to seek it out and play it. Lacking pictures or other details (for now) makes it a big case of "nah."

We have to remember of course that most HeroQuest Fans don't have a way to get a brand new copy short of shelling out on the "aftermarket." So any way to get it into the hands of more people (ordinary folks, rather than deep pocket elite collectors) is a good thing in my view.

But yes, exclusives are annoying. Buy it at Target you get exclusive A, buy it at Gamestop you get exclusive B, buy it at Walmart you get exclusive C and through the website exclusive D... (hidden message: BUY FOUR COPIES, FANBOYS!).

Posted a video of my thoughts here at the usual place

[Kimarous]

But yes, exclusives are annoying. Buy it at Target you get exclusive A, buy it at Gamestop you get exclusive B, buy it at Walmart you get exclusive C and through the website exclusive D... (hidden message: BUY FOUR COPIES, FANBOYS!).

I remember back when MK9 was launched with pre-order DLC skins, people were scalping the exclusive skin codes for ridiculous sums. I remember thinking "You fools... they're obviously going to package them as a DLC pack down the line" and sure enough, I was right. Not that I tried rubbing it in everyone's face, but I did feel kinda bad for the people scammed into paying hundreds for a single skin, only for the full set to become a $5 pack just weeks later.

[elvyler]

It says available this month. I'll give my local store a call tomorrow and see if they have any details. If it really is available there this month, then I might be able to get it at retail before they even ship it from the pulse campaign!

[Kurgan]

You could even ship it to people in other places... of course for all we know stores in their areas will start carrying it making that unnecessary if you just want your own copy.

[Gatch]

If it's a GameStop exclusive, well, I got a GameStop in my hometown...but that is still annoying for a lot of folk. I'll see about it, I suppose.

[Kurgan]

Let's say it's a brand new Hero, that means it may be like the other new heroes, not having any special inclusion in the existing quests, just something you can figure out how you might want to use it. Again more details needed. Somebody walk to their Gamestop and do an unboxing? Even before you take it home you should be able to see on the back of the box or whatever what is inside.

[Cael Darkhollow]

Since when has Gamestop sold board games of any kind? As far as I know they sell video games and some pop merch associated with video games and that's it...
I seriously doubt Hasbro would do a secret exclusive with them when basic retail hasn't even been firmly confirmed with anyone let alone a videogame store...
but this release has been a weird ride who knows.
Certainly nothing in that picture is an exclusive. Smells fishy

[Edge]

As Shadzar posted... https://www.gamestop.ca/Views/Locale/Content/Images/flyers/2021/november/giftguide/English/page25/row2-3_col2-3.jpg, and https://www.gamestop.ca/GiftGuidePage25 (in the Gift Guide, not on the regular site... no need to video any print ads after all)

So I retract my earlier statement (saying Redditors were reporting fake news), I didn't click on the gift guide link.. there it is. odd indeed!

It IS the old stock photo we've seen before on other sites prior to release, with the black pip movement dice (the actual pips are white in the final version).

What precisely it all means, I'd take the minimalist approach rather than assuming Gamestop is selling a completely new expansion full of all kinds of brand new content for 26 canadian dollars, until I see more official info on it.

Edit: As you can see from the actual pic, it says HeroQuest Knight Expansion Character also available for $25.99. Sir Ragnar certainly qualifies as a "character" although he's not part of any expansion. Could the expansions refer to KK/ROTWL? But then that's not just the Game System. So it's a little confusing. But it might mean GS+KK+ROTWL with Sir Ragnar for that price, rather than anything to do with Mythic Tier or some hitherto unrevealed new expansion pack. I'm not against other territories getting exclusive content, but I'll believe it when I see it.

I can’t get these links to work. Did anyone happen to capture the actual pics from Gamestop?

I’m a bit put off by retailer exclusives. It seems to incentivize scalping. I bet this is the tease from Zargon, though.

*sigh* I’m outside the US, so still don’t have hands on my Mythic Tier, and already another thing coming that will be very hard for me to get. This is precisely the shenanigans that I was hoping an official rerelease by a major global toy company would avoid. The best thing about HeroQuest was its mainstream accessibility to the masses, all products available everywhere from toy shops to department stores to hobby shops, with no exclusives except NA/UK. I was hoping even those region exclusives would also be rereleased globally.

I’ll wait to learn more, but I’m a little worried about where this is going.

But yes, exclusives are annoying. Buy it at Target you get exclusive A, buy it at Gamestop you get exclusive B, buy it at Walmart you get exclusive C and through the website exclusive D... (hidden message: BUY FOUR COPIES, FANBOYS!).

I remember back when MK9 was launched with pre-order DLC skins, people were scalping the exclusive skin codes for ridiculous sums. I remember thinking "You fools... they're obviously going to package them as a DLC pack down the line" and sure enough, I was right. Not that I tried rubbing it in everyone's face, but I did feel kinda bad for the people scammed into paying hundreds for a single skin, only for the full set to become a $5 pack just weeks later.

Maybe they’d package all the “exclusive” figures together with the Mythic exclusives or something for retail release? Though that’s kind of a middle finger to Mythic backers if we have to buy all those over again to get the one or two we don’t have…

Everything is so uncertain about the retail release. We really have no idea what to expect or how things will be handled.

Bummer. That was such a short window of finally celebrating backers getting our orders and having some sense of knowing what’s going on.

[Gatch]

Since when has Gamestop sold board games of any kind? As far as I know they sell video games and some pop merch associated with video games and that's it...
I seriously doubt Hasbro would do a secret exclusive with them when basic retail hasn't even been firmly confirmed with anyone let alone a videogame store...
but this release has been a weird ride who knows.
Certainly nothing in that picture is an exclusive. Smells fishy

I recall seeing some themed Monopoly boards at GameStop, but that's true that tabletop games aren't exactly their main bread and butter. They sell some stuff, like, I've seen some D&D stuff, but video games are what they're best known for.

[Darkfox190]

At least this seems to be a separate exclusive product, rather than "The GameStop version of the game has these exclusives, the Target version has these exclusives, the Walmart version has these exclusives..." so from the sound of it, we'll be able to just buy the Knight pack from GameStop without having to shell out for additional copies of the base game. My big hope is that we don't see any regional exclusives - Like European or US only released packs. It would be nice for everyone to have access to everything, without dealing with import/export issues, costs, and additional shipping times.