Heroquest remake by Hasbro - The BIG discussion thread

[Orc26]

also... I did not know that fungi orcs was only 40k... that was my favorite thing about warhammer orcs in general and the fact that it isn't even true for 1/2 of them makes me sad. [More races should be less human]

[Pancho]

Leaked cards for the Druid! Unfortunately they were later replaced with the actual ones to follow the new character's restyling.

These made me smile. If I ever arrive late to a game and I’m forced to play with the Extinction Rebellion Druid, then I’m insisting that I use these cards instead.

[Cael Darkhollow]

also... I did not know that fungi orcs was only 40k... that was my favorite thing about warhammer orcs in general and the fact that it isn't even true for 1/2 of them makes me sad. [More races should be less human]

When they started 40K it was literally Warhammer but in SPAAAAACE AAAAAACE AAAAACE(echoes in a tin can) some pure fantasy concepts like dwarfs (called stubbies) quickly got the ax and were discontinued, while Goblins (Gobbos or Gretchen) and Orcs (spelled Orks) inexplicably remained (why no bizarre new space alien creations instead?) but had to have an explanation as to why they spread to every planet like a disease, so the fungus spores reproduction method was dreamt up. Also to give it distance from fantasy Warhammer orcs. It was several editions later before 40K stopped being just Warhammer Fantasy in Spaaaaaaaace and really developed intriguing setting stories and started outselling Fantasy products by a long shot. Now it is GW's main cash cow.
I never used Orks, thought it was dumb to exploit fantasy tropes in space or explain them with this planet is primitive and medieval or whatever excuse, or Mad Max road warrior them. I just bought strictly Space Marines, Tyrannids, Necrons and Eldar. My Eldar were my Predators I only selected models with helmets (no elves in space for me), Necrons were my Terminators, and 'nids are obviously ALIENS. Tau are cool but came after my time collecting 40K, and I never collected Chaos warriors in Spaaaaaace either. I bought quite a few 40k figs and books, but I was way more into WH fantasy and bought nearly everything that came out pretty much.
I have never played the Space Crusade board game, the 40k version of what the HeroQuest boardgame is to Warhammer Fantasy. I did get all the versions of Space Hulk board game though. I wonder why there was never a space version equivalent of Battlemasters?
I'm sad to see that the GW fantasy world will no longer be a part of HeroQuest, but the HeroQuest rerelease and possibly new material is still a win regardless. Mine will always be placed in that setting though.

[Goblin-King]

Nikki Dawes’s art features a tiger-like arm and claws, which inspired me to endow this new hero with a shapeshifting spell.

That's a terrible way to design! The first thing you learn in game design college is that form follows function.
Also notice that her entire theme is plants - None of her spells are plant based

Snicker snicker
first druid in history without plant spells, bwahahaha...ahem.
Back to the drawing board.

I just realized the other druid the artist drew would be a much MUCH better fit for this mechanic.
I would really like if the druid spells were extended to 6 or 7 different spells, where you pick 3. That way you could kinda "spec" her to go either full shapeshift or focus more on plant stuff.
Binding vines
Bramble armour
Toxic Pollen

Also for all you old school cool cats.
This is the model for you to smack on a HeroQuest base.
He is old shcool - he is plastic - He is Games Workshop He is... AMBER WIZARD!

[Pancho]

That’s an absolutely perfect Druid for classic Heroquest. Good find!

[FainFlynn]

Leaked cards for the Druid! Unfortunately they were later replaced with the actual ones to follow the new character's restyling.

For the plank one, you should have added "Lasts one turn, but feels like an eternity"

Otherwise, brilliant!! (not rude, funny).

[Fallensaviour]

Nikki Dawes’s art features a tiger-like arm and claws, which inspired me to endow this new hero with a shapeshifting spell.

That's a terrible way to design! The first thing you learn in game design college is that form follows function.
Also notice that her entire theme is plants - None of her spells are plant based

Snicker snicker
first druid in history without plant spells, bwahahaha...ahem.
Back to the drawing board.

I just realized the other druid the artist drew would be a much MUCH better fit for this mechanic.
I would really like if the druid spells were extended to 6 or 7 different spells, where you pick 3. That way you could kinda "spec" her to go either full shapeshift or focus more on plant stuff.
Binding vines
Bramble armour
Toxic Pollen

Also for all you old school cool cats.
This is the model for you to smack on a HeroQuest base.
He is old shcool - he is plastic - He is Games Workshop He is... AMBER WIZARD!

That is the perfect old school Druid,however;Thanks to you his price has now tripled and will be increasingly harder to find on E-bay as the entire community scrambles to obtain several copies of him...lol

[Stairwell]

I think I have that druid, that's the guy that came with one of the talisman expansions yeah?

I don't mind the new characters but I can't disagree they have a different "feel" to existing HQ. Maybe more at home in descent?

Don't mind a bard though, played through the original bards tale a few months back, my bard was a murder machine after a few tough initial dungeon crawls.

[Oftkilted]

Don't mind a bard though, played through the original bards tale a few months back, my bard was a murder machine after a few tough initial dungeon crawls.

Were you killing them softly, with his songs?
Or was it more stabbing?

(I’ll show myself out ...)

[warlordaxe]

also... I did not know that fungi orcs was only 40k... that was my favorite thing about warhammer orcs in general and the fact that it isn't even true for 1/2 of them makes me sad. [More races should be less human]

They are fungi/animal hybrids in Warhammer Fantasy/AOS as well.

https://warhammerfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Greenskins

REPRODUCTION
The Greenskins are hybrids of animal and fungal lifeforms and reproduce by means of spores being continuously released from the Greenskin's body.

When these spores take root, the infant greenskin is formed underground and once fully matured, it would dig its way to the surface under the dome of a shrivelled mushroom cap.

This is the entire basis of the Greenskin ecosystem, producing first Squigs, then Snotlings who cultivate the Squigs and the fungus they feed on, then Goblins to build the Greenskin settlements, and finally the Orcs themselves. This means the Greenskins, wherever they go, will have an abundance of food, slaves and other resources, a moving ecosystem that supports them as they unleash their WAAAGH! across the known world.