BQP: The Frozen Horror Remake Main Thread!

[Warkraken]

Hello,
it might have been already asked but... is there a way to play this expansion without finishing the basic quests first? Like a starting equipment/allotment/gold for each character?
Thanks in advance!

[Kurgan]

This is a common homebrew tactic. The three solo adventures seem to be optional (the book "sells" them as a way either for a beginner player to get up to speed GOOD LUCK WITH THAT as the quest are extremely difficult even for a veteran player... or when you have only two players and presumably one doesn't want to control multiple heroes).

I have played many quests where I either give the hero players gold to go shopping or deal them out random equipment. To start them off right you probably want them at full power for these group quests as they are very difficult. I recommend getting "into the northlands" for further suggestions.

I have some of my own that are well known..

Allow characters to "blindly jump" over squares they suspect MIGHT be traps (but have not been searched for). This could help with traps on the other side of a door that are otherwise a real pain. I would also allow Heroes to roll multiple combat dice during a Yeti hug attack (in the group quests) to escape damage, escape the hold, or reverse the hold (and do damage to the monster!) using white shields. Challenging yes, but not unforgivingly so. Making the Yeti hug attack only 1 BP damage per round instead of 2 (and to compensate you can allow the Yeti to defend with 2 dice while "hugging" if attacked).

I would also do as they suggest and stuff extra potions and treasures into various places (such as empty treasure chests or other furniture rooms, or perhaps a big monster leaves it behind).

When I say "fully equipped" I am thinking the Wizard has his Wizard's Staff & Cloak, with Bracers. The other three heroes have body armor, helmet, shield (or if using battle axe then some form of plate armor), and some potions so that everyone has the ability to heal at least even if caught by themselves (yet, STAY TOGETHER!). Money for buying mercenaries and potions each question is very important in this pack. The game flat out says to buy mercenaries, so at the very least, money to hire these men-at-arms is the bare minimum I would say.

Other tactics if you don't want to skip the solo quests, is to play them with an "animal companion" as into the Northlands suggests, or just flat out play them with multiple heroes and/or mercenaries (you can always say the mercs joined up later or were prisoners you freed rather than hirelings if you want to follow the letter but not the spirit of the original rules).

[SirRick]

You could…though it’s sort of like jumping off a cliff. Sure you could do it, but it’s not recommended. That being said, the quest book seems to imply the 3 solo quests in the quest book are for a new player/hero to “catch up”. Because it was never play tested, this means certain death.

I think if you just wanted to start the Frozen Horror pack right away, I would give the party all the Game System Artifacts, and toss them a few helmets or shields to simulate what they might have purchased in the main quest book. You should also start with the downloadable quest “Into the Northlands” before starting the book itself. You may even need to give them gold to hire mercenaries for the solo quests and/or make use of the animal companion.

The solo quests have a decent amount of loot, so if the player survives, then by the time you play the group quests, everyone will be equipped similarly as if they played previous quest books.

If you have a group playing the game, you might consider just playing the solo quests as group quests so the other players don’t miss several sessions waiting for the Barbarian to finish the solo adventures.

[TheLastChaosWarrior]

Hi, I am in the UK and my Amazon page now says it has now shipped!!!!!!
I never had the Quest pack as a kid, obviously, so I cant wait to get it!

[lestodante]

That's good. But I hope this topic will not become like the facebook groups where everybody is posting screenshot of their "shipped!" email!
Or the front box of the pack once they receive it

[nathanielz]

Hi all, perhaps it's the wrong forum, but the hasbro companion app added yesterday the Frozen Horror quest book.

In the options, you can enable "Hug Break". If so, when caught in a yeti hug, the app allows you to roll 2 red dice per turn, and break the hug on a 5 or 6. Statistically, it is the same as rolling 2 white dice and breaking the hug on a white shield.

Can't say they don't hear the community suggestions!!

[HispaZargon]

Yeah... as far as I have checked, the Yeti does not hug the Barbarian in que App's BQP Solo quests. In the other hand, in party quests they hug as normally in the App following the rules you comment.

[SirRick]

It weird there is this new hug break maneuver that was not mentioned in the “Into the Northlands” quest rules changes. Maybe they updated the file

[HispaZargon]

It weird there is this new hug break maneuver that was not mentioned in the “Into the Northlands” quest rules changes. Maybe they updated the file

Well, I guess you mean such fix in the App fits with what is recommended in "Into the Nothlands" free quest. This is what the free quest says:

Yeti_Hug_Into_the_Northlands.JPG

Honestly I am positively impressed about they included such fix in the App only for Solo quests.

[wallydubbs]

It weird there is this new hug break maneuver that was not mentioned in the “Into the Northlands” quest rules changes. Maybe they updated the file

Well, I guess you mean such fix in the App fits with what is recommended in "Into the Nothlands" free quest. This is what the free quest says:

Yeti_Hug_Into_the_Northlands.JPG

Honestly I am positively impressed about they included such fix in the App only for Solo quests.

You call that a fix? It's a recommendation. They address it, yes, which is surprising in itself, however it's also a cop-out. It's not really fixing it when all they're saying is "Oh yeah, for the Solo quests? Just don't do it."