FIRST LIGHT discussion

[Kurgan]

More images... mostly taken from Target.com ("out of stock" but don't panic, it's not released yet). HasbroPulse is only updated in Europe so far...
https://www.hasbropulse.com/eu/en/product/heroquest-first-light-spanish-version/G0978SG00?cgid=new

Dungeon Master reports "mountain dew" dice given away also a Mentor/Zargon type button for SWAG. Cool! (don't pay scalper prices for them please)

If you missed the previous post, look back on the page HERE for more.

[Kurgan]

More images...


If you have the App 4.0 or 4.1, DO NOT UPDATE YET, it may remove 9 out of your 10 First Light Quests, fair warning!

[Kurgan]

More.... and thanks seekhashem for getting clarification. Don't panic! (but don't update your app just yet if you already updated to 4.0/4.1!)

[Kurgan]

Apparently using a program you can "roll back" Your bluestacks (at least) to the earlier version of the App (4.1) on android OS that has all 10 first light quests (instead of just the first one as 4.2 has now). I have not attempted this myself, your mileage may vary...

Have you done a silly thing and "updated" your HeroQuest Companion App prematurely (erasing the "leaked" 10 quests of First Light)? Then it seems there's a work around... https://apkpure.com/heroquest-companion-app/com.hasbro.HeroQuest/download/4.1 "Install the downloaded xAPK (Split Android package File) with a Tool called xAPK installer Credit to Nil Bogg on AmalgamAsh Discord." and special thanks to pdXY for the info!

See below for images (with spoilers) of what it looks like in 4.1 (small spoilers, titles of quests after #1)..

Compare to the image of 4.2 which has ONLY one quest listed in first light.

[Kurgan]

No pre-order page up YET for the US, but as above, patience... it will come. You can sign up on target's website if you want to be notified when the pre-order becomes available. I'm sure someone will post here as soon as they know!

[Kurgan]

Wait... WHAT? German Website still has Clark Mitchell's "A.I." cover... is that a mistake?

https://www.hasbropulse.com/eu/en/product/heroquest-first-light-spanish-version/G0978SG00?cgid=new

Compare to the newer one from YellowFLY: (Much bigger and nicer images that we've seen in awhile)

[Kurgan]

Let's see how many changes you can spot in the text of these cards (compared to the 2021/2022 Game System) !

They didn't let us photograph these at GenCon so we had to go by memory. Now keep in mind, in the past there have been errors presented in official images (that were CGI) so take some of it with a grain of salt, but discuss!


Hand Axe is the Dwarf's starting weapon...

Zombie has "undead" keyword at the bottom.

Many minor rewordings (see Pass Through Rock for example) that don't necessarily change any mechanics.

[Kurgan]

There are 102 game cards according to the back of the box.

I don't think they left out ANYTHING from the 2021/2022 game system. Think about it... to maintain comparability, they have to include ALL Of the spells and the artifacts even the ones that are not used in these 10 quests, because of other expansions that will need them. I could be wrong of course...

I highly doubt there will be any "Alchemist Shop" at the start with images of cards that don't exist physically in the box as well or new artifacts at the end of the booklet. (would people be upset again if there were images but no actual cards?)

The previous GS had 4 reference cards, granted they were different looking than the FL ones. Maybe First Light has only one of these cards instead of one for each hero?
But otherwise there doesn't seem to be any room for any new cards out of that count.

Of course at GenCon I saw dupes of various Equipment cards, just like the GS. But are there still 3 helmets, 3 shields, 2 battle axes, 2 crossbows, and 2 longswords? If they eliminated some of those dupes they would have room for things like the Hearthkin Horn to have a card, or Dread Flame, etc.

Then again do those "new" dread spells need cards? Strictly speaking, no, as those abilities are described in the quests where they are needed, similar to how without giving too much away, Rise of the Dread Moon had a boss character with new magical powers that were just in the notes, not on cards. In MOTM Sinestra never had a card in the original (they ran out of room on the sheet; but the remake never bothered to add it).

Now of course PoT and CoPD infamously added abilities that had no card (like a Lighting Bolt spell scroll) which WERE added in the retail versions.

But I think unless the card number is off, we're probably NOT going to get any new cards in this box, as disappointing as that might sound. I hope I'm wrong, for the sake of everyone who wanted that. I'd rather see a few new things (besides the obvious Dragon card) rather than just more dupes (since cards don't limit the supply of Equipment, or Artifacts for that matter... cards are more for reference to write things down on your sheet... unless a random draw is required, then having more than one copy of something is helpful but this is a rare thing outside of the Treasure Deck).

[Kurgan]

Thanks to spookyhappyfun for capturing this nice image of the HearthKin Horn artifact (that probably doesn't have a physical card in the box)... posted in HeroQuestFans Discord, captured from the companion App (v.4.1). It turns out this artifact can only be used within First Light, I mistakenly thought it could be used anywhere, but that's not so, at least in this version.

[Pelkone]

"That crunching noise did not sound good."

The excellence of millennial writing has come to bless Heroquest, as well. Should also add

"He's right behind me, isn't he?" for Wandering Monsters and "Well, this is awkward." for when you have to reach to a tip of an old boot to find a gem.