What order should the quest packs be played?

[wallydubbs]

Hasbro/Avalon Hill have been growing increasingly silent since wiping HeroQuest from their website. Numerous consumers are now unsure where to get it.
Dread on the Horizon and Return of the Witch Queen have yet to make it on line, nor do I think they intend to.
I think they have/had intentions for another quest pack with Grawshak as the villain, he was mentioned in the last 2 on line quests and he came up several times in Wizards of Morcar. Whether Hasbro/Avalon Hill intend to carry on with this other expansion is uncertain. We are in the dying down phase and the only new content I've seen advertised is the dice set and matt for Wizards of Morcar... It's been 9 months since Wizards of Morcar became available. I'd love to see a new expansion before the end but don't count me hopeful. But I AM grateful for all the new content we've gotten since 2021.

[Kurgan]

Let's see what happens next month.

[Naniyue]

Actually, I haven't played anything in about a year, so my mind is pretty clear of my old runs, and I've decided to play First Light for the first time with new characters. In the past, I've played through the original campaign, Kellar's Keep, ROTWL, and most of The Frozen Horror. I believe I currently have everything that's been (re)released, including Wizards of Morcar. And so, which pack(s) do you suggest I play after First Light?

[wallydubbs]

Actually, I haven't played anything in about a year, so my mind is pretty clear of my old runs, and I've decided to play First Light for the first time with new characters. In the past, I've played through the original campaign, Kellar's Keep, ROTWL, and most of The Frozen Horror. I believe I currently have everything that's been (re)released, including Wizards of Morcar. And so, which pack(s) do you suggest I play after First Light?

Prophecy of Telor would be a good one to go for next. If you want to start a 3rd group of heroes, running them through Spirit Queen's Torment is a good option as you'd have 3 groups built up afterwards.
Once you get to the bigger boxes like FH and AtOH the difficulty is raised (more so in FH and MotM). But after Frozen Horror go with MotM, RotDM, AtOH, WoM, JoD and CoPD. Asides from Mage of the Mirror and Rise of the Dread Moon don't feel obligated to use the same hero groups for all these expansions. Sometimes I like to play it that multiple story lines are playing out at once and Mentor is sending out different groups of heroes to handle each.

[The Admiral]

Sometimes I like to play it that multiple story lines are playing out at once and Mentor is sending out different groups of heroes to handle each.

That is a very good way to go. Heroes can get strong quite quickly so that many quest packs just aren't a challenge for them. We currently have 10 groups on their own paths.

[Foilfodder]

...don't feel obligated to use the same hero groups for all these expansions. Sometimes I like to play it that multiple story lines are playing out at once and Mentor is sending out different groups of heroes to handle each.

+1 wallydubbs
Mentor definitely has different groups going out. In First Light's narative he talks to the heroes about events in the original campaign, informing the heroes as he finds out. The capture of Sir Ragnar and the Witch Lord awakening to name two. So the sames heroes running the original campaign and First Light would be awkward chronologically...

There are many posts here at Ye Olde Inn referring to lore and which quests take place when chronologically...but don't limit yourself or other players to same group of four heroes. I just started Rise of the Dread Moon, I am using a Knight and Rogue that have run previous quests, but added a new Wizard and Elf. Likewise, the Berserker and Scout may come with the JoD expansion, but you aren't forced to use them in those quests.

I think we have 12 choices for individual hero classes, plus alternate genders or alernate scupts like the promo Druid or limited run Knight release which differ from standard retail heroes. Mix it up!

[wallydubbs]

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I think we have 12 choices for individual hero classes, plus alternate genders or alernate scupts like the promo Druid or limited run Knight release which differ from standard retail heroes. Mix it up!

When I look at the storyline of Prophecy of Telor, it makes more sense that the Melar possession angle would start shortly after the hero dawns the Talisman of Lore. You can have one group run the Game System and another go through First Light. As much as players might want to keep the same groups together, the bearer of the Talisman of Lore might have more pressing matters, so he's unable to join the main group into Keller's Keep and the groups mixes and matches with the secondary group from First Light. One group attempts to save the king while the rest deal with Melar possessing their friend.
You could even have Mentor start a tertiary group he leaves with Silvana for SQT.

Later you can assume that AtOH is happening simultaneously with MotM as Ogres seem to be aiding Sinestra. So it's not impossible that Zargon's hatching two plans at once... Perhaps even a third group fighting the Frozen Horror.