News: Gamezone plans a Heroquest reboot

[chaoticprime]

I agree with all of you. I do think that they haven't told us enough information, but from what I've seen on their website, it looks like a game that might be boughtable (It's a word, I promise!) when all is set and done. That's how I feel. Ugh! TMU has spoken.

Might have been boughtable.

No, my are how I wrote In the end of the day, it debends on where the price will end up.

Sorcerer.

[wolfie907]

I will be a backer no debate for me I have already collected all the expansions and I have ocd so I will be buying this I have no doubt because it says heroquest that being said I would probably buy it anyway only based on the fact that it sounds like a cool game to me even if the rules are totally different. I think that is a plus I love heroquest but we already have a ruleset for it so if nothing else im sure the new material can be converted to the old rules such as dragonstrike and other board games have been right here on this forum and we have the advantage of having the new rules as an alternate. and minis how many of the vocal opposition to new sculpts here; converted altered and painted the so treasured original hq minis or even gasp put non cannon other manufacturers minis on hq bases and created subsitutes and alternative poses in this way. As to lack of info the kickstart doesn't start for two more days im sure there will be far far more information about this at that time and im sure if gw has a problem with it they will let it be known once this is in the public eye ive backed several other kickstarts itars, dwarven forge, bones 1, and 2, myth, stonehaven, tome of horrors, drake and several of those released very little info before the projects went live I mean what do you want the exact same game with a 2014 manufacturered date stamped on the bottom. ive seen several projects changed significantly during their kickstarts based on comments submitted by backers on the kickstart page if you don't like it don't buy it but quit hatin before you even see it

[tasoe]

is this website the one and only true home of HQ?

I don't mean just here. All of the major heroquest forums should be filled with advertisements from these guys.
About their language errors I really don't care, I think they add to the cult level of a creation, but I'm not English or American so I always make linguage and grammer errors myself and can't understand how frustrating this might be.

tasoe, where I do have doubts about your statement is GameZone wanting to make money from the get-go.
I think, Spanish fans (and boy, those are active on heroquest.es) pushed the button and found a manufacturer in GameZone. Who now, of course, wants to make a shitload, I agree.
I still agree on that uncertainty with the name.

I didn't think of that. Probably there are some die hard fans behind this and their motives might be pure, but still, is it logical for some fan to want to revive HeroQuest?
It's like wanting Black Sabbath to have a "reunion" with other musicians and try to play the old-school slow heavy metal. It's not gonna work.

HeroQuest is dead. As dead as Abraham Lincoln (random example). But they both have left a great legacy behind for others to follow and imitate and be inspired from. They can have a successor, but the actual thing can't be reanimated for whatever reason and any effort of doing something like that finds me unsupportive.
I would, however, fully support an effort to create the 2 missing quest packs (dwarf and wizard), with female versions of the heroes. It would probably have some idiot looking monsters (like the barbarian pack) and some untested quests (like both barbarian and elf pack) but it wouldn't matter to me cause the originals had those flaws too.

[Goblin-King]

I would, however, fully support an effort to create the 2 missing quest packs (dwarf and wizard), with female versions of the heroes. It would probably have some idiot looking monsters (like the barbarian pack) and some untested quests (like both barbarian and elf pack) but it wouldn't matter to me cause the originals had those flaws too.

THIS is what I wanted all along...
Knowledge of the existence of the 4-ups haunts my dreams...

[Sjeng]

Dont bring Ozzy into this!

[tasoe]

Dont bring Ozzy into this!

I'm not a fan of Black Sabbath, I just named the first geezer band that came to mind. Maybe they are still around, I wouldn't know.

[TMU]

Dont bring Ozzy into this!

I'm not a fan of Black Sabbath, I just named the first geezer band that came to mind. Maybe they are still around, I wouldn't know.

You're not a fan??? Ozzy is coming to Finland soon

[torilen]

Well, since the internet ATE MY POST, I'll try it again.

First off, I try to make sure I read everyone's posts. The problem is that YOU GUYS ARE TOO DAMN LONG WINDED...
Just kidding. But it is hard to remember everything everyone says, and so I don't always speak to specific posts
when I reply.
That said, I kind of disagree with knightkrawler and chaoticprime in that the character sheets are too much writing.
It would be nice to have cards or tokens or such for Body points and all, but the sheets for HQ require next to no writing.
Of course, this is from the point of view of a role-player...not necessarily a board gamer.

Now, as far as gamezone not posting information here...this is definitely something that can be held against them.
There are only 4 or 5 heroquest forums on the internet...at least in the U.S. I don't know if there are any foreign
sites that don't come up on a internet search. But it would be nothing for them to post information once a week,
or at least once a month, on the few forums that there are on the internet.

[torilen]

As for HQ being dead - I do not agree with this at all. If a company could get the rights to publish the
game as the original, with no changes, it would bring heroquest back with a fierce vengeance. They could
publish the original board game and all the published quests, and THEN go from there. They could advertise
that their plan is to do just that, and people would be on the edge of their seat waiting to see what new
stuff they came out with.

Of course, as has been mentioned - Issaries currently uses the Heroquest name in the U.S. - and I don't
know if MB or games workshop would ever allow someone to republish the game with the original artwork
and text. (heaven for damn bid anyone else make money off the game, even if they're not any more).

[tasoe]

As for HQ being dead - I do not agree with this at all.

What I meant about it being dead, is that it was published once and now it is long out of production. Of course it is not "dead", it still lives in all of us and as long as we play with it (the boardgame) it continues to live.
I find it highly unlikely that it can ever be re-published exactly as it was, if that happens, it would be a true revival, new generations will buy it and get to experience it.
Although it wouldn't make much difference to me cause I already own it.

So, any attempt of capturing the original concept/art/feel is doomed to fail in my opinion.
Whereas a successor, even with the most ridiculous name of "HeroQuest 2" will have the priviledge that it can be as terrible as can be.
It may as well be as sucky as Home Alone 2, it will only enlarge the first one's magnitude and brilliance.
If it actually IS a great game, it's a double win situation for us fans.