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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby shy-design » November 26th, 2013, 3:11 pm

hey everyone... Its been a while since my last post around here, but I just had to get back to the inn and see what everyone thought about this. Admittedly I got excited at first about this, and even so after I watched the video... but I am still on the fence about pledging, as with many of you here. It almost seems like it's a "too good to be true" scenario ... or is Heroquest just so precious and dear to us here, the nostalgia, the bulky minis, the late 80s hairdos :) ... either way I am cought in a conundrum.

do these guys really love HQ ... i mean really? or is it a money making machine fueled by the KS demographic?
I do not know.

I wish these guys luck, I know how hard managing a kickstarter can be, my girlfriend is running a successful one herself as it enters its last week right now. It is a full time job, but I stressed to her how important comment feedback is to her campaign. granted, her project is no where near the scale as this one, but there needs to be a bit more from the creators and more material and images for me to jump on...

just wanted to put my 2 cents (gold pieces) in for what its worth.


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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby chaoticprime » November 26th, 2013, 4:06 pm

25th Anniversary Quest #2
The Rescue of Sir Ragnar's Girlfriend, Paige
"Heroes, it appears that you neglected to rescue Sir Ragnar's girlfriend, Paige. Go back, and get that *lemony goodness* done. SPARTA!"


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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby Sjeng » November 26th, 2013, 4:35 pm

Sinned wrote:Having seen the pics......I can only say one thing: looks like a bootleg.

I've posted earlier that I wanted to wait for some more pics and info before I made my judgment.

Well, it's called HQ, but looks like a bad homebrew copy.
Calling this 'official' is a joke and is a disgrace to the real HQ.

I could not agree more sinned.

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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby The Road Warrior » November 26th, 2013, 5:06 pm

Sinned wrote:Having seen the pics......I can only say one thing: looks like a bootleg.

Yep, this sums up my feelings. It all looks very rushed and under planned. The stretch goals are laughable.

Kind of glad I can't afford to back this.
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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby knightkrawler » November 26th, 2013, 5:10 pm

This is *L E M O N Y G O O D N E S S*. Not lemony goodness. Tihs backwards. *lemony goodness*.
I'll wait and see.
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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby drathe » November 26th, 2013, 5:12 pm

ampersand wrote:i did not say lemony goodness up there^^^^^^^^^^.....shiiiiiiiii

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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby mako-heart » November 26th, 2013, 5:42 pm

It looks BUNK and not HQ
I'm not supporting this, if anyone cares :gargoyle: my :2cents:
Also I might add they might want to think about adapting to the NA style of game play. Most players play that way.
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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby HeroQuestFrance » November 26th, 2013, 6:07 pm

Damn.

I never saw so much hate & s....ts comments about copyright crap or bad communication and blah blah blah here and everywhere on US boards.
For one time in their lives, american people seems to discover there is a hole full of water between Europe & the USA and that it costs a lot to send more than 4 kgs by mail. :lol:

Why the price is in canadian dollars ?

Because when you open a kickstarter project you can't launch it from everywhere.
Just check the official page and see it yourself.
Since Gamezone has a company in Canada, they have found out more simple to launch it from there.

What's the price for an european ?

110€ for the last pledge to get all bonus.
Add 30€ to euro countries for postage & package. Total : 140€.
Spanish people will pay less. That's normal after all.

The average price of Fantasy Flight boardgames : 80 to 100€ the box (descent etc).
+ Postage & package & Bonus : zero
Another example : 65€ + 12 of postage & package here in France for D&D WOTC boardgames ... not traduced.

Translations ?

Right now they required help from fans to make a quick update of the pages but they are going to hire professional people.
GameZone Miniatures exists for more than 20 years but it's a small company running with a tiny team and I can tell you they are doing their best.
So yes they don't communicate so much. They are too busy on this KS trying to finish the videos which are coming, waiting for the latest minis to put the photos online etc.

A thing to remember :

Nothing is defintively terminated. You can send your feedback about the board and send suggestions to them.
They're not ignoring fans. They warn me about the late on friday at 18h06.
I could tell it to french fans who were waiting. They sent me an email at 22h13 to let me know I could spread the world the KS started. Yes they were working late on the evening trying to respect the release date. Yep this is not their fault if KS didn't launch heroquest on last friday and didn't assume the responsability of their customer planings.
They are dealing with Hasbro to get it produced & distributed later in 2015.
They also plan expansions.

Some people are also suggesting to buy old boxes. Most of the time it are overpriced on eBay. The choice is faslty taken when you have a new box full of things and one used with broken things Inside or missing pièces. YES it's a rebirth of HeroQuest and there are things which are going to change. It has been the case with Space Hulk V3 & V1, with many games in fact.

I don't see the rules, more things etc

Then wait a little bit plz. I just watched ALIENS VS PREDATORS kickstarter : I only see some minis, ugly tiles, a short explanation of the rules and predator character sheets that's all.
Nothing about aliens marines etc. Do you think they are not Professional too ? ... if KS start to open door only to "Professional people" with money then let's give it up because only big companies will purpose something that suit your desires to see everything at the very first begining of the kickstarter.
I remember was talking to one of the 3 french creators of Zomibicide and his first video was rmm was what it was :D
Wasn't convinced about the game at his debut but people don't like to remember this kind of stuff when they are talking about HeroQuest kickstarter.

This is a project at 80% right now.
They offer stretch goals for free which is not the case with other KS which are asking you more & more money.
So I won't tell you more about it. You'll see it by yourself.


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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby ampersand » November 26th, 2013, 6:24 pm

i aint on the fence anymore with this.
ive been deliberating on it. i could put money into it now...wait a whole year to get it and not like it. ive been building up my own heroquest over the years. and im happy doing that. i plan on making so much more than i already have and adding to what i already have. i dont need to wish these guys luck any longer theyve smashed their goal. but i wont be purchasing. i will however continue with my hobby :)


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Re: HeroQuest 25th anniversary crowdfunding!

Postby torilen » November 26th, 2013, 7:08 pm

If I can make a response to HQFrance -
Granted, KS is not only for professional people and professional companies. It is for regular people like us to get our foot in
the door, to allow us to put something out and make some money and enjoy sharing our ideas with the world.

But there is a difference between being a professional and doing something professionally. Gamezone is a company that professionally
creates and sells miniatures for gaming. From what I have seen, they do this in a very professional manner.
I have to say though, that what I've seen on this whole HQ 25 release, they have not done this very professionally. As stated before, there
are only a few major HQ forums on the internet - there could have been officials releases of information to these. There could be more
information on the KS site - so what if they only have a small number of people working at their company. They need to put their best
face out for the public to see in this - if they need to take turns working a little late and get information out, then that's what needs to
be done.
And as I said before, there needs to be a little more work done before hand, in my opinion. Yes, KS is to help people get money for development
and creation and all - but there really should be a product ready to show people. They shouldn't have to hire people to work on the rules books...
there are enough rules books out there - they could have looked through the forums, taken all they ideas they liked and put those with the
original rules and put SOMETHING together to show people.

That would be the professional way to go about this whole thing. Just my opinion, of course.


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