HeroQuest: FIRST LIGHT - COVER LEAK! (6/11/24) Reactions/Speculation!

HeroQuest: First Light is a new GAME SYSTEM??? Apparently so...
Thanks to reporting from HeroQuestFans Discord (thank you elethorn_elf) from facebook and the original source on youtube we have a cover for HQ: First Light, the long rumored, speculated about, and early details indicated was a HeroQuest Starter Set. Some are dismissing this as a hoax, but remember what happened with the Jungles of Delthrak "fake" cover (which turned out to be an easter egg for the real thing). We think this is meant as a starter set for big box retail stores (like Target) that's more affordable for the casual customer to get them into the game (this is a good thing). Will it have any new content? How will they get it all in the box? Let the speculation commence!
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[@HeroQuestFans]

Ashquest has beat me by an hour ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWrWoqSYrKt4iKcsi=u_7a5sut-gw0JTx6

[@GeekGoneGiddy]

There still valuable content in your coverage.

[@Bastiquest]

😮

[@HeroQuestFans]

@@Bastiquest Ash rules the morning news... check him out :D

[@franklee6746]

Given that the starter is $100 (or more?), I can see the rationale for having a standard priced board game version. They're making lots more expansion content that is price locked on a product major retailers don't want to put on their shelves due to its high price.

[@HeroQuestFans]

"Keanue Raine​​: That box cover reminds me of a HeavyMetal LP. I think it's great." great comment!

[@HeroQuestFans]

previously recorded... if you have new info or comments please post it below!

[@robertbuckey6517]

Don't care, it's heroquest, I'm buying it.

[@knghtbrd]

HeroQuest: The Cybertron Wars, coming soon to a mobile device near you! Pre-order now for exclusive 0-day DLC! I mean I hope not, but without someone like Chris Nadeau to push back on that kind of thing … we can't know for sure what's to come.

[@HeroQuestFans]

@@knghtbrd hey ikarith! good points. we fans have to make sure Hasbro knows what's up. don't let them drop the quality or screw over the fans. so much goodwill has been built and respect earned. but that doesn't mean we're fanboys whose loyalty should be taken for granted...!

[@HeroQuestFans]

Check out The RantCast Podcast Episode 41 for a deeper dive on this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKbSfpSenJKGrpY

[@bohemyus]

Hope to see some news at GenCon about this

[@HeroQuestFans]

THE FIXED THE COVER! thank goodness.. ;)

[@johnwhisenhunt5621]

Me personally I believe its part expansion part starter. It could possibly add paladin and cleric heroes and possibly new skill cards for the originals. But other than that it would be a cheaper set then the big box for more players to jump in

[@HeroQuestFans]

the question is, is there going to be room in the box for new stuff like that? and at the expense of what?

[@johnwhisenhunt5621]

Just according to the height of the final box

[@kevinhill8032]

May have a version of the dark company

[@HeroQuestFans]

to see the light, you must face the dark...? only problem there is that it calls for "Dark Warriors." Unless they use proxies, that's at least 5 more figures to include in the box when space is at a premium to capture the essence of the game system at a smaller price point (and taking up less shelf space). I could see them including "The Maze" or some other nostalgic official quest from the legacy era in here though (see Dave Morris novel quests, etc. though some of those White Dwarf and Marvel Winter Special entries had additional components that will take up more space). I doubt any CoPD stuff will be included.

[@yodaflyz]

Personally, I'd do a revamped version of Dark company as an online quest after Wizards of Morcar/Zorgon. Mainly because if you own both Wizards of Morcar & Frozen Horror you should have enough Mercenary's.

[@HeroQuestFans]

@@yodaflyz agreed that it should be an online quest!

[@Rob_Champ]

Great video 🤘

[@HonODall]

I'll pick it up regardless, the addiction is real!

[@TokuAndAnimationNewsNetwork]

Wait, the guy who was in charge of Heroquest is not in charge of it anymore? That sucks. Personally, I think they need to end the Zargon storyline (have a final expansion with a Zargon miniature and he is the final boss of that expansion) and relaunch the game with a new story and have a modern day update that has tiles you put together.

[@ZealSeraph]

Fake or not, the cover looks cool at least. I'm hoping for alternate minis, perhaps even one for Witch Lord and Sir Ragnar, since those never got retail versions before.

[@jimduncan2164]

I think they will want people who buy this to buy the expansions, so it will need everything necessary to facilitate that. So it must have a full board which I am assuming will be paper or thin card. The 4 Heroes look like the GS heroes. It will probably have half the monsters, and card furniture. Everything else the same, but maybe no AS screen.

[@teknogothyk]

Depending on what's in it, I'd consider buying it. I have the base set already, but if there's anything different in the starter...

[@lucarocks7866]

I hope we will get some new minis at least so us long time fans have a reason to buy it. New dice would be nice as well (maybe white lines on black?)

[@HeroQuestFans]

rounded corner dice would be nice

[@wesleyfilms]

My shelf is starting to sag from all these expansions.

[@MrBigB312]

Best problem ever.

[@ΣταύροςΜαμουνάκης]

I built a custom wooden box (more like a chest, really) and it is almost full, before even buying the Jungles of Deltrak expansion... God, please make them stop!

[@MahkyVmedia1]

You hung those shelves wrong

[@knghtbrd]

Well, it's definitely a second base system. Probably reduced cost in some significant way to lower the overall price. How, I wonder?

[@Blayze]

My guess is it's set entirely outdoors, so no need for doors or furniture; if the models and cards are all ones AH have previously produced, that would also help reduce the cost.

[@HeroQuestFans]

newest rumor is that its fully compatible with the other expansions, so no missing components, but at least at one stage of the planning... new sculpts of plastic monsters, but cardboard heroes. cardboard furniture?

[@Sammo212]

That art is so poorly done in parts I cannot fathom its real. Look at the rivets on the Dwarve's shield or the Elf's sword not to mention dialing into stuff like the ears. If this really is a true box art that's even more of a drop in quality than I expected under Hasbro.

[@HeroQuestFans]

maybe they are really trying to save money... or maybe it's not final art. here's hoping anyway. it might indeed be final, I don't like the idea that they would substitute A.I. for quality art even on a bargain box like this may turn out to be.

[@GeekGoneGiddy]

Notice the age recommendation isn’t inclusive of younglins that a simpler hq as first light is theorised to aim at.

[@HeroQuestFans]

to me "starter set" just means people new to the game franchise, not necessarily younger in age. the original HQ was age "9 and up" in Europe (and "10 and up" in the US). the 14+ thing has never been due to "mature content" or even complexity thus far but rather to safety testing (see the "pointy swords" in Advanced HeroQuest back in the day!). companies save money by not submitting for testing to make sure parts can't be swallowed by infants or whatever. I like Ash's joke about "41+" !

[@knghtbrd]

@@HeroQuestFans 14+ and not a fimir in sight. *sigh*

[@vexedhermit]

Hopefully they release a male warlock. Otherwise it’s a wasted opportunity to pay homage to Julian Sands.

[@GPlewright]

Advanced rules!?? Heroquest is a bit dated right?

[@MahkyVmedia1]

............

[@Prince_Of_Fish]

i think its fake, if you buy this, it likely becomes obsolete once you buy the main game. the base game is the starter set. UNLESS this is the starter set for a Heroquest RPG system.

[@82fdny97]

Fake

[@HeroQuestFans]

perhaps. and a perfect way to fool us it would be because we already got fooled by the Easter Egg that was the "fake" Jungles of Delthrak cover. as pointed out, whoever created this is trying to make us think it's real. the ones with the power to debunk it the fastest are Avalon Hill/Hasbro themselves. but if any sleuthing fans can expose the thing, so much the better. we'd like to know the truth!

[@HeroQuestFans]

fake as in "not the real cover" (and not an official preliminary cover) is how I take your meaning. because even the official covers appear in CGI before the real physical thing is out and the text and such on the box changes (just like other details change like the shapes and colors of assets in the box)... and these mock ups remain even years after release on the official pages. I personally am leaning towards it being authentic at this time, but I'll try to keep an open mind!

[@82fdny97]

@@HeroQuestFans I think the release is real but not the box art. But I don’t know if this will be a full expansion

[@HeroQuestFans]

@@82fdny97whether or not the "game system" tag is final, it points to being a self contained box rather than an expansion for the GS. I guess it could function as an expansion if you wanted to mix the assets, but for all we know they'll be exactly the same (just easier to pack away into a smaller box).

[@82fdny97]

@@HeroQuestFans so just something I will have to own