How to play HeroQuest: The rules in about 8 minutes. 2023 Edition!

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[@dragonlandstudios]

The best thing about HeroQuest is this cracking tutorial!

[@FinalTrade]

The best thing about HeroQuest is sharing your love of it with others. =)

[@paulqruel9290]

@@FinalTrade stil have my 1989, in cherry condition.

[@dmdamon4589]

@@paulqruel9290 That's so sad. Mine was well-loved.

[@paulqruel9290]

@@dmdamon4589 ; ) I had friends damn it.

[@dmdamon4589]

@@paulqruel9290 Lol no doubt.

[@osiris292]

Great breakdown, thanks. Also THE BROADSWORD 🤣

[@FinalTrade]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@idlemindedmage6925]

The BARBARIAN! Look at the Muuusscularity!

[@matphat]

BROUDSOWD!

[@wilsonjonah]

The best thing about Hero Quest is THE BROWDSOWD

[@negotiator96]

Still got my original early 1990s Hero's Quest and Battle Masters board games!!! Man, my friends and I would pay this game so much at sleep overs and weekend etc. Great memories!!!!

[@Beanmagnet21]

Battle Masters was TIGHT

[@PhilMccrotch]

It's HEROQUEST, you numbnut.

[@cjanquart]

Only thing missing was "Fire of Roth". Great overview!

[@kofola9145]

Broadsowrd!

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Awesome stuff, my childhood was Hero Quest

[@PhilMccrotch]

Pretty lame childhood... Let me guess: You were raised in a broken home?

[@justsomeguy3931]

Great rules explanation, thanks for sharing. Total nostalgia from the original as a kid. I like the new models and cards a lot, gotta get a set

[@FinalTrade]

Yes! Go get it and share it with your kids. It's up to us to make sure the next generation is exposed to fun games.

[@sethlevine8747]

That ending though! Classic!

[@philfrank5601]

Greatest ending ever.

[@PhilMccrotch]

@@philfrank5601 Debatable. Make sense, home ohs?

[@samson23]

Excellent video!!! Thank you for taking time in making this. Just got my game for Christmas and my 9 year old daughter loves playing with me!

[@craigleslie2577]

Great video, my other half is looking to play this when the new set arrives. This is will help her understand in no time.

[@FinalTrade]

My wife is enjoying it. And it's great for little kids too since it has a simple rule set compared to other fantasy board games.

[@TheAlcoholic27]

Got my wife into it as well. We're still on the Trial, I don't wanna burn her out. Can't wait to get me nieces and nephew into this as well. Excited they're adding new classes (Druid, Bard, Warlock and Knight). Hopefully we'll see more. And with the figures being 28mm scale we can incorporate miniatures from other brands as well since new classes seem to be limited runs and not widely available. I do hope Avalon Hill releases the class cards digitally so we can still play them even if we missed out.

[@PhilMccrotch]

Is your "other half" a home oh like you?

[@SamsonScorpio]

Very well done. Thanks!!!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

HeroQuest is a great game. I played it once with my brother Jack and my cousin Ben and I bought HeroQuest at a antique shop in 2007 and I still own it today and I've played the 1991 Atari version online. HeroQuest reminds me of the British fantasy adventure gameshow Knightmare (1987 - 1994).

[@FinalTrade]

Get some friends together and go make some new memories with it.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@FinalTrade Hardly family and friends play board games with me these days.

[@emchamberlain]

HeroQuest, Knightmare and Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. Three formative pillars of my childhood.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@emchamberlain kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXfYdmatp7GphtU

[@floridamarlins454]

Fun fact my mum worked on the show Knightmare! Didn’t expect to see a reference to it on this video, amazing.

[@TheAlcoholic27]

I'm so happy HeroQuest is back. My folks threw my boards away when I left home 20 years ago. Which card protectors are you using? That's a great idea.

[@FinalTrade]

My mom was too terrorized by the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s to let me have this game. I had a friend across the street whose dad loved board games, and we'd play it in his garage. These were Dragon Shield Deck Protectors, but any deck protector product from another brand would work too. Deck protectors are a bit bigger than the card, more rigid, and usually have a textured back to help you hold and manipulate the card.

[@TheAlcoholic27]

Awesome, thank you very much and great video!

[@artemi7]

@@TheAlcoholic27 You probably figured this out by now, but I just bought the game myself. Anything that'd fit Magic the Gathering/Pokemon/whatever cards are the proper size for HeroQuest cards, it looks like! (Probably cause Wizards of the Coast/Avalon Hill are so connected, so they us a standard size for all their cards, I'd assume)

[@TheCookieAnimator]

Now I can make Hero Quest my childhood, yay

[@maxleroux3799]

THanks, awesome guide!~

[@johnny711]

THE BROADSWOOORD !!!! Nice tutorial man.

[@Rob_Champ]

Just got heroquest on sale for 60.00 from game stop, love this game. Thanks for the awesome tutorial

[@b.lloydreese2030]

I used to have this as a kid in the 90s. Sister got me another old one as a gift as i had gotten rid of my old one. Lately ive been wanting to play games and no one to play with so i have been looking at all kinds of rpgs and solo rpgs. Bought pericle and ended up not liking it because its too complicated and you have to go to a website to play it. Then i recalled heroquest and how simple it is. And then i discovered there is an app so i dont have to log in to a site and i can effectively play heroquest solo Great game

[@wesleyfilms]

I’ll need to buy multiple copies so everyone can play the dwarf, thus avoiding any fighting.

[@mcdirty764]

Playing this game tonight for the first time. Wish me luck.

[@FinalTrade]

The learning curve is super shallow. By your third session you'll only be going to the rulebook for obscure differences in traps. =p

[@1OldCutlass]

How did you like the game?

[@Mind_of_MATT]

How did you game session go?

[@GoSTLBlues]

I always played once a door is open you can only see what’s directly in the line of sight. The rest of the room is then revealed Only once a hero steps through the opens door

[@fernando47180]

Fair, but I suppose it was ruled this way to streamline the revealing rooms process a bit

[@immortalsun]

Great video! Thanks for the brilliantly concise explanation! ^~^ Just FYI, though: _die_ is singular, and _dice_ is plural.

[@Majik_Geko]

Nice video, classic end.

[@FinalTrade]

Yes!! Thanks.

[@iago4096]

The new furniture looks sweet

[@FinalTrade]

It's really nice, and the level of detail is just right for painters.

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

I played that game like crazy with my friends asa kid, and did not even remeber about it until I saw a video appear in my suggestions. This is crazy how we forget stuff as we age!! And now I'll be wondering if I need to buy it again or not, just because 🤔

[@vegasveteran6308]

Thanks man.

[@FinalTrade]

Glad it helped!

[@Shanks612]

Thank you for the breakdown of the rules, I'm getting this game later this week and can't wait to play. Also I've seen they have two expansions. Do they have new classes and are they worth it?

[@FinalTrade]

Return of The Witch Lord and Kellar's Keep do not have any new classes in them. There was a small supplemental set available briefly that had a Paladin class with a miniature and spell cards. He just had a little more defense and less attack than the Barbarian. I think we'll see a lot more of the expansions from the 1990s reprinted in 2022 and 2023, as well as new supplemental items. Have fun playing!

[@dylanwatts1045]

The only true way to expand HeroQuest is with MORE COPIES OF HEROQUEST!

[@LeeroyPorkins]

THE BEST THING ABOUT HEROQUEST IS THE TUTOR! LISTEN TO THE MUSCULARITY OF HIS MIND!

[@kwc1138]

Just bought the new release version. Last time I played was very early 90s with friends, usually in a slightly drunk state after pub kick out … then played into early hours of morning.

[@InvaderZymn]

What card sleeves have you got on the cards? I like the texture and they have a much better fit than the ones I have.

[@FinalTrade]

Titan Shield Matte Deck Protectors. But any "deck protector" style sleeve from Ultra Pro would also work. Deck protectors (as opposed to penny sleeves or inner sleeves) are a bit larger than the card, very rigid, and have a textured back to help you hold and manipulate the cards.

[@KennethWhiteakaruckusbringa]

omg when you held those two traps together pit trap and falling rock trap how much would that suck to have them on top of one another lol

[@FluffyVM]

im still a bit confused about hero attacks, they only roll the number of dice on the weapon they use to attack right? and if so then why does the hero card also have attack die on it?

[@steeltekki]

Great video, thank you. Can you kindly advise what card sleeves you’re using?

[@FinalTrade]

Specifically these: Titan Shield Matte Deck Protectors. But any "deck protector" style sleeve from Ultra Pro would also work. Deck protectors (as opposed to penny sleeves or inner sleeves) are a bit larger than the card, very rigid, and have a textured back to help you hold and manipulate the cards. And I prefer matte over glossy so the lights in your room don't glare off of them so much.

[@steeltekki]

@@FinalTrade Thanks for taking the time to reply and add some more detail. I'm just getting into some board games and was feeling overwhelmed with all the different skus out there. A couple other questions if you don't mind, were the cards able to slide into the plastic tray comfortably while in your sleeves, or do they scrape against the side? (also, do you have a recommended vendor for these? I'm trying to find one place to get sleeves for this new HQ as well as my retro HQ but it seems like its hit and miss) Thanks in advance for any more helpful direction you can offer.

[@FinalTrade]

@@steeltekki Any local card/comic store will have sleeves, or you could order from Amazon. The cards no longer fit in the tray once sleeved. I sleeved all the cards that came with the Mythic Tier package and sorted them into a small cardboard box to hold. I think I'll probably just make another video to show it all. Stand by....

[@KentKaliber]

This is an AMAZING video but I have one slight question / modification ----- at 8:00, you mention when a Hero's body points go down to ZERO. (1) If that happens via a Monster attack, the ONLY way for the hero to survive is to use a Healing Potion (a hero CANNOT cast a healing spell in this case, b/c its not their turn, it's the Monster's turn.) (2) If a hero's body points go down to zero due to a TRAP, the hero can survive by using a Healing Potion OR by casting a Healing Spell if they have not already performed an action on that turn.

[@michaelbauers8800]

This looks like it might be an easy and fun crawler. I own Descent, and it's cool, but slow ( at least my version is slow.)

[@f1lupo]

cool beakdown!

[@FinalTrade]

Thanks!

[@RobsMemoryLane]

This is a great video. Only suggestion would be to use a microphone. I really had to crank up the volume to hear you.

[@sgtreynolds3946]

On zargons turn if no monsters are on the board, are there any options to summon monsters or does the turn end? Thanks in advance.

[@FinalTrade]

If there are no monsters, then there's nothing for Zargon to do on his turn. The only exception might be if a specific quest has a unique thing to manage that isn't a monster: something like a timer that counts down, etc. But in general, Zargon does nothing on his turn if there are no monsters on the board.

[@davidbielsa5188]

When i look for a trap, does the GM need to announce the nature of the trap? Or just point the squares where traps are located without saying whixb kind of traps they are?

[@FinalTrade]

Zargon will tell you which type of trap it is, as well as where it is.

[@davidbielsa5188]

To disarm a trap, do i need to be adjacent to it? What if i fail disarming a pit? Do i then automatically move one square, fall into it and lose 1hp?

[@FinalTrade]

To disarm, you announce that you intend to disarm, then move on to the trap, then make the disarm roll.

[@shanenice5380]

Can u used spell each around?

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

I was gifted an incomplete and broken version of this game and always wondered what it would be like to play.

[@FinalTrade]

Now is a golden age. Go buy a new copy and enjoy it.

[@nightmuffin937]

The Best Thing about HeroQuest is that it’s called HeroQuest

[@jonathanmedrano1027]

I wanted to ask what card sleeves do you use. I have the Heroquest Mythic Tier set and I want to make my cards last long. If you can can you also lead me to where I could buy them either in a store or website. If you can can you also tell me how many cards in total to get sleeves for?

[@jonathanmedrano1027]

I will ask what are the card size as well.

[@FinalTrade]

The cards are the normal Trading Card Game size, like Magic or Pokemon, about 2.5 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall. Any of Ultra Pro's Deck Protector line would work fine. I just used some extras I already had. You might try your local Comic and Games store and they'll have what you need. I count 151 cards in the entire Mythic Tier package.

[@FinalTrade]

2.5 inches wide, 3.5 inches tall.

[@davidbielsa5188]

How do i search for secret passages in a corridor? Do i announce i look for secret doors in that corridor and then the gm will reveal all the secret doors in that corridor? Even if it is far away and there is a trap inbetween?

[@FinalTrade]

The GM will reveal all of the traps that are in line of sight, even if they're all the way at the other end of the long hall that runs the entire bottom of the board. As long as it's in line of sight your heroes' keen eyes will see it. Traps in-between don't block sight, even falling rock traps that now block movement.

[@Dohko-Libra]

At 2:18 you show the picture about LOS to shoot an enemy, the rulebook doesn't mention furniture but do furniture block LOS or just some of them? Let's say if a monster is behing a cupboard it should block LOS but if he's behind a table? i could see him but the rule would say that the table crosses LOS...

[@FinalTrade]

Furniture does not block LOS. You could homebrew it if you thought it improved combat, but the rules as written don't have it.

[@Dohko-Libra]

@@FinalTrade All furniture? So even if a moster is behind a bookshelf? Pretty odd...

[@ChuckBarchuk]

What does it mean if monsters are visible? Is that the same as Line of Sight?

[@FinalTrade]

Visible means they're on the map, whether or not a hero has line of sign to them.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

2023 Edition? Did they re-release? I got this back in 1989. Loved it. Bought in WHSmith in Ealing.

[@MikeMastropierro]

Yes a different company picked it up in 2021 or so

[@Frandog99]

Is it possible for this game to be played solo? I heard a rumour about an app to allow this but am not sure how true that is.

[@FinalTrade]

Yes, Hasbro built an app that plays Zargon for you so you can play the game solo.

[@malekrcgaming2432]

Can you play this game solo? how would that work with zargon? great video

[@FinalTrade]

There's an app you can download that lets you play alone.

[@threeninetyblair892]

Nice furniture and props upgrade - are these from Mantic?

[@FinalTrade]

These are from Hasbro's crowdfunding campaign last year. You can pre-order the retail release now, and it should be in stores early next year.

[@polishprince47]

ZARGON OPEN THE DOOR!!

[@FinalTrade]

Chris Farley voice: "For God's sake, Zargon, why aren't you opening the door!?"

[@davidbielsa5188]

Are the chests placed on the board when opening a door? Or do i need to look for treasure to reveal them?

[@FinalTrade]

If the map in the quest book shows chests in a room, Zargon will place them when the door is opened. But a room doesn't have to have chests in it for you to search for treasure. When you declare that you're searching for treasure, Zargon will look in the quest book to see if there are any a couple things: unsprung furniture or chest traps that you activate during your treasure search; or special treasures. If there are neither of those things in the room, you just draw a card from the Treasure deck to see what you found during your search.

[@st1mp0]

Hello there. Me and 3 of my friends as desperate for a dungeon explorer game. However with there just being 4 of us. We're looking for a game without one of us being a DM (as we all wish to play together and not have a 3v1 situation) is there any chance this game could be played with 1 of us not being the DM? Have the DM actions being random? Thank you for any help!!

[@FinalTrade]

I think this game has a phone app that playes Zargon for you so you can all play together.

[@tdworwood]

Gloomhaven is a dungeon crawler you don't need a DM for. I'm sure there are others. I'm also confident you could play Hero Quest taking turns as Zargon.

[@willemverheij3412]

Arena: The Contest and it's Tanares Expansion that adds an even bigger campaign than the main game does not have a game master and does not require an app either. It's kickstarter exclusive but pretty easy to learn.

[@rexxthunder]

Is your death permanent, or do you come back to life after the each quest?

[@FinalTrade]

You get a new recruit of the same class to replace the fallen adventurer.

[@skinnyandshort7108]

I'm confused about using a spell of healing if your character has died, in the rule book it states you can only use the spell of healing to save your life if you have not taken an action on your last turn. Does that mean you can only use the spell of healing to save your life if you only took the movement action and not attack action on your last turn?

[@FinalTrade]

Yes. You have to have your action for that turn available still.

[@skinnyandshort7108]

@@FinalTrade Hmm ok, kinda odd rule since you can use a potion of healing to save your life even if you used all your actions on your last turn.

[@KentKaliber]

@@skinnyandshort7108 This actually drove me crazy for a long time, till I finally figure it out. You mention when a Hero's body points go down to ZERO. (1) If that happens via a Monster attack, the ONLY way for the hero to survive is to use a Healing Potion (a hero CANNOT cast a healing spell in this case, b/c its not their turn, it's the Monster's turn.) (2) If a hero's body points go down to zero due to a TRAP, the hero can survive by using a Healing Potion OR by casting a Healing Spell if they have not already performed an action on that turn.

[@Aethelia]

Sounds like a Ready Action in DnD.

[@whylekat]

If the Barbarian picks up the broadsword card does he throw 6 attack dice? 🤔🤔

[@FinalTrade]

No, he still rolls the same 3 attack dice that he does by default with the Broadsword he starts with.

[@crayzeewhorse]

£66 on Amazon right now....

[@forestcityterrain]

You just said that they can’t move diagonally and then in the example you moved to diagonally

[@tjohanne]

Nerd alert! But I like it👍🏽.. I want this game.

[@wolfjarlgrbane5771]

Okay so kickstarter I had to pay bills and still am, Only doing pre season training now due to covid. Not getting full pay and was duped into taking a monthly bus pass out of my pay. I need to know why I would pay 129$ for base box and then another on an Ebay Bonus Box of 120-200$? I know kickstarter it was 149$ for Base+Bonus and both expansions. Please advise.

[@FinalTrade]

In that case I'd wait 6 months and pick it up on sale at Walmart or Target.

[@wolfjarlgrbane5771]

@@FinalTrade So I should bite the bullet on the bonus box only right? But not Avalon Hills.

[@randomz5641]

Forced to play all heros? What if u got 3 players, 1 zargon, other 2 are players and they stick with 2 heros

[@FinalTrade]

First person plays Zargon. The second person plays two heroes. And the third person plays two heroes.

[@randomz5641]

@@FinalTrade i guess house rule if you wanna make it harder, 1 player 1 hero

[@FinalTrade]

@@randomz5641 We've played the first five quests now. It seems like the game is pretty decently balanced. I think if there were three heroes then Zargon could wipe the group almost every quest.

[@CaptainMahone07]

Just like CDs. It was great... 30 years ago. Great explanations btw

[@FinalTrade]

Aww, it's still a fun game! And the rules are simple enough that you can use it for getting young kids into gaming much earlier than a lot of other games.

[@CaptainMahone07]

@@FinalTrade indeed it is. But the new price tag is unfortunately too much

[@KentKaliber]

@@CaptainMahone07 It's worth every penny. And let's face it, EVERYTHING is more expensive than it was in 1989. The NEW Heroquest releases have all exceeded my expectations! Also, AMAZON puts the Heroquest Base Set on SALE on all the time ;-0

[@TwistedMind86Chern]

Has the same mechanics like the original?

[@FinalTrade]

Yes. It's an incredibly faithful reproduction of the orginal.

[@jimmyv113]

No audio.

[@jimmyv113]

Got it fixed. Thanks!

[@grogdizzy5814]

you pronounced Brode Sode wrong :)

[@atarikid282]

You can't search for treasures in a corridor, but can you search for traps and secret doors in a corridor?

[@FinalTrade]

Correct. You'll find traps and secret doors in corridors based on your searcher's line of sight. It's kind of silly because you can be in one corner of the game board, search for traps, and identify one at the other end of the board. Keen eyes!

[@atarikid282]

@@FinalTrade haha, right on thanks.

[@entropede]

This really, really, really needs subtitles.

[@FinalTrade]

I will add them! But I'll need a day or two. =p

[@Johnny0Masters]

Explanation was a bit too fast, giving little time to assimilate what was being said. Otherwise good tutorial

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

I liked the older version of 89 more

[@FinalTrade]

They just reskined it with new art. The rules and game pieces were unchanged from the original.

[@parkla4098]

So much value lost by not using modular board tiles...

[@FinalTrade]

It's a faithful recreation of the original early-90s game.

[@Aethelia]

Do you want a dungeon that veers off the table. That's how you get a dungeon that veers off the table.

[@parkla4098]

@@Aethelia buy a bigger table or play on the floor. Also hundreds of games have modular titles . Your comment makes no sense

[@PNG25]

Boring game

[@FinalTrade]

I can't stand folding laundry. That's why I spend my youTube time watching laundry folding videos.

[@joshualaferriere4530]

Fix your audio

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

No

[@PhilMccrotch]

Thumbs down solely for the annoying ads. Plus, I already know the rules. Fail.

[@unholycritter3448]

... sorry mildly confused, I don't know about the adverts you experienced but isn't this video for the rules?

[@PhilMccrotch]

@@unholycritter3448 Learn how to read, wankah.

[@vengefulelf659]

Terrible audio

[@FinalTrade]

But do you have any questions about the rules?

[@OzzyHamid-cl2fi]

Can someone please help? I love the game. But the heroes have figured out that placing the barbarian at the entrance to the door protects all the other heroes from the monsters within. The monsters then have to attack one by one and get annihilated! How do you prevent this from happening? The challenge is gone! Thanks

[@HeroQuestFans]

great stuff... the quicker you can explain the basic rules the quicker you can get heroes on the board! some people think the game is too complicated others avoid it thinking it's too simple, but we can meet in the middle and have a great time very easily. I love this game! Join our HQ community if you want here: discord.gg/X9Fyr3Vp we play on Twitch just about every weekend