Jungles of Delthrak Berserker Review | A Close Look at the New HeroQuest Berserker Class | Sponsored

[@HivisoftheScale]

Berserker, what is best in life? "To crush your goblins, to see the Orcs driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the Zargon!"

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I see Conan as being more in line with the original Barbarian than the Berserker. But if the quote fits, wear it!

[@HivisoftheScale]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring yeah... I thought about using a quote from the show Berserk... But it's a little grim dark, even for this channel 😅

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Ha. Yes, I'm a family-friendly channel. I've never watched Berserk so any quote would go right over my head anyway!

[@HivisoftheScale]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring it's the kind of show that is so dark ans morbid, I would highly reccomend watching the outtakes and bloopers for some humour.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

The only think I really know about it is that it influenced games like Dark Souls and Kingdom Death: Monster, so I imagine it's bleak viewing!

[@Bite.Size.Gaming]

Just wanted to comment: love the Mel Gibson In signs reference.. I’ll probably watch that tonight as it’s been a while.. keep the good HQ content coming

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

The swing away scene gets me every time. Cinema gold.

[@TSRCardMasterFan]

I got to play test the berserker with a group this Saturday, we did run into a problem. When the berserker was left in a stun, he wasn't useful at all. If the Berserker falls down a pit or is hit with tempest, or left in a stun state by poison. They really can't do anything at the start of the around or until the effect is worn off. By that time the party was mostly wiped out. Frenzy did save us a few times and retaliation is way better then I thought it would be in melee combat. But over all, I had fun playing the berserker and look forward to our play time. I might give the treasure hunter a go. But all in all you hit the nail on the head with this character, great coverage with the class.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

That's interesting. Sounds like you ran into the exact problem I mentioned at the end of the video, where the berserker finds himself out of position and paralysed (with venom or spells), rendering him helpless to assist the rest of the team. If he gets swarmed with spawnlings, I can certainly see a major problem for the party.

[@lucasclauson3779]

BROAD SOAD!!!! Anyway, honestly I wish one of the skills had the ability to be reclaimed. That probably is my favorite of the new mechanics since the Haslab launched, that some abilities can be regained in certain situations. I think that keeps heroes from hoarding them until just the "right" situation arrives, only for that to never happen. I'm also still hoping for an expansion with upgrade skills for the original four heroes, but at this point I'm wondering if that's just a pipe dream on my part.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

In terms of upgrades, I think the elf has already been treating fairly with the new elf spells. They are powerful, and you get a lot of choice with them. The barbarian felt like it was always supposed to be a super simple class to play, and I still think it's a lot of fun to play as when you are fully kitted out, including having gone through Frozen Horror. If Wizards of Morcar comes out, the wizard will get new sets of spells to pick from, so that covers that class. It's really only the dwarf who has been left out. Poor thing.

[@SgtHouse]

Thank you for this review on the Baserker! Cannot wait for the Explorer next!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks. Explorer will be on the channel tomorrow.

[@vegasveteran6308]

Thanks for the video mate. Looking forward to the first mission walkthrough for this expansion.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks for watching.

[@preacherbeeman3437]

Good coverage. Looks like a fun addition.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thanks. I think the Berserker is a fun twist on the classic barbarian class. I can see a lot of barbarian players wanting to give it a try.

[@tedtrappey8713]

Brodesode!

[@Malcadon]

Fire of Raff!

[@jensweller6242]

Great video for the Berserker! My 2 kids an I have already agreed that we play the game just with the two new characters + animal companions. This will be a great change of pace and a lot of fun I hope.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Sounds like a fun idea. High risk, though.

[@jensweller6242]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Yeah, we`ll see. If it does not work out, some other heroes can still come for the rescue ;)

[@mattwoolrich5313]

Love the berserker can’t wait to give him a try. I’m glad you pointed out weapons errors on the cards always bugged me he’s got a large battle axe not a broadsword 🤣🤣 like his abilities but yep some situations he may come unstuck and a main target for zargon player. Love the vids 👍👍

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

The complete lack of ranged attacks could be a problem for him. I guess by the rules as written he is allowed to use spell scrolls though... which seems a bit odd.

[@moonswan7587]

I really like how the Bezerker came out, the only thing i would add (or subtract) would be that he is not allowed to use a shield. It doesnt seem like the shield would fit him or his moves and also would be an increased motive to get the battle axe, and also it would give the Barbarian a slight edge since he can wield it.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I see where you are coming from, but for me, I think the barbarian getting the crossbow and the slightly improved stats already gives him a slight edge, while the berserker's skills already incentivize the use of dropping the shield for a battle axe.

[@EriktheRed2023]

The Berserker seems to be suitably on the edge. I'd want to play with some sort of restriction on drinking healing potions as you die, to keep the blood pumping.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Actually, that would have been a fun restriction - you are the berserker, you don't drink healing potions ever, but other people can give them to you if you're dead! (Of course, it would be disastrous in a game, but it would be funny.) I'm going to be using the new death mechanism from Jungles of Delthrak where the other players have two turns to heal you before you die, and I think I am going to pair that with heroes not being able to drink a potion at the point of death. That seems like a decent compromise.

[@Mailed-Knight]

Great vid.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Thank you.

[@Malcadon]

Dammit... There should be a rule against making a Skill Card a one-off ability. LOL Or at least, allow for only a single one-off "coup de grâce" card akin to Voltron"s "FORM BLAZING SWORD!!" attack. With the Berserker's inability to use ranged weapons, I would allow them to throw the Hand Axe. Daggers are too small for them. If they wish to make a ranged attack, it will cost them. Personally, I would rather have it so that the standard Barbarian and Dwarf heroes to unlock and use the Skill Cards from this set. I see the new figures as interchangeable to their classic counterparts and I have always allowed players to use substitute figures. Great review, as always!

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I actually like one-use abilities. I've always liked consumable items as well. Thanks for watching.

[@jeanlucgatoh]

“Taunt” should have been implemented a long time ago… the frozen horror expansion would have been a decent moment to give the barbarian the tank ability he needs to fulfill his meat shield role. I don’t use it anymore cause I adopted the death zones from Advanced Heroquest.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Death zones are awesome. Got to love a bit of Advanced Heroquest.

[@NickRoberts-q6o]

My thoughts on the Berserker: 1) Given that the sculpt has a shield in it, and that the berserker has 1 less hit point and cannot use ranged weapons, I would have hope they would have gotten an ability to use 2 handed weapons with a shield. 2) I would have also given their enrage ability a recharge when restored to full health. 3) I don't think it's a coincidence that the expansion that introduced heroic and story modes is the same one introduced a character whose job is to lose body points.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Ha. Yes, I wonder if the berserker took too many dirt naps in playtesting. Funny you should mention the two-handed weapon with shield thing, as I mused in another video that it would have been cool if there was a dwarven axe specifically for the dwarf that would work like a battle axe but only required one hand. I thought that would have given him something that none of the other frontline fighters can do (at the moment).

[@idristhomas8856]

Hmm... What's the starting line up of choice now? I think if the core characters have got their extra artefacts and bonus items from FH and MOTM I'm still thinking just replacing the dwarf with the Rogue and keeping barbarian, elf and wizard...

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

If the barbarian has his Amulet of the North, it's tough to argue with a character with 10 body points and free use of all the good equipment. I am still inclined to take the knight. No movement penalties, good starting equipment, and bodyguard abilities make him an excellent tank and he can eventually put out the same damage as the barbarian. The rogue is a good swap for the dwarf, but now we have the explorer that also fills that role and I think does it better. If you drop the dwarf, you need to boost the elf's defence, as I think a team should always have two front-line fighters, and normally that would be the barbarian and the dwarf. I wouldn't leave home without the elf. They get all the good stuff from Mage of the Mirror, and they have access to the brilliant elf spells. The wizard is also hard to beat with 9 spells.

[@idristhomas8856]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring yes i agree with you to always have two big hitters. Never leave home without a barbarian haha. After motm though, elven chain mail combined with helmet and shield giving the elf 6 defence die, and elven bracers giving her more body points than the berserker, she's now my second tank with spells ha ha. I'm looking forward to your explorer review to see whether it will replace the rogue and put a dwarf back on my team. It'll have to be a solid hero though... I'm a big fan of the rogue's skill set to double hit and sneak past bottle necks. If it's just a bit better at searching I'm not sure I'll be convinced ha ha

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

After Mage of the Mirror, the elf is just a much better pick that the poor old dwarf. He really suffers from never getting his own mission pack to give him a little boost. The rogue is one of my favourite characters, and will be a very useful team member for dealing with spawnlings.

[@idristhomas8856]

@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring ha ha yeah. No spoilers...! and I doubt it, but given the theme of jungles was some refugee dwarves from kellars keep I was wondering if they'd throw in a couple of dwarf specific artefacts

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I'll be spoiling all the artifacts for Zargon players when I do my quest-by-quest review of the campaign later.

[@lifeasafanpodcast9529]

These berserkers remind me of vikings than barbarians

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Aren't vikings considered barbarians anyway, based on the historical use of the word? If not I would think they are very similar in many regards, so it probably isn't surprising if people think they have that feel to them.

[@ChristopherCattanach]

Hi the Heroquest first light is due out on the 6th November

[@professorbrix]

2:10 That‘s it, i quit! 🥺

[@professorbrix]

No, i wont! 🤗 Great Video, as always! 👏

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Ha. Thanks.

[@easygrin1127]

So having both in a group?

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

Having both what?

[@foowii4421]

I don't rly like the Berserker. Just don't use the first skill. Then you are left with a Barbarian that has 1 Life less but 2 strong skills.

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

1 life less, 2 abilities that can only be used if they are quite wounded, and a restriction that prevents them using any ranged weapons. So, it's definitely not just a powered up version of the barbarian.

[@holzbergerpeter4480]

I hate the artestyle...

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

I understand why some people don't like it, and I much prefer HeroQuest's original aesthetic, but I do like the new art, and I understand why they chose to go down this route. I feel it was probably the best choice for how they wanted to position the game.

[@harveydents]

I think a more SHOUTING and SCREAMING like face would have made them more bezerker like. Still nice minis though

[@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring]

It's the grip on the axes for me. If they are about to decimate some unfortunate enemy, they should be swinging the axes and should be holding them lower down for leverage. The female berserker is holding her's in a more "prepared and waiting" pose while the male berserker is almost waving it over his head in celebration of a victory.