Hasbro’s Avalon Hill Officially Brings Back Heroquest

We told you that it was coming back, and now it’s official!  Hasbro’s Avalon Hill announced a new edition of the HeroQuest board game for release into retail in late 2021 pending a successful crowdfunding campaign. Via Hasbro’s crowdfunding platform, HasLab, this updated version of the game will feature new art, premium miniature figures and exclusive quest books for an enhanced gameplay experience and increased collectability. Fans can back the project starting today through 11:59 pm ET on November 6.

The new version of Heroquest has two price points during the crowdfunding campaign.

The $99.99 Heroic Tier of HeroQuest will come with 71 miniatures, a game board, and a game master’s screen. It will feature more than 90 cards and six custom engraved dice — an upgrade to the original game’s painted wooden dice. It will also have a pad of traditional paper character sheets, allowing you to name your own heroes and keep track of their hit points and loot between games. And it will feature four alternate gender hero sculpts and another exclusive miniature — Sir Ragnar, the object of one of the original game’s early quests — which will only be available during this campaign.

The $149.99 Mythic Tier will feature all of the above, plus new versions of two rare expansion packs, Return of the Witch Lord and Kellar’s Keep. It will also feature two exclusive miniatures — the in-fiction leader of the heroic party, Mentor, and the evil WitchLord himself.

There are stretch goals as to what good crowdfunding does not have a good stretch goal after all!  at $1.2 million, there’s a gender-swapped Warlock figure; at $1.4 million, six additional combat dice; $1.6 million unlocks two extra skeleton figures; at $1.8 million, two additional goblins; and finally at $2 million the set will include a special quest book called Prophecy of Telor written by Stephen Baker, the original designer of HeroQuest.

There seem to be no changes to the gameplay itself, but a few bits of the lore appear to have been altered, Chaos Magic, for instance, has been renamed Dread Magic. The original game’s fimir — a race of one-eyed monsters which came from Games Workshop’s  Warhammer fantasy universe,  has also been changed to more closely resemble a bipedal fish creature.

For a detailed first look at the game, Hasbro PulseCon – a virtual event that gives fans unprecedented access to their favorite Hasbro brands – will feature a panel exclusively for HeroQuest this Friday, September 25. The panel will feature members of the Avalon Hill Brand and Design Team, as well as two special guests: actor, director, writer, producer and HeroQuest fan, Joe Manganiello and the lead designer of the original HeroQuest, Steve Baker. More in-depth information on the available offerings as well as some exciting surprises and reveals for the relaunch will be shared with fans during the event. You can tune-in to the panel on Hasbro Pulse YouTube on Friday, September 25.

“There’s a powerful nostalgia that surrounds HeroQuest, and a gameplay experience that is back in style, making it the perfect time to bring back this epic brand, HasLab creates the perfect avenue to deliver something directly to the fans and makes the community an integral part of the relaunch.” Jeff Anderson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hasbro Gaming.

You have 45 days as of this posting to help make this come to the table. Head over to Haslab and pledge today.