The new best thing about HeroQuest is the new budget friendly starter set First Light!
Actually not so much. So First Light only comes with 4 Miniatures of the basic heroes (Barbarian, Dwarf, Wizard, and Elf) and a new Dragon that honestly looks so much better than the HasLab Dragon. That said every other monster is a cardboard standee, and the furniture is all tile based. Which honestly is a good way to knock the set down to 50 bucks.
But there are a few upsides. The new double sided game board for one. One side is the old layout and the other side is a new less centralized layout. Which also means a brand new starting quest book. It’s supposedly set at the same time as the original so if you already have a group well into a campaign it may not be for them. Plus I believe the Dwarf has a starting weapon change.
As a budget version I feel it works well enough. Everything is still here from the base set so if you had the chance to get the quests from someone or use the App you still can run them. And speaking of if you don’t want to buy a brand new starter kit like me you can still run most of this off the app. The only thing holding you back from the full campaign is having the new board.
Actually not so much. So First Light only comes with 4 Miniatures of the basic heroes (Barbarian, Dwarf, Wizard, and Elf) and a new Dragon that honestly looks so much better than the HasLab Dragon. That said every other monster is a cardboard standee, and the furniture is all tile based. Which honestly is a good way to knock the set down to 50 bucks.
But there are a few upsides. The new double sided game board for one. One side is the old layout and the other side is a new less centralized layout. Which also means a brand new starting quest book. It’s supposedly set at the same time as the original so if you already have a group well into a campaign it may not be for them. Plus I believe the Dwarf has a starting weapon change.
As a budget version I feel it works well enough. Everything is still here from the base set so if you had the chance to get the quests from someone or use the App you still can run them. And speaking of if you don’t want to buy a brand new starter kit like me you can still run most of this off the app. The only thing holding you back from the full campaign is having the new board.