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Wow thank you, never ever knew about Banjo's collection of HeroQuest. Will be spending hours looking now. 😂 I have axian physical decks and all expansions. More HeroQuest is ALWAYS a good thing!

Yeah Banjo! He is for sure an MVP of the HeroQuest community. There's so many great homebrew ideas on his page! Thanks for reviewing this.

You can take"Banjo's house rules" two ways: Banjo's home made rules for HQ or the place where banjo resides rules!

I saw those apps just the other day- I downloaded the treasure card one but hadn’t yet got around to trying it out.

My fav. HeroQuest TH-camr talking about my fav. HeroQuest Website (Banjo), nice!

soundboard asking for a password as its encrypted?

Magic the Gathering HeroQuest could be interesting, a whole wealth of lore, creatures, and characters there to mine. They could change how magic works to utilize the colors of magic. Artifacts exist in both games already.

Yes, make a video about Dungeon design please!

26:57 As soon as you clicked on the inspiration tab you were inspired for content?!? Operation failed successfully 😂

10:43 I would genuinely enjoy and appreciate a video on actual map design for HQ. What are your philosophies on storytelling through map design, or how to build tension through dungeon design specifically on the classic HQ board vs add on or home brewed maps.

Man I really would love a Ranger with a short bow starting weapon and hero skills that focus on range attacks

Will you give us a tour on your board game collection? Thanks

As TH-camrs, we have the freedom, right and choice to make and upload our own content.

Def not a "light" upgrade, looks like the kind of thing you pick and choose certain mechanics that you know will synergize with your own home rules. Rolling 4 dice and selecting 2, with the option to perform an extra action on a 6 is ... very interesting, to say the least. Good stuff!

I’d click on those

Love seeing what others ai buddy pins as their content niche since it seems highly based on videos in popular tab on our channels.

why is TH-cam telling me to feature content of me vs. Ash IN A STEEL CAGE??? (just kidding, but so far the system is not awesome enough to believe such dreams are possible). stay strong, HQ brethren

It'll be worse if they're using this to help train their AI, in order to reduce YT creator's revenue in the future. You briefly state that you could steal ideas from viewing this information, but what if they use the system to steal the profit from hits and views from you? I hope that there is an option to turn this off entirely. I can imagine a future dystopian scenario where they basically throw all the big ideas and claim rights to any topics that they "proposed" using a system like this, and demonetize or reduce the amount going to the creator. Considering that most audio is being converted to text for closed captioning they could easily start checking whether it's using their "Inspirations" as a qc for who is and isn't using their AI and turn this into a service or reduce the cut to creator's as they could claim rights to the ideas from their system.

My AI rant aside, I really love this video (unexpected references to Alan Moore, J.R.R. Tolkien, and "Doctor Who" are always welcome), and in all honesty, a prequel game focused on Zargon's corruption and his amassing an army of monsters is a game I desperately want.

"You've got some cool-looking weapons, but they're AI-generated, so I'm not ever using them in real life." This sums up my whole issue with AI. Prompts in AI, even when ridiculously detailed and thorough, cannot encapsulate years, decades, centuries of skill acquired through observation and experience. Weapons are a great example, because, while we look at weapons and appreciate them aesthetically, they evolved over millennia based on use by people who were trained to use them, sometimes under very different circumstances. The weapons adapted to the needs of the user through the skill of the person crafting the weapons. AI doesn't know what we want or need. It can only guess based on what we communicate, and in many instances, the degree to which you have to dictate to AI takes up more time than it would to create the thing yourself if you put in the commitment to develop the skills yourself first. AI just shouldn't be used for things that require creativity or critical thinking. It should be used for menial tasks so that humans have more time to follow their own creative impulses and develop critical thinking. But, ugh, that's capitalism. Rant over.

Plot-Twist: Zargon is the AI. We need to send our bravest heros to stop him, spreading dread all over the web.

MY HERO! 🎉❤🎉 F* Ai * = ok some exceptions are fine in some limited areas.It’s certainly been harmful to creators. I’ve shifted my RPG illustration work to focus on companies and creators who stand against it in final production work. Ultimately, people can choose to spend their money on work they like (or not) from companies/publishers they like (or not). There is certainly people who wont buy my work because they don’t like my art. Thats totally fine. I can respect that.

Zargon of many faces.

Behold the deception of the Dread Lords

Good thathat zargon can be a them they cat sheep rainbow dash is it is it though lol

Ye man u nailed it gotta say not just hq but TH-cam info man appreciate it and u lad

My two favorite board game content creators. No joke. Great to see a collaborative video. Thanks!

Would actually like to see a video about Zargon and the lore behind him.

I think a video on designing Heroquest dungeons would be great to see, especially since I could only find two videos on TH-cam on that topic, where the first of those videos was your review video on the Quest Builder's Handbook (which was a video that actually provided some really solid advice on dungeon making which I really appreciated), and the second video being over 8 years old made by a channel called 'Dungeon Crawler'. Everything else is either videos on how to 3D print the dungeon map or how to use questbuilder apps :(

Never seen anyone show the backend of the TH-cam creator experience. Very interesting... and disappointing...

I never knew this tab existed in youtube analytics! My channel is also recommending similar AI generated HQ content. All of which sound interesting but come across stale and creepy. It's a weird insight into what these systems think we want to hear. In a way, AI gave you a topic to talk about on the channel... even if it's to shed light on the ridiculous concepts it so often spits out.

Only good in certain things. Every thing else I think it’s a lazy move. AI that assist is good but not do everything .

As always, thank you for another great product review!

All this AI generated stuff spreading all over the web is getting boring... 😒

Just putting this out there, TJ from the TH-cam channel, the Amazing Atheist, has a really good video about AI art. Please check it out.

Welcome to the untold stories of zargon: the college years

This is actually hilarious 😂

It's unfortunately a sign of the times. META has plans to create curated bot accounts that can be rented out above board for engagement.

I was thinking of trying this out myself

Thanks for enthusing me on Heroquest over the past year. I bought it for the family for this Xmas, took me a long time to paint everything but was worth it! We all love playing it and my 9 yr old is already designing his own quests. Pleasingly, I underestimated just how much fun it is to play.😁 Happy New Year 👍

I love these maps, I own almost all of them. I can't find the special KS one for a price I would pay.

Ash, I have a Segway question? Ever play Kingdom Death Monster?

If these expansions came out I’d definitely get them. Already have everything so far and everything has been great so far

Wizards of Morcar with 3 initial wizard only quests to bulk up the wizard and quest book, the original 5 quests, which lead on to a multi stage quest against Morcar, who co-exists alongside Zargon. A dwarf expansion pack. Return to Kellars Keep? Some non metallic armour equipment to buff the non core heros RATMAN

I'm trying to compile a homebrew set. Bonus actions are reserved for magical artifacts and the Rogue as standard. I'm using White (2 of each symbol), Yellow (normal), Red (Bonus Skull and Double Shield), and Black (Double Skull & Shield) Combat Dice, as a levelling up/special abilities system. Some weapons, especially ranged weapons, cannot advance beyond Yellow skill, do not gain rerolls or extra combat dice. This retires the ever popular Crossbow at some point. My magic system has 6 spells for Fire: Conflagration, Inner Fire, Flame Wave, Firestorm, Continuous Blaze, and Infernal Shield - on 1-3, you get only 3 of them, 4-5 you get 4, and 6 you get 5, but multiple rare mechanics allows for one more. It provides resistance to Frost effects, and can do Bonus Damage with the Red dice. It's powerful, but may also end up burning the caster himself. There are 5 spells for Water, the final one, Maelstrom, you only get by casting your final spell in Flow state. But something like Water of Life only reveals Flow state if you get d6+1 LP above 4. If the first two casts are different states, you'll know that the 3rd cast is the same as the 2nd. If they are the same, 3rd and 4th will be opposite. Additionally, while in Flow state, you can Walk on Water, and enchant your dagger into an Ice Knife, if you want to expend it. Sleep Mist can affect multiple targets, but Dense Fog has the downside of making it impossible to search the location. Air offers Gale Force with a d6 bonus move, that reduces by 2 on each turn - while active you breeze past enemies, as their movement is reduced by 1, your allies' is increased by 1. Stopping on an enemy can push them off a ledge or into a Pit Trap, where Tempest only pushes and leaves target in Paralysis, similar to Water: Hot Geyser. Djinn opens any locked door or chest you want it to, before attacking in the same location. Lightning Bolt can be really powerful, if the enemies can be bothered to stand in an ortho- or diagonal straight line and comes with a downed effect, that targets need to spend an action to recover from. You can also cross rifts and don't take damage from falling into Pit Traps, you can get out even if no Rope is available, and access higher elevations, furniture, etc. at will. Earth spells grant you one more chance to resist Lightning effect and immunity to Grappling Vines, while you hold any (not scrolls), and any liquid-based healing grants +1 LP. This also applies to the Druid's versions: Stoneskin -> Barkskin, Meld Into Rock -> Pass Through Rock, Wall of Stone -> Wall of Vines, and Eruption -> Fissure, alternate, slightly weaker spells, of which he receives 2 at random, in addition to 3 of the 6 Druid spells (Healing Spring, Lifeforce, Wisp, Moonbeam, Grasping Vines and Absorb Elements - this last one requires the Druid to be hit by an Elemental Spell, protects him from it, and gives him an additional Druid spell. The Druid also gains the Werebeast Form, and uses enchants: Magic Sling, Ice Knife, Thorn Whip, and Shillelagh, and is the hero with the herb garden - 1 rare reagent pr. quest and half priced Alchemy Kits. The Warlock is similar, but takes 1 Arcane and 2 random Fire spells, in addition to 3 Chaos spells. Can cast Summon Demon for the price of 2 spells/scrolls, or 1 at a Dark Altar, if things get too intense, summons Familiars, and is specialized in the Wand, that eats expensive Magic Ammunition. Where the thieving Rogue takes his trap sense and lockpick expertise, a Toolkit and an infinite daggers Bandolier, along with his Smoke Bomb and Grappling Hook and Backstab while undetected, the Dwarf instead gets a Nose For Gold, Tunnel Running, and Darkvision, as well as some extra survivalist options, and special boni from consuming the various alcoholic beverages. The Elf is the only hero with the skill required to meaningfully use a longbow on his quest, and gets a random 3 of the 9 elven spells (Fey Fire, Fey Step, Premonition, Hypnotic Blaze, Charm Beast, Greater Enchant Weapon, Warp Wood (disarm or open/stick door), Cleansing and Magic Mirror), he also gets a chance to watch and learn, as allied magic users cast one of their spells, to gain a copy for himself, or use the Scrolls, that Barbarian, Knight, Dwarf, Rogue, and Druid cannot. From there, he can lean into spells more or Rogue more. The Shaman is kinda like a magical Rogue, but his abilities have a party focus, while he operates mostly from the shadows. And finally, the Thane is similar to Barbarian and Dwarf, but trades in most of his Combat utility Superior Enchant, Runecrafting and use of Scrolls.

Rolling all black shields on 3 attack dice has 1 in 216 odds. More than acceptable. 🙂 (1 in 36 is for 2 dice.)

Castlevania Heroquest expansion would be cool

😅Lady bird, Move=8 Attack=1 Defend=2 Body=1 Mind=1. Abilities=swarm, flying.😅

Great video as always Ash.