Two years ago my then 9 year old daughter defended the Reikland from the incursions of Chaos, where orc mercenaries commanded by four chaos warriors allied with Archaon had invaded my homebrew town of Adlersbrun. She rallied the towns people, remaining guards, a handful of traveling mercenaries, and a certain witch hunter on his way to arrest a rogue fire mage in Ubersreik, and slaughtered them sll, earning the name Chaosbane from the the local militia, the first way-finder of Athel Loren so honored. That huge, combat-filled encounter through the streets took place on a combination of Descent: Legends Of The Dark tiles, and Loke Big Books Of Battle Mats. Yes. They will HeroQuest, fantastically.
The issue with the maps being at different levels when used on different pages can be easily resolved by just tucking more pages under the low side. You don't have to have the cover of the book touching the table. :P Excellent review, though. I've got a book of Loke maps and I'm very happy with them I'll definitely be picking up this set after watching this review.
I actually realized this after the vid and have been suggesting that in every vid since! These are awesome - I only have two more to collect (and of course review)
They can also be found at Barnes and Nobel. They actually have several of the Loke Map Products. I bought the Valley of Peril to use for some outdoor areas for HQ. I'm debating on this set. The Valley also has a code for you to download a digital copy, so the ones I like and make quests for, I can print and mount to chipboard. Combining these with the HQ terrain, and making some like from Crooked Staff Terrain, and you'd really get immersive with such a large board. It should be noted that there is a map reference number, so you can annotate it in your notes for homebrews. Thank you for sharing Ash
Nice. I haven't been to B&N in a very long time. If I saw these, I'd absolutely buy them for the immediate gratification. I'll look into crooked staff. thank you for the info and comment!! :D
I've got the castle and crypts book set and a giant wilderness book, but Im also excited to get the other two, towns and taverns and dungeon books to have a complete set of everything.
We now need a group for sharing missions/campaigns for heroquest on loke battle mats, 2 days ago I just bought the dungeon, towns n taverns, castles crypts & caverns.
I have the Towns & Taverns and the Dungeon sets. I use them for HQ homebrew a lot, especially the current campaign I'm doing. I also have the Yarro Studio Immersive Battle Atlas sets. Also very nice. Dragon Strike boards also get some use. Most of my HQ homebrew doesn't use the OG game board. hahah
Great review! Yes please to reviewing the Wilderness and Towns and Taverns sets please. I see you have already reviewed the latest one too. Thanks for doing these.
They also have a small book (there may be more small ones than just the one I have, I am not sure at the moment) "Little Book of Battle Maps: Towns and Taverns". You can use 2 of those to make building, or they can be used to make connections between maps as well, to add more variation to the configurations you can use with these. My FLGS keeps these in stock, and they move pretty well. Lots of people seeing the vast flexibility they provide.
With the first two crowdfunding campaigns (outdoor and dungeons if i remind right) there was a small book eachtime. They are kinda nice to link the large books or use as hidden rooms or what not.
I love the size of the little books. Now that I've reviewed a big one, I'm going to look into the smalls and possibly cover this use case - specifically, small maps that are placed along the edges of these larger maps if they are found / unlocked, for even MORE possibilities.
These seem like a really great resource! Too bad I am not into making my own quests because they look very fun. I could see using one book to start, moving into the other and then taking the first book and flipping to a new map in order to get a new area to explore. That way the map could just keep going and going until you exhausted them all lol
Once I get them all, I may put serious effort into writing customized quests, for HQ as well as other games. I've actually been thinking, these would work extremely well with Dragon Strike in particular, due to how their boards are set up. a 24x24 is only a little bigger than the DS boards. Video probably coming soon with that! (despite claims against DS being a HQ rip, I love playing it, the speak and other roleplay elements can be a ton of fun at my table)
YES! I been singing these map praises for home brew and 1-shot quests for HQ for a while now. :) I got Towns and Cities. It’s great for a “rest area” or a city to walk through to the various shops (equipment, alchemist, etc).
I cant wait for my delivery of the one I ordered, but I'm very much excited for the towns one when I get it, for the same reason. it'll be a rgeat way to get some town scenarios built for HQ 2021. For classic, I love, love, love my dragon strike town board.
These dungeon Loke maps are the only set I have. I didn't realize they also make towns and other sets. Thanks for the heads-up. But yeah, these dungeon maps are great. I use them for all sorts of things.
I have spare dragon strike boards packaged with my classic HQ for exactly that reason and I love any excuse to use them. Also got Dragon Quest from TSR (old) mainly for that castle board, which is probably the most "heroquest-like" in that it walls everything off into various rooms and you can just place your own doors to work out infinite combinations of rooms.
Thes are Awsome. I just received their most recent kickstarter products which comes with Dungeon and Wilderness. It also came with Tokens for Dungeon traps and hazzards.
4:20 had me picture a scene from Doctor Who. "You're so thick! You're Mr. Thick-thick-thickety Thickface from Thicktown, Thickania! And so's your dad!"
I may need to buy some of the very small sized ones and remove the rings to see how they would look and feel. I hesitate to do it with this larger one!
Is there any HQ quest (official or unofficial) that uses a different mat/map? I have looked up online and I can't find anything!! I would be most grateful if you gave me a link!
If i forgot to put one in the video description, you can purchase them from Amazon, or Loke's own website (which I cannot remember, unless it is lokebattlemats dot com).
This might be a bit of a dumb question, but are they easy to cut loose from the ring Binding? I'm thinking that they would be quite easily seperated with a good knife and ruler.
I think cutting the rings themselves would be better. if you cut the maps you'll lose that potential tile space. although it'll have holes in it from teh rings. so that said, if you don't mind losing the tile row, they should be very easy to cut out with a good pair of office scissors.
@@AshQuest I see, I might end up with 2/3 of a square if I cut them. Cutting the rings should be a smart move. "Losing" the book is of course not the best, but then again they are meant to be played on :) I ended up buying Giant Book vol 3 and two of the mini books. Super excited to test them out!
Two years ago my then 9 year old daughter defended the Reikland from the incursions of Chaos, where orc mercenaries commanded by four chaos warriors allied with Archaon had invaded my homebrew town of Adlersbrun. She rallied the towns people, remaining guards, a handful of traveling mercenaries, and a certain witch hunter on his way to arrest a rogue fire mage in Ubersreik, and slaughtered them sll, earning the name Chaosbane from the the local militia, the first way-finder of Athel Loren so honored.
That huge, combat-filled encounter through the streets took place on a combination of Descent: Legends Of The Dark tiles, and Loke Big Books Of Battle Mats.
Yes. They will HeroQuest, fantastically.
The issue with the maps being at different levels when used on different pages can be easily resolved by just tucking more pages under the low side. You don't have to have the cover of the book touching the table. :P Excellent review, though. I've got a book of Loke maps and I'm very happy with them I'll definitely be picking up this set after watching this review.
I actually realized this after the vid and have been suggesting that in every vid since! These are awesome - I only have two more to collect (and of course review)
I came to express this exact comment, but glad to see somebody has pointed it out.
I love these maps, I own almost all of them. I can't find the special KS one for a price I would pay.
These are simply awesome! If only i had some daring adventurers to play with.
I have these and the static cling terrain/ furniture/ magic effects. I have not had a chance to run a game yet but they are beauties.
They can also be found at Barnes and Nobel. They actually have several of the Loke Map Products. I bought the Valley of Peril to use for some outdoor areas for HQ. I'm debating on this set. The Valley also has a code for you to download a digital copy, so the ones I like and make quests for, I can print and mount to chipboard. Combining these with the HQ terrain, and making some like from Crooked Staff Terrain, and you'd really get immersive with such a large board. It should be noted that there is a map reference number, so you can annotate it in your notes for homebrews.
Thank you for sharing Ash
Nice. I haven't been to B&N in a very long time. If I saw these, I'd absolutely buy them for the immediate gratification.
I'll look into crooked staff. thank you for the info and comment!! :D
I've got the castle and crypts book set and a giant wilderness book, but Im also excited to get the other two, towns and taverns and dungeon books to have a complete set of everything.
AQ, these are utterly brilliant- thanks so much for sharing with your eloquent and articulate style. Some great ideas! 👍🏻
Man! I just started watching your videos 2 days ago and i really like how you make us discover a lot of new things for HQ 😁
We now need a group for sharing missions/campaigns for heroquest on loke battle mats, 2 days ago I just bought the dungeon, towns n taverns, castles crypts & caverns.
Best maps ever. They have new ones coming in spring!
I have the Towns & Taverns and the Dungeon sets. I use them for HQ homebrew a lot, especially the current campaign I'm doing. I also have the Yarro Studio Immersive Battle Atlas sets. Also very nice. Dragon Strike boards also get some use. Most of my HQ homebrew doesn't use the OG game board. hahah
I have the town and taverns book set. I want to get the dungeon set to make a larger battle mat.
Great review! Yes please to reviewing the Wilderness and Towns and Taverns sets please. I see you have already reviewed the latest one too. Thanks for doing these.
Great, so glad u showing it to us, it's a wonderful resource for new quest and adventures.
Ty a lot mate!!!
It's reached the point where I click your videos, hit 'Like' -- and then watch them. :)
Great update and thank you for showing off more map options.
Cannot wait to see more!
They also have a small book (there may be more small ones than just the one I have, I am not sure at the moment) "Little Book of Battle Maps: Towns and Taverns". You can use 2 of those to make building, or they can be used to make connections between maps as well, to add more variation to the configurations you can use with these. My FLGS keeps these in stock, and they move pretty well. Lots of people seeing the vast flexibility they provide.
With the first two crowdfunding campaigns (outdoor and dungeons if i remind right) there was a small book eachtime. They are kinda nice to link the large books or use as hidden rooms or what not.
I love the size of the little books. Now that I've reviewed a big one, I'm going to look into the smalls and possibly cover this use case - specifically, small maps that are placed along the edges of these larger maps if they are found / unlocked, for even MORE possibilities.
I just ordered this. Amazing even just to get ideas for 3d boards
Oh yeah! Getting these and the other ones they made too!
Another excellent set of products that will also HeroQuest are Dungeon Tiles Reincarnated from Wizards Of The Coast.
These seem like a really great resource! Too bad I am not into making my own quests because they look very fun. I could see using one book to start, moving into the other and then taking the first book and flipping to a new map in order to get a new area to explore. That way the map could just keep going and going until you exhausted them all lol
Once I get them all, I may put serious effort into writing customized quests, for HQ as well as other games.
I've actually been thinking, these would work extremely well with Dragon Strike in particular, due to how their boards are set up. a 24x24 is only a little bigger than the DS boards.
Video probably coming soon with that!
(despite claims against DS being a HQ rip, I love playing it, the speak and other roleplay elements can be a ton of fun at my table)
YES! I been singing these map praises for home brew and 1-shot quests for HQ for a while now. :)
I got Towns and Cities. It’s great for a “rest area” or a city to walk through to the various shops (equipment, alchemist, etc).
I cant wait for my delivery of the one I ordered, but I'm very much excited for the towns one when I get it, for the same reason. it'll be a rgeat way to get some town scenarios built for HQ 2021.
For classic, I love, love, love my dragon strike town board.
I have them and I like them a lot!!
These dungeon Loke maps are the only set I have. I didn't realize they also make towns and other sets. Thanks for the heads-up. But yeah, these dungeon maps are great. I use them for all sorts of things.
I have spare dragon strike boards packaged with my classic HQ for exactly that reason and I love any excuse to use them.
Also got Dragon Quest from TSR (old) mainly for that castle board, which is probably the most "heroquest-like" in that it walls everything off into various rooms and you can just place your own doors to work out infinite combinations of rooms.
I could be wrong but I think there are 4 sets in total.
1. Dungeons
2. Wilderness
3. Town and taverns
4. Castles, crypts, caverns
Thes are Awsome. I just received their most recent kickstarter products which comes with Dungeon and Wilderness. It also came with Tokens for Dungeon traps and hazzards.
I'll be on the lookout for the wilderness!
Would be great to have them removable from the book itself
I removed mine it wasn't that hard and you will have more options than ever
This is FANTASTIC man !!
4:20 had me picture a scene from Doctor Who. "You're so thick! You're Mr. Thick-thick-thickety Thickface from Thicktown, Thickania! And so's your dad!"
LOL
Which Doctor said it?
@@AshQuest The 10th Doctor. From season 2, episode 4 of the current run specifically.
Maps are cool, but I just keep wanting more.
There are never enough XD
I have seen them before , if they did not have the ring binding i would buy lots of them in a heartbeat . But they are holding me back
I may need to buy some of the very small sized ones and remove the rings to see how they would look and feel. I hesitate to do it with this larger one!
@@AshQuest if you ever do let us know how it went. I just find it frustrating someone makes such a good product but with just that little flaw for me
Is there any HQ quest (official or unofficial) that uses a different mat/map? I have looked up online and I can't find anything!!
I would be most grateful if you gave me a link!
Is there a link to where this can be purchased
If i forgot to put one in the video description, you can purchase them from Amazon, or Loke's own website (which I cannot remember, unless it is lokebattlemats dot com).
This might be a bit of a dumb question, but are they easy to cut loose from the ring Binding? I'm thinking that they would be quite easily seperated with a good knife and ruler.
I think cutting the rings themselves would be better. if you cut the maps you'll lose that potential tile space. although it'll have holes in it from teh rings. so that said, if you don't mind losing the tile row, they should be very easy to cut out with a good pair of office scissors.
@@AshQuest I see, I might end up with 2/3 of a square if I cut them. Cutting the rings should be a smart move. "Losing" the book is of course not the best, but then again they are meant to be played on :)
I ended up buying Giant Book vol 3 and two of the mini books. Super excited to test them out!
I've oftwn used these for D&D. Why in Mentor's name have I not thought of using these for my randomized HeroQuest adventures?
Your eyes are now open!
@@AshQuest There goes my weekend.
Thats awesome
Why books and not simply unbound tiles? This makes no sense to me.
It's a shame they're bound it the book
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