Note that in this video ABNB cannot figure out why Avalon Hill included extra helmet and hand axe cards. It turns out these cards contain errata. The hand axe now specifies it cannot be used by the wizard; the helmet now states it is made of metal.

I made a rule for rooms with bookcases/sorc's table, when searching the room for treasure a character rolls an attack die, on a white shield the Hero finds a Spell scroll, adding one spent spell back into the characters inventory. Replace spell scroll with a potion for the Cupboard/Alchemy table.

I love your HeroQuest content. Thank you for the thorough unboxing. I appreciate the amount of camera work and editing you do to provide clear, in-focus, professional-looking views of everything. Your thoughts and commentary are excellent and I truly respect that you're able to have the candor to admit that even though something might not be what you expected or wished for, that doesn't make it bad or wrong, etc.

I've been going through alot of you're hero quest content, and I gotta say, you are THE hero quest KZfaq guy as far as I'm concerned, I didint grow up with with this game, but I've grown to love it, me and my wife are currently on return of the witch lord expansion Thanks to the handy companion app, which is better then nothing and does falter at times, but Thanks for keeping us so informed while not spoiling to much, you have earned a subscription from me sir

Brilliant video (as always.) I didn't think I was that bothered about getting this. Halfway through your vid, I pre-ordered it from one of my usual go-to shops! I look forward to receiving it now. Thanks again for the great vid, review and your knowledge on everything Hero Quest - Always a brilliant watch. Cheers.

I love your reviews of the Heroquest expansions. Not to be impolite and it might be Avalon's fault but I think it's pronounced Re-agent, at least here in the states. Keep up the great work!

I'm interested to see members of the community work to merge Mage of the Mirror & Rise of the Dread Moon campaigns together in terms of the story & swapping monsters / mechanics about. The "Civil War" idea works better if you are sneaking into the City controlled by Sinestra (who has seized the thrown & taken the Princess hostage) - with Sir Ragnar in place as her ally with his own agenda he's pursuing in the background. Not to mention the idea of werewolves / giant wolves feeling like they tie nicely into the idea of the Rise of the Dread Moon (as a lunar event of done significance) - and both campaigns seeming to (from what I've briefly seen in video's) include quests where the Heroes enter the Realm of Reflection (although as far as I can tell both packs have different item for entering). Then you have the option of swapping in extra Elves (and types of Elves) in place of some of the more obvious Chaos monsters found in most of the Mage of the Mirror quests to keep things a bit more thematic (until the quests where you're more after Sir Ragnar than Sinestra. You could even have Sir Ragnar be teamed up with a group of Ogre mercenaries (potentially doing some work to set up Against the Ogre Horde), rather than them just being there unexplained in the Mage of the Mirror quests. Lots of opportunities to smooth out some rough edges for both quest packs / stories if they are merged together, I feel (not to mention a chance to smooth out the difficulty in the Mage of the Mirror quests to be more in line with the Rise of the Dread Moon ones). Being able to sneak about in disguise and / or have Raven's Veil allies in some of the Mage of the Mirror quests would help make those more interesting / balanced than the straight forward fights most of those quests currently are too.

Thanks! Still awaiting my copy… really excited about the additional cards and the changes around them.

OMG I have been waiting for THIS unboxing for a long long time!

Great review - very excited to get my copy later this week.

Perhaps Avalon Hill is planning a villian expansion with Sir Ragnar and Skulmar to offset the Roque Heir expansion. I would buy it.

Thank you for the update. Looking forward to get my copy of the game.

Anyone else think what HeroQuest is really missing is Trolls? Maybe 4 attack 3 Defense 3 body, and the ability to remove a skull counter on Zargons turn?

I'm so excited. Everything looks fantastic. The whole thing has a gothic feel to it. I plan on augmenting it quite a bit with pieces from my Castle Ravenloft board game.

Awesome review, thanks, ABNB! I'm still waiting to find this expansion. I heard that the Hand Axe card now says "May not be used by Wizatd" - this was omitted on the card from the Game System.

Thanks for the video, it sounds like a great expansion. I agree on making all cards to work in an unambiguous way and to also use keywards to assist in this.

it was my honor to give this video it's "404th" LIKE .

Thank you for this video. It showed good what is in there. I think it will take some time to introduce everything to my team. Somehow I feel the Knight is way too strong ... Seems the Barbarian can retire ;_; I am waiting for your new video, because as Morcar I wanna know as much beforehand to avoid a "bad" experience.

Wow, figures you need to play an expansion *included* with the game! If only GW thought of that with Cursed City expansions... ;-p

Thanks for this! I think what AH is doing with HeroQuest is great. As an owner (since ‘89) of the original HeroQuest (UK) with Return of the Witch Lord and Kellar’s Keep (I sold Ogre Horde :/ ), the urge to pick up the new stuff has been strong. The longer I put it off the more expensive it’s getting, haha.

The extra Handaxe and Helmet cards are updates to the original, specifying that the Wizard can not use the Handaxe and the Helmet is made of Metal so certain heroes can not use it either.

Thanks for this! I am so looking forward to getting that alchemy deck... Postman, postman, where art thou? (Not that my copy is actually in the mail. I'll look out for your next video om Dread Moon instead.)

Well, possibly and hopefully Avalon watched your review and inspired them to create a knight solo expansion in the future. A solo that connects a continuous story from this expansion.

The quests and disguise feature are perfect for the rogue. He dont cast spells and his weapons dont remove the disguise. He fits in this expension so much better then the Knight. But i have the german version of the game and this is my first opportunity to get a official knight. The knight in my group used the Henchmen with the shield as proxy

that background music at the start always makes me think my stove is trying to ignite the burner (tick, tick, tick). great to hear your thoughts.. I can only imagine your reaction to the news about Against the Ogre Horde remake...

Wow , looks fun !

That's a nice looking neoprene mat you're using there. ;)

8:29 Arbalist picture purposely leaves out the tip of the weapon in the left hand, because they were ashamed about how round it came out of the mold? 🤔

I buy all the heroquest stuff in german. To me it is especially interesting because I will get the first skill cards for the german version of hero quest with this set. The character kits were not available in german so I'm looking forward to them and hope they will print the other skill cards in german too :)

the Companion App applies Knight's Challenge even though it's triggered by stepping on a square (Wandering Monster Trap) in a corridor. I agree with that decision

Just watched the video - love it! Can’t wait to see your spoiler video as I’m the Zargon for my kids! We are still on the base quests, so I’m holding off on getting this expansion until a later time. That being said, you mentioned that you can just stow away the potions from the treasure deck and they can add new potions easily in expansions. Unfortunately, with the whole premise of each expansion being 100% standalone, that can’t be what happens for future expansions - you ultimately hit the point with the elf warriors/archers. I would have liked to see them require the Mage of the Mirror along with the base game for this expansion. They could have used all the same enemies without giving us enemies we already have (and could have made that Sir Ragnar mini)! Plus, as mentioned if this is supposed to be a sequel quest, why would you not build upon the prequel?!?! And yes - how can they build up Sir Ragnar and do him wrong like they did?!? I may end up getting this sooner rather than later and allow potion crafting early on and just let it flow through all the quests! That and allowing mercenaries from Frozen Horror in everything past the base quests. Kind of implement all the new stuff back into the original stuff…change up the game with the more modern updates! Looking like a great expansion overall, but as you said we should curb our own expectations and enjoy it for what it is and not what we built up in our heads to be!

If I'm not mistaken, that new hand axe states that it may not be used by the wizard, where as the original from the core doesn't. Oh well, good job I didn't buy that one then. Great coverage as usual abnb. Can't wait to get my set now, hurry up Zavvi!

Good overview. This might be a tough one for them to convert into the solo app.

Awww, be nice! I like the new table :(

Since my copy now only appears to arrive here in the Netherlands in September, instead of putting in the effort to avoid all the content related videos, I saw this video and thought okay then. 😁

How about transparant blue plastic cut to size to indicate the water?

My group played thru the Mage in the Mirror and this one and we found the former more challenging. We did enjoy this one but not as much as MITM.

I've always wanted a town or something to do between quests a tavern to hire someone .. different shops for equipment or potions .. a scholar school to regain spells .. if you wanna drop off a hero let's say barbarian or elf wants to go do their quest you gotta meet up with other heros plus a royal room to get quests or even at tavern you can get bounty hunting quests

The Guardian Knight looks like Goblin Slayer. Great vid.

I have my original set I got for Christmas 1990. I got the new releases just got dread moon today. Only problem...no one to play with. Great vid though

The only expansion to Hero quest is more Hero quest!

Thank you

I’ve made myself a knight hero. He’s a bit overpowered attack wise he’s equally equipped with long sword shield and plate amour. Only downfall with him is mobility and movement he only rolls one red dice for movement. 👍👍 😊

Quick question. Does the knight have 3 defense dice before or after the shield is considered? If the shield is lost does he go down to 2 dice? Or is 3 the base? I don't think any other heroes start with armor so idk how that works.

Great video. My expansion has been held up because the supplier increased the price after I ordered it. 🤬I have just agreed to pay the additional £5 and it is on its way. 48 hours to go until it arrives.

Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I can't find any references to the "Cadre of the Raven Claw" in any of the published material, or Hasbro Pulse blog. Where did this name and expectations for them come from?

25:39 - I'm one of those people. Correct me if I'm missing something, but the only Barbarian exclusive item from The Frozen horror is the _Amulet of the North,_ giving a +2 Body Points and +1 Mind Point to the Barbarian's total, which is the same effect of the _Elven Bracers_ from the Mage of the Mirror. While I like the idea of giving other heroes access to those exclusive potions, it's not just a feeling that this decision takes away material that was designed to give the Barbarian and the Elf something special. That's a fact. At least the Elf got 8 new cool spells in The Mage of the Mirror expansion. On the other hand, the Barbarian... As you mentioned, he really needs something that makes him special. Poor Barbarian.

Dammit Ragnar I thought we were friends 😢😢

Yodel is delivering mine in the morning. Hopefully it's to me this time 🤨

Is the rise of the dread moon on the companion app because I can't find it

How would you rank the five expansions released so far, with 1 being your favorite?

Malibu holy crap I didn't know that lol but makes sense

Awww... I still haven't gotten mine, they only just charged me this morning! 😢 Have you noticed the Plastic tray breaking down... Recently my "Mage in the Mirror" plastic has begun to disintegrate!

Will they be updating the App to include this expansion for solo play?

I'm still not a fan of the specters cannot phase into an unexplored room. Why would they care where you have been, but more where the adventures are going and to save their own ectoplasm. There are certainly some good ideas, and it seems that they are headed in a good direction, they just tripped up short of the a good finish line. Hopefully there's another quest to follow up on this that will fill in the holes. In the mean time, I'll look forward to your next episode.

I don't see how you are getting that Knights can used their shields in disguises. To me its quite clear in the opposite direction. Shields are armor and its not one of the two exceptions. Now this is my first expansion so if in another expansion they reprint shields without the armor keyword, then that would be something different.

Surely the central figure on the box art is NOT Sir Ragnar, but the Knight character?

I still have my dragon strike boards

Unfortunately it won’t fit my original version of HeroQuest, because they changed the dimensions.

What play board is the one at 23:46 ???

Anyone else notice that the tokens look like the money from Waterdeep in the Forgotten Realms?

This expansion look promising. Play the DM here look more fun

...I'm in the US and haven't gotten mine yet. I'm jealous!

This got me so excited i wanna do a Haka. It may scratch the itch until Against the Ogre Horde or Wizards of Morcar.......I will never call MORCAR zargon! EVEN IN A FIRE!!!!

Avalon should hire you to help them plan out and design their expansions.

Who has painted their HQ minis?

Will it work with original HQ?

I just want an expansion for the dwarf.

Hey buddy, now listen here. Magic statues springing to life is a commandment of Heroquest! I didn't paint this second Gargoyle figure as a stone statue for nothing dammit! I look forward to the spoiler review as a Heroquest collector who hasn't bought a single Avalon Hill version, I am intrigued by the progress of the game nonetheless, I am collecting these quest books either way to recreate the quests in old HQ with proxy models. Gonna be tricky to find something that works for those Specters; maybe one of those Wraiths from Darkworld: Village of Fear haha.

My suspicion is that this set was never meant to feature the guardian knight, which is why everything about it feels tacked on. Instead the sculpt and the figure (or a very similar sculpt) were supposed to be Sir Ragnar. At some stage, possibly due to the backlash about the original guardian knight limited release, it was decided to switch the set to containing a guardian knight instead. This was probably late in production, leading to some things not being able to be easily changed, and maybe Avalon Hill already had the box interior done so couldn't or were unwilling to add an extra figure. Hence no Ragnar and a tacked on guardian knight.

I can only hope that Hasbro/Avalon Hill will create new Expansions to allow non backers to have the Bard, the Warlock and the Druid as well.

Out of interest, where did you get your copy from? Im still waiting on my preorder

£25 on Zavvi right now. Worth that?

Great video as always I do enjoy your analyses & take on the whole expansion as a whole.. lots of chat online today about isle of games store are starting pre-orders for the following.. Prophecy of Telor (2023) Spirit queen torment (2024) Against Ogre Horde (2024) Path of the Wandering Monk (2025) Check it out…

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The minis look awful. Bring back Games Workshop!

Just ordered this expansion thanks to your Jungles response. Thanks again, especially looking forward to the alchemy cards! ✨🧪✨