A history and look at Lego Heroica Castle Fortaan Boardgame 

Great video! I'm so bummed that this series came out in the dark times between loving Lego as a kid and falling back in love and actually buying myself Lego as an adult. Heroica was a marriage of two thing that I really love, board games and Legos. I hope we can continue to grow our little community and eventually Lego will do something like Heroica again. There is so much untapped potential and now with the Dungeons and Dragons collaboration, there's never been a better time to make a micro dungeon crawler system. Thanks for making the video and being a part of the community!

One of the most underrated Lego themes ever made, I remember when they first were released when I was a kid

I don't think I ever saw Heroica as a kid. I DID however get Minotaurus which I always liked. Played that less than I should've.

Glad that people are keeping Heroica alive, thank you for your review!

Thanks for the shoutout Tim, glad you love the set, nice to see the base game in all its glory! 😊

Where Lego really missed the boat with this mini dungeon crawler set up is with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

what a coincidence that the only heroica retrospective was released 2 days before i tried to find one. looking forward to the upcoming videos since i had the core set but none of the expansions although i wish i did.

It is a shame that it got discontinued so quickly. I managed to get not only all four sets, but three of the Castle Fortaan, because I wanted to run all three builds as one giant adventure. It's sad to learn that there were two other sets which I never saw on store shelves. While I may live in the Midwest United States, when I saw Heroica, I tried to keep pretty current with it as best I could. The Iluran Caverns(?) set adds 3 new characters, including the Heroica King, and new enemies not seen in the other 5 such as Zombies and a Vampire Lord. (I'm counting the plastic pack in the number.) I can't get those micro figures. I found that the rules are very simple, and wanted something more like Hero Quest. Descent: Journeys in the Dark does modular adventures pretty well, but doesn't have the complete customization you could get with Lego, and isn't quite as endearing. Regardless, there are things I would have loved to have seen, like Mini Figures of the Micro Figures. There's something about seeing the weapons in the hands of the character. And, it rekindled an interest in Roleplaying, either via Pathfinder or DnD to get better game experience and character growth. And, I want to do it with Legos. Makes me wish the fantasy castle lines with Trolls and Dwarves hadn't vanished so quick.

This came out when i was in college and i managed to get some fellow nerds to play with me.

Oh a fellow Heroica discord member

Sad that this game is dead, but, ive been looking to make my own builds, a little more complex than what LEGO offered though. As for why it fizzled out, is mosr to do with the fact that its mostly aimed at children, and not the more older board game enthusiasts. Hobby shops would have been the perfect place to sell this game at.

do you have any alternative rules you recommend?

Im trying to find one for cheap i found one in a thrift store once but i didnt have money with me so i came in the day after and it was sold it only costed 10 bucks.