HeroQuest Companion App Update - Smarter, Tougher Monsters with New Tactics (Plus Bug Fixes) 

And here's a little extra news about Rise of the Dread Moon, direct from Avalon Hill: "Rise of the Dread Moon will officially be released on 7/15. And for those in the EU, it will be offered in English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian!"

Just saw on Facebook that your new HeroQuest video is live! So I’m here. 👍🏻

nice. you guys are all ahead of me... I'll be covering this tomorrow night. Great news!

Many thanks for this. I wasn’t aware or the update and then didn’t reaslise you had to scroll down to see additions!

Thanks for the update. Wasn't on my radar until now.

It's good that they keep working on it. It has the potential to be really useful. I wonder if the wolves can still attack through the walls, though. 😀

Thank you for talking about the update and putting in some great work and testing it. I was hoping you would do that, because I was a little bit confused about the new updates😊👍

Creature packs is a great idea!

Ooh thanks for sharing!

The new options for monsters makes me wonder if this is more of a beta test for some new monsters they are thinking about. When a fully equipped hero runs around with 4\6 or 3\7 (attack\defense), the extra attack, defense, and HP would be needed in something like Keller's Keep and Return of the Witch Lord. An ordinary goblin or even abomination would struggle against a fully equipped hero. Dread warriors would become the new mediocre threat. I've yet to play Mage of the Mirror or Frozen Horror so do wonder how well fully equipped heroes handle those quests.

Really helpful video and fantastic timing for me as today I received the new Heroquest game, the Frozen Horror and the Rogue heir and am really looking forward to getting stuck into a game. Mage of the mirror is also en-route but not certain if I will get Keller's keep or return of the witch lord as I have them for the original game and they don't appear to have changed much (or at all) for the new game.

You have the Rogue and the Knight. What about trying all those options ON while playing a 6 hero party? I know the App doesn't support more than 4 heroes, but you could supplement that on your own.

Thank you very much for this in-depth explanation of the new features! 😁👍 The app has a real problem with transparency. They'll add stuff with absolutely no explanation of how it should be utilised 😟

I've been using some of the Mythic tier monster variants with some extra rules that might be of interest to combine with some of these "advanced monster" options - Skeletons with sword & shield = +1 Defence Abominations with no weapons = Grab attacks like the Yeti Orc with Warhammer = +1 Attack (or as the named Orcs) Zombies with knife = -1 defence (because the basic Zombies have shields) but damage is poison (can only be healed between quests or using the specific anti-poison potions / artefact) Gargoyle with weapons = use a the guardian at the end of Kellars Keep Dread Sorceress = use as Kassandra the Witch Queen Because you have a high number of the basic greenskins & undead from Kellars Keep and Return of the Witch Lord the Mythic extras don't ever need to be used - but it's nice to have some options to spice up combat encounters especially in those first two expansions where the enemy types start feeling quite ssmey by the end. Best thing is because those models are rarely used it is easily recognised by players which one's have the special rules. I might start using the advanced Skeleton & Goblin idea's from the App too. But as you also say - by the later quest packs these nice extras are maybe a bit much, especially if these rules applied to all enemies of a certain type. These kind of rules are just nice simple additions that a nice options for the evil wizard player to spice things up when needed, keep the heroes on their toes.

Great video! 👍🏻

love this upgrades

I need dark company campain on the app!

Thanks!

I definitely agree with your thoughts on the app update and be playing around with these options. Also just wondering has any one had monsters stand on bookcase and other furniture spaces so they are able to attack the heros?

excited to watching this video and checking out the details myself. my biggest gripe is simplicity for heroquest. I'd love to see more options added in over time with things like in advanced heroquest etc. would make my heroquest collection get more use with my 11 year old that thinks it's to bland and plays star saga instead with me. Heroquest is what I grew up with but it's to simplistic. add a rule setting companion set with alternate rules perks for monsters, additional actionsI'd pay for it if it was fleshed out well look at advanced heroquest out of print on secondary market... make a reprint amd make it compatible with heroquest 2021. add a few new bits and corner the market for best mid range dungeon crawler game

Can we talk about updating the spells, and equipment in the app? I know the designers STRONGLY encourage you to buy the core gane, which is well and good, but filling out more of the skills from new characters (like the Rogue or Monk, Druid, with abilities not covered in the app, or allowing a bit more clarity, like the Elf taking in 1 element and the Wiz taking the rest. Just some UI bookkeeping, and updating would be great!

Awesome stuff mate!

double wandering monsters.. could perhaps be done by type, double goblins, orcs, maybe zombies, but not the others? seems like the app almost could do with those options on a "per monster" type, and as a yes/maybe/no, with a % chance of occurring, i.e. a 0-100 slider, computers are good at that sort of thing

Oh, do you shuffle the treasure deck as well? My players have levied a complaint that I do so, they are insistent that I use Rules as written, which would have them always draw from the top of the deck, and bad cards are placed at the bottom. But on the flip side, when I did that, they would just count the good cards. When they knew all the good cards were drawn, they simply stop searching. Call me silly, but I think that kills some of the tension when searching. Honestly I'm tempted to print off the "You find nothing" card, sleeve it and put it in my deck.😂

Any plans to take a look at league of dungeoneers? It seems right up your alley

Amazing news. We love hero quest but stopped playing it, because it was just to easy. We were fully stacked with healing potions (already not allowing to drink potions yourself while down) and just breezed through the dungeons. I think I will add the advanced Goblins and Skeletons and +1 attack and see if this is enough to provide a proper challenge. Hero quest I am back ! Best update ever.

Retreating monsters! When there are 3 or more the last one should be able to retreat, open doors or call for help.

I wish they extend this app to other Asian Countries. No access to the app here in Philippines and i cant also create an account because they dont have states for Philippines.

I'm playing on app version 2.3. My wishlist for future updates include setting a speed for heroes walking, from default to instant, because backtracking in the app is rather tedious. Sometimes I complete the quest objective and have to walk all heroes across the board back to the exit stairs. Perhaps let me move heroes and monsters anywhere on the revealed map. Secondly, give me control over monster actions as well. Sometimes when entering a room I like to play Zargon's moves, I just need the app to trigger traps if heroes walk on them. Basically as a solo player I just need the app to open doors, reveal the board and quest notes, it would be great to have more control over heroes and monsters so I can apply homebrew rules or jump in to control monsters.

So far I haven seen an option in the app to track henchmen.

Still waiting for a quest randomizer 😊

after playing the new rules advanced goblins, advanced skeletons, one extra defence die, monsters attack weak I can say it did breath new life into heroquest for me. ending after 3 missions for a break mission 4 boss and room was nuts the way goblins will attack move to let someone else cone in to attack you then run away was crazy! ended with 1 dead 2 people at 1 health and the barb was 4 hp. definitely a win for the game. keep it up avalon hill. I was close to shelving it because it was just to easy. in that last quest the warlock died but was bait. the rogue had to run with 1 hp and the knight was picked to target alot. just a blast!

I use the app now when playing Heroquest with my family and friend on Sundays. I have to say it's more enjoyable to play a hero instead of Zargon. My eldest son didn't want to play so I taken over the Dwarf. And I'm impressed with the app and Zargon on the app rocks and even he can be funny, "The goblin has died". I no longer need the GM screen or the Quest Book just find the Quest on the app and let Zargon do his thing while setting miniatures, furniture, and tiles.

I learned, just now, there is no deletion confirmation and just deleted the test party entirely.

I'm Missing diagonal attack.... Am I right?

Still trying to find a copy of heroquest I can pay for

They just need to make it compatible with the Kindle Fire.....

And still: the app is not available for the European countries. Unbelievable.

Lol just play without the app. It’s a board game