Craig Van Ness Q&A Thread

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by stay_golden_PONYBOY

Craig,

Any chance some of the new items/prototype pieces will be on display at GENCON?

...and safe travels to Indy.

There's a chance

[stay_golden_PONYBOY]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

There's a chance

Awesome! What booth? I'm in Lucas Oil for the con and have limited time to meander.

[Taeblewalker]

Fuzzy shelf pic! Woot!

[skyknight]

I’m not gonna lie, when Craig called me and said Heroscape was coming back and would I like to be a part of it again I about dropped the phone. It’s amazing being back in this realm, Craig and I have been friends for almost twenty years and I wish him all the success in the world with this.

[IAmBatman]

I know y'all can't answer anything about specific designs, price point, or release format, but since this one keeps coming up a lot: is anyone able to answer whether new Heroscape minis will be prepainted or not?

[skyknight]

I have not been cleared to answer that. Maybe something will be said at GenCon. Just want to make sure I don’t overstep my bounds.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by skyknight

I have not been cleared to answer that. Maybe something will be said at GenCon. Just want to make sure I don’t overstep my bounds.

For sure! Figured it was worth a shot to see if you could now that we have some early pictures. It's definitely been a point of contention and discussion on the Discord so far.

[IAmBatman]

Ah, yes, here it is. Unpainted confirmed.

Originally Posted by capsocrates

Existing generals remain.
Hinted at new factions. (I assume there are definitely new generals/factions)
Craig is a permanent part of the team.
"Look to see how [Hasbro] interacts with the HeroQuest community to see how they might interact with C3V/SoV."
Figures will be unpainted because "deco" costs would put the starter set at $400+ Deco alone is more expensive than the figures.
First set will most likely be all unique figures.
First set will include an unspecified quantity of Heroscape terrain (same molds as the original sets).
TBD on reprinting any old days

Source: I am at GenCon and talked to Chris Nadeau (I swear his badge said "Hopkins" or "Hodgkins" the first time I looked)

Edit: also, he emphasized that they are prioritizing accessibility, they want people to be able to get into the game

Edit2: he also would not say when we should expect to be able to give them money for these products; not even a "closer to 3 months or closer to 18 months" type of answer

Edit3: He also said "the story has progressed and the world has changed." Make of that what you will. It was in reference to generals/factions.

[chas]

Which other thread? It really would be good to create a central place for information about New Scape. For example, I've only seen one picture so far, but you speak of several.

[skyknight]

Looks like it may have gotten answered in the other thread by Avalon Hill Marketing.

[Mr Migraine]

Link to photos, credit to @capsocrates

https://photos.app.goo.gl/a6tG7tQH3EYzAV2GA

[Mythic]

It's like "getting the band back together"!

Happy to see CVN here keeping us in the loop.

Having supported both Heroquest and Risk:Shadow Forces through HasLab, I think the platform would work great for our beloved favorite game should they choose to go that route.