TOPIC: HeroQuest - Boardgame

SnakeEyes (Eric) wrote:

Mike Steele wrote: I remember back when GENCON dealers often gave away real Swag, and there were a couple of years you could get exclusive Heroscape figures.

I remember sprinting to their booth each morning to try to get one. I think I eventually got all the exclusives and they were great characters as well.

Remember when the bags they gave you at check in actually had cool stuff in them? I think one year there were True Dungeon 10 packs.

I know TD gave out single tokens. It was the underwater year. 2011? My wife got a Gill Leaf token in her bag. To this day, it is still her favorite token.

raptorov wrote: I know TD gave out single tokens. It was the underwater year. 2011? My wife got a Gill Leaf token in her bag. To this day, it is still her favorite token.

I remember single tokens and 10 packs at one point. But what I'll never forget is the promo token.

SnakeEyes (Eric) wrote:

Graven wrote: If it's ok to share, not to distract from Eric's awesome quest pack, I just finished magnetizing and painting these spiral stairs for my HQ board.

Love those pieces, Graven! Tell me more about the magetizing. Are you printing a board that they will magnatize too? Or is it to keep them from from bumping around in storage?

Nothing crazy with the magnetizing. I thought I'd try my hand at it for fun, simplify storage of the stairs, and make the stair optional for the base. It's just the one set of stairs right now. This is only my 9th painted miniature ever, and 4th painted dungeon dressing. But I just got a whole bunch of small magnets, so I might start putting some magnet spots on furniture for skulls, rats, bottles and other small dressings. The stairs are from Twisting Catacombs.

SnakeEyes (Eric) wrote:

Graven wrote: If it's ok to share, not to distract from Eric's awesome quest pack, I just finished magnetizing and painting these spiral stairs for my HQ board.

Love those pieces, Graven! Tell me more about the magetizing. Are you printing a board that they will magnatize too? Or is it to keep them from from bumping around in storage?

My new project I’m working on is a light up dungeon torch that uses a flickering LED. I got inspired by a Facebook post, and the LEDs just arrived. This is the WIP for the torch which is also my prototype. I’m not sure, I might do a set of 4 metal torches after this one.

Those are super cool, Graven! I've been eyeing a stairwell but I'm holding off until I finish painting the furniture that the game included. Maybe add the torch to the wall tile pieces so they have something to mount to?

I feel like the HQ community is booming and there are so many people making.

Here's a little tease just for my TD fam. This is the cover for the next quest in the series. It should drop next week. There are 16 pages of content including new tiles, characters, monsters, and a puzzle. Can you spot the 80's fantasy/adventure movie references?

Graven wrote:

SnakeEyes (Eric) wrote:

Graven wrote: If it's ok to share, not to distract from Eric's awesome quest pack, I just finished magnetizing and painting these spiral stairs for my HQ board.

Love those pieces, Graven! Tell me more about the magetizing. Are you printing a board that they will magnatize too? Or is it to keep them from from bumping around in storage?

My new project I’m working on is a light up dungeon torch that uses a flickering LED. I got inspired by a Facebook post, and the LEDs just arrived. This is the WIP for the torch which is also my prototype. I’m not sure, I might do a set of 4 metal torches after this one.

Reminds me of these cool Grimlights that I backed on Kickstarter as while back. Really useful design

Finished the torch.

NightGod wrote: Reminds me of these cool Grimlights that I backed on Kickstarter as while back. Really useful design

Those are cool. The LEDs and wires are smaller than the ones I used.

Graven wrote: Finished the torch.

Looks great!