hero quest was awesome as a kid i would go down my friends house 5 of us would play all day in his basement to add to the effect we would play under candle light we even had the 2 expansion packs. We even made furniture for the game out of match sticks. good memories i'm trying to get them back together to play another game.
8:50 - Cam, the OG Hero Quest was set in the Warhammer Fantasy "Old World" setting. If you read the descriptions of the characters and setting within the original manual, the Dwarf is from the World's Edge Mountains, the Elf is from Ulthuan (the story says "Athelorn," but that can't be Athel Loren. The Elf is using metal, which the Wood Elves despise), the Wizard and Barbarian are from the Empire (the Barbarian is from the Border Princes, and the Wizard doesn't say). And you are fighting against the forces of Chaos (specifically Khorne), which is why the Gargoyle looks like a Khorne Bloodthirster. The new HasLab Hero Quest traded Chaos for "Dread." So, Zargon (Morcar in the UK) was an apprentice of Mentor the Wizard, and fell under the sway of Chaos and was turned into a Wizard of Khorne. He also swayed some of the orcs and goblins to join him. Battle Masters does the same thing, as it was Warhammer Lite (set in the Empire as Chaos invades). If Hasbro was smart, they would re-release Battle Masters with optional rules to use figures from nu-HQ as "elite units."
"A mighty Barbarian, who slashed foes. An Elf that fucked about a lot. A Dwarf that like to read. And a Wizard who hated them all!" Just your typical average DnD/MMO squad.
In Amtgard, there is Troll Grog, which the troll roleplaying house does at events. They go around offering people a drink of their grog and accepting a sample of whatever the other person is drinking...soda, beer, juice, whatever. The entire house does this. One of them came up to me while I was drinking what I called "alchemy" - every soda I could find, tabasco sauce, Worcestershire, and A1 steak sauce. I apparently scared them.
We have a monthly event in my city that is called our "gamer guild". We play mostly tabletop and card games on the first Saturday of every month. Recently we've found a couple of new members who love this game. The guy who runs the guild also loves it but he's constantly called away from the game because he has to interpret rules and such and it is a game which you are expected to get into.
Zargon: "Now. I have prepared for whatever my master may have up his sleeve. Let his champions come, they will soon feEL MY WRA-!" Servant: "Excuse me sir. Uh.... the champions died." Zargon: ". . . . come again?" Servant: "Yeah. They just, died. Like, in the training course..." Zargon: ". . . well . . . shit . . . . i thought my entrance exam was hell, what the hell is my master doing over there!?"
I have to say, while all of LRR's stuff never fails to amuse, this by far had me laughing way too hard to eat properly. More than the Cards Against Humanity stream did.
Watch for the comedy. Plus, 1) heroes learn the game EVERY quest, 2) DM unfamiliar with the rules EVERY quest, 3) from quest 5 on heroes look at the camera(or something in that direction when it's not their turn, and 4) once crossbow is purchased shots are taken through spaces occupied by fellow heroes.
Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it would be awesome to see an AFK stream wherein everyone plays as one of their characters from Qwerpline (or alternatively any LRR video, if they were never on Qwerpline). Edit: Though this stream did not make me want mountain dew, it did bring to life a desire for cheetos, which I haven't eaten in years. So now I have a bag of cheetos. And it's your fault.
I thought you could only use a spell when you are about to die if you haven't already done your action. At 1:31:56 when the wizard cast water of life to stop himself from dying, should he have been allowed to do that since he had already used his action searching?
Right, but you cannot use a healing spell to save yourself if you have already used an action on your turn. That rule is under the "how to escape death" heading in the rule book. The Wizard used his action to search so the only way he could have saved himself was to drink a potion. He could not have cast water of life to save himself since already used his action that turn. Just a something to watch out for in future play sessions.
Awesome!! Looking forward to watching this. If you had two semi-complete sets of the game, you could technically have fielded two of each character, obviously doubling enemy numbers to equal things out. The thought of that actually sounds pretty cool. Though given the board size it might work better with Advanced Heroquest?! That said, two Barbarian's, Stab Manthrust alongside his twin brother Slash Manthrust, charging the enemies whilst two Elves and two Wizards give them ranged support with a tirade of arrows and fireballs. The two Dwarfs/Dwarves (never sure which plural, the 1st I think) probably wander off in search of ladies, so they can go skinny-dipping with little hairy women! :D Will also be good to see the Femur again, the Orc Cyclops; I wish he/his character/his type had been brought over to WH Fantasy, perhaps as a half troll sized heavy Orc or at least a Black Orc equivalent. The daemon/monstrous creature included I always assumed/took to be a Bloodthirster. Although, if he and the heroes were brought straight over from fantasy, he would make "mancemeat, dwarf-chops and Elvishish Kebab" out of them. The Wizard he would take for trophies; as food they're lacking in meat, stringy and are often out of date! :D Anyway, enough chat, let's Quest some Heroes, watch a couple die and begin dungeon crawling!
+Myrdin90 The adventure in question is actually Call of Cthulhu but I found it similar enough. A "team mate" had min-maxed a character which had psychic abilities to buff himself physically and was literally opening doors and triggering monster events. He was also a melee character and thus used us as shields when fire fights started. It was during the first boss fight when I rolled charisma/persuasion to convince him to "hulk-out" to fight the boss as the rest of the team were not faring well. The speech was like "This is your one redeeming chance, to make so good out of life etc". It worked and also caused him to go insane. We then put him down as insane characters were handed over to the GM.
Argh, too many board games. CthulhuTech, not Call. My friend was a ParaPsychic(somatic build) and I was a Fed Agent (assigned by the GM as the commanding officer). He stopped joining in as he lost interest (We still play other games that are not TTRPGs). The other issue being that the few GMs we have don't like people horsing around. The phrase "mistakes were made, people died" is common as we can easily die in the first area just because we made a sub-optimal decision.
holy shit I just realized that Beej is Derek from Qwerpline! THe voice he uses at 1:02:59 is the exact same as the one he uses for Derek. Up until this point I thought it was Alex doing Derek's voice!
The guy eating is annoying . EDIT.. I had to quit watching after the constant Cheetos crunching .. total wasted hour. Yes I have that hate for crunching noise.
+Michael Williams Whilst it didn't bother me personally, I can relate. The sweeping sound of a hard-bristled broom sweeping water is a sound I hate; in fact hate is not a strong enough word. That sound disturbs me, sends cringing chills through my body!
hero quest was awesome as a kid i would go down my friends house 5 of us would play all day in his basement to add to the effect we would play under candle light we even had the 2 expansion packs. We even made furniture for the game out of match sticks. good memories i'm trying to get them back together to play another game.
Cam that move with chopsticks and Cheetos is genius, imma have to adopt that for messy finger food
I think Beej needed a going over of the rules as I'm pretty sure Hero Quest isn't meant to have a traitor
I used to play this game and was super exited to see it...then I realized there's MORE EPISODES!
GREAT playthrough guys! LOVING it! Your guys enthusiasm is off the charts, and makes me want to play HQ! :)
rodger deering ME TOO!!
Good news, now you can!
8:50 - Cam, the OG Hero Quest was set in the Warhammer Fantasy "Old World" setting. If you read the descriptions of the characters and setting within the original manual, the Dwarf is from the World's Edge Mountains, the Elf is from Ulthuan (the story says "Athelorn," but that can't be Athel Loren. The Elf is using metal, which the Wood Elves despise), the Wizard and Barbarian are from the Empire (the Barbarian is from the Border Princes, and the Wizard doesn't say). And you are fighting against the forces of Chaos (specifically Khorne), which is why the Gargoyle looks like a Khorne Bloodthirster. The new HasLab Hero Quest traded Chaos for "Dread." So, Zargon (Morcar in the UK) was an apprentice of Mentor the Wizard, and fell under the sway of Chaos and was turned into a Wizard of Khorne. He also swayed some of the orcs and goblins to join him. Battle Masters does the same thing, as it was Warhammer Lite (set in the Empire as Chaos invades). If Hasbro was smart, they would re-release Battle Masters with optional rules to use figures from nu-HQ as "elite units."
I love the character Stab Manthrust. He makes me laugh every time.
“Stab Manthrust…is an internet sensation!”💪
This hits me right in the childhood.
I love the idea that the forces of order kept attacking the chaos supply lines. They must've got their character sheets mixed up.
Poor Paul, it's sad seeing him beat himself up after the overlay messed up.
+erikmiller11 I wanted to hug him so bad.....
This video taught me that Canadian Mountain Dew has no caffeine, but Pepsi Co. found a loophole for you guys
The Mtn. Dew and Cheetos was so funny. =)
"A mighty Barbarian, who slashed foes. An Elf that fucked about a lot. A Dwarf that like to read. And a Wizard who hated them all!"
Just your typical average DnD/MMO squad.
In Amtgard, there is Troll Grog, which the troll roleplaying house does at events. They go around offering people a drink of their grog and accepting a sample of whatever the other person is drinking...soda, beer, juice, whatever. The entire house does this.
One of them came up to me while I was drinking what I called "alchemy" - every soda I could find, tabasco sauce, Worcestershire, and A1 steak sauce. I apparently scared them.
Heroquest is a truly entertaining tabletop game. This session was amazing. Keep playing it and you got a subscriber!
"now you goblin" *rolls dice* "now you don't" made me laugh way too hard
Stab Manthrust tried a career in sports commentary. It didn't go so well.
But he did find a career in porn!
What Paul said at the beginning is interesting as fuck. I love Paul, this is awesome!
We have a monthly event in my city that is called our "gamer guild". We play mostly tabletop and card games on the first Saturday of every month. Recently we've found a couple of new members who love this game. The guy who runs the guild also loves it but he's constantly called away from the game because he has to interpret rules and such and it is a game which you are expected to get into.
by far the best board game presentation EVER, you are all AMAZING
i was distracted by the elf guy constant eating but this is prob the best heroquest youtube presentation, thanks !
Heroquest was made to compete with D&D? Heroquest got me INTO D&D lol
+osriccauldwyn So clearly it didn't really work
+James Burton or it work better than expected but not as intented :P
Games Workshop is not a particularly wise company judging by its history.
Graham's voice for Stab Manthrust is the same voice he used for Surrak Dragonclaw in the Clanmanders episode of Friday Nights. :p
Nathan Hartley he stab *and* punch all bears
Love that Paul is wearing a Lava Bears shirt.
Yeah, like Paul said, OD&D is about risk/reward, monsters don't give as much XP as treasure does (plus, treasure usually doesn't try to kill you).
Zargon: "Now. I have prepared for whatever my master may have up his sleeve. Let his champions come, they will soon feEL MY WRA-!"
Servant: "Excuse me sir. Uh.... the champions died."
Zargon: ". . . . come again?"
Servant: "Yeah. They just, died. Like, in the training course..."
Zargon: ". . . well . . . shit . . . . i thought my entrance exam was hell, what the hell is my master doing over there!?"
"is it from a warhammer mold?"
yes. technically.
This is great! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Stabs: Zapsworth
Zap: Fucking hate you guys so much.
I always cry at that part
Guys. Great fun. Mountain Dew must be ice cold. More HeroQuest!
I was really expecting Chunk's mighty horn to be awkward_fart.wav
I have to say, while all of LRR's stuff never fails to amuse, this by far had me laughing way too hard to eat properly. More than the Cards Against Humanity stream did.
Mountain Dew and cheetos just get casually placed on the table
[Burt Reynolds voice]
"Stab Manthrust?! That's a great name!"
Beej must not have seen Crapshots 92: The Hat. He fell for Alex's trick way too easily.
Wholesome story didnt get me emotional at all... there are no tears. Whose cutting onions...
Watch for the comedy. Plus,
1) heroes learn the game EVERY quest,
2) DM unfamiliar with the rules EVERY quest,
3) from quest 5 on heroes look at the camera(or something in that direction when it's not their turn, and
4) once crossbow is purchased shots are taken through spaces occupied by fellow heroes.
I think Cam might have the best name. Gotta love Zapsworth the Wizard
OMG! The costumes! I love it.
When you realize that Alex looks like he's making future Black Panther jokes.
When are the expansions being played? Its been 7 years! Surely its time to break them out.
1:10:59 "Fire of Wrath!"
He said it, he said the thing!
Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks it would be awesome to see an AFK stream wherein everyone plays as one of their characters from Qwerpline (or alternatively any LRR video, if they were never on Qwerpline).
Edit: Though this stream did not make me want mountain dew, it did bring to life a desire for cheetos, which I haven't eaten in years. So now I have a bag of cheetos. And it's your fault.
45:43 - "What the?"
Ash rules.
Also that little hop thing that Paul did around then, adorbz.
This is an awesome game I love this game. Plus this is very funny like when they got the elf hat to play the Christmas song.
"Where are the geneitals!" - I died
I thought you could only use a spell when you are about to die if you haven't already done your action. At 1:31:56 when the wizard cast water of life to stop himself from dying, should he have been allowed to do that since he had already used his action searching?
yes the rules allow a dying character to cast a healing spell or drink a healing potion the moment their body points hit. zero
Right, but you cannot use a healing spell to save yourself if you have already used an action on your turn. That rule is under the "how to escape death" heading in the rule book. The Wizard used his action to search so the only way he could have saved himself was to drink a potion. He could not have cast water of life to save himself since already used his action that turn. Just a something to watch out for in future play sessions.
" I realize I don't even like mountain dew."
Shows boxes. Darn corporate youtubers :p
The dagger IS a ranged weapon you know. You can fling it at any monster you can see. THEN the wizard fights bare knuckled.
+Inus Berard I doubt he'd want to damage his manicured nails though. :)
what do you min / max on a heroquest game ?
Awesome!! Looking forward to watching this. If you had two semi-complete sets of the game, you could technically have fielded two of each character, obviously doubling enemy numbers to equal things out. The thought of that actually sounds pretty cool. Though given the board size it might work better with Advanced Heroquest?! That said, two Barbarian's, Stab Manthrust alongside his twin brother Slash Manthrust, charging the enemies whilst two Elves and two Wizards give them ranged support with a tirade of arrows and fireballs. The two Dwarfs/Dwarves (never sure which plural, the 1st I think) probably wander off in search of ladies, so they can go skinny-dipping with little hairy women! :D Will also be good to see the Femur again, the Orc Cyclops; I wish he/his character/his type had been brought over to WH Fantasy, perhaps as a half troll sized heavy Orc or at least a Black Orc equivalent. The daemon/monstrous creature included I always assumed/took to be a Bloodthirster. Although, if he and the heroes were brought straight over from fantasy, he would make "mancemeat, dwarf-chops and Elvishish Kebab" out of them. The Wizard he would take for trophies; as food they're lacking in meat, stringy and are often out of date! :D
Anyway, enough chat, let's Quest some Heroes, watch a couple die and begin dungeon crawling!
1st wandering monster - Oh no it's painted! I share his concern, painted monsters are always tougher! :D
We play this a few times a month! It's amazing!
Our Wizard ended up bashing shit with his staff, He was pretty baller
Firstly grats on reaching the Patreon milestone. Second-off Munchkin AFK stream with an overhead cam please.
If you shrink the video, Zargon on the DM screen looks like a clown.
really? I saw an eagle
UI
Zargon supposed to be Nagash? Roegar is Sigmar at least.
Thumbs up if you ever scroll down to comments because you wanted to comment on the ad you saw.
Is this pretty much like clue and dnd?
Love Alex's talk about Final Fantasy Tactics. FFTA for GBA! a great game
There's twenty-thousand roaring orcs
The wizard's name should've been something more like Reginald P. Zapsworth the Third...for some reason I think that sounds funnier. Anyone with me?
Feed me MORE Heroquest, please.
"Said the evi wizard" Which one? Zargon or Zapsworth? They Both have "Z"s in their names! The truth lives!
it would be sweet if you guys could stream a afk warhammer battle
this is awesome you guys should do legendary or takaido next
Cam you are just my favorite!!!
I may have to run to the thrift stores near me... and further away
Poor alex, so excited for snorks
Life hack
If you tap the top of the can a bit after you dropped it it won’t explode
1:59:45
IM DONE....IM DEAD....GOD DAMNIT ALEX
I ALMOST CHOKED
YOU ARE THE FUCKING GRESTEST
if you have less that 4 heroes the trial is savage !
Instead of three chaos warriors, why not the kittens?
1:11:28 what's in that mountain dew?! - this is what happens when Canadians drink US soda
For like five minutes there beej wanted to eat that fucking apple so bad
great game more guys!!!
Hey, I'd subscribe for more hero quest, and magic the gathering... totally
What's up with the way that guy eats the apple?
Beej? Beej is you.
Ikr, look how it eats! And afterwards he takes the cards with his sticky hands.... This is why you put gamecards in plastic sleeves.
Beej reminds me of a DnD adventure where I had to put another adventurer down.
That sounds like an interesting story :) Care to share?
+Myrdin90 The adventure in question is actually Call of Cthulhu but I found it similar enough. A "team mate" had min-maxed a character which had psychic abilities to buff himself physically and was literally opening doors and triggering monster events. He was also a melee character and thus used us as shields when fire fights started. It was during the first boss fight when I rolled charisma/persuasion to convince him to "hulk-out" to fight the boss as the rest of the team were not faring well. The speech was like "This is your one redeeming chance, to make so good out of life etc". It worked and also caused him to go insane. We then put him down as insane characters were handed over to the GM.
+Mai Xiangjie (Snirky) so did the guy ever trust your group ever again, or did every succeeding character have a healthy distrust of investigators?
Argh, too many board games. CthulhuTech, not Call. My friend was a ParaPsychic(somatic build) and I was a Fed Agent (assigned by the GM as the commanding officer). He stopped joining in as he lost interest (We still play other games that are not TTRPGs).
The other issue being that the few GMs we have don't like people horsing around. The phrase "mistakes were made, people died" is common as we can easily die in the first area just because we made a sub-optimal decision.
you guys should do a commander game for an afk stream
holy shit I just realized that Beej is Derek from Qwerpline! THe voice he uses at 1:02:59 is the exact same as the one he uses for Derek. Up until this point I thought it was Alex doing Derek's voice!
Mentor, the Mentor is almost as bad as Toriel, the Tutoriel-goatmom.
I have taken barely three sips of this janky rum-honey cocktail thing I made and this video is the funniest thing I have ever seem.
46:55 Cam take moral damage!
BRAWD SWORD!!
What? You don't like the Brode Sord? Or the Fire of Roth!? What is wrong with you!?
Didn't beej take 2 hits at 1:12
Wait, the Dwarf can cast spells? Aren't Warhammer Dwarfs inherently unmagical?
Lol that intro.
i hate the sound of people chewing food. other than that it was enjoyable
1:53:55. Cam wins.
Dios esto es super friky!
It's pronounced Co-Ass
do warhammer for an afk
Does anyone *actually* like Mtn. Dew though, Graham? I like to think everyone drinks it ironically. 'Cause I agree, it's disgusting. :')
1:09:23
57:05
I am confused: do elfs in real life act as pigs as well?
The guy eating is annoying .
EDIT.. I had to quit watching after the constant Cheetos crunching .. total wasted hour. Yes I have that hate for crunching noise.
+Michael Williams Whilst it didn't bother me personally, I can relate. The sweeping sound of a hard-bristled broom sweeping water is a sound I hate; in fact hate is not a strong enough word. That sound disturbs me, sends cringing chills through my body!