Extract of the presentation :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a8unSDLPgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=yo ... S7L1nkM&...
(an overview filmed by a fan)
There a video about the figurines which has been done + some 3D renders of the actual work in progress :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp3_f5on0Vs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=yo ... oNR3RXI&...
(they gave some minis to the people who went there)
Dioni showed a short extract of their working place in which you can see thousand minis terminated, their sculptors, the resin in stock etc.
About the figurine video + 3d renders :
Orcs & gobelins - it has been presented to the public as terminated.
some are wearing huge shield, bow etc.
A team is painted it right now for the final prototypes which are going to be presented with the so awaited rules in september.
The spider queen is bigger than the barbarian miniature and it is in the same style that the previous 3D render of the tiny spiders.
It is larger than its base.
The Assassin is wearing a great knife and can also be a playable character.
The prisoneer : they had difficulties to make it because the arms can be moved so he can be attached to the wall or not (then he can run behind the heroes, hands tied).
The vampire is sleeping in her tomb with an impressive realism.
The weapon rack is terminated : very realist too.
The stones arches have a kind of pilar close to their base to stand up correctly.
The illustration work
Drakks
It remembers a kind of dinosaur, an impressive reptliian/rhino creature
They are still working on this one.
The heroes
They have changed a little bit with a realistic size of the barbarian's sword, the dwarf became more muscular and the elf is more elegant in hi posture.
Secondary heroes
several sketches, some illustrations not their priority yet I think.
Morcar & Zargon - new illustrations, same for the vampire, the specter etc
The rules
The new dice is revealed. A king of spheric weight is inside and it will give a 1 to 6 side, one "?" or one "HQ25" on the hexagonal sides.
Those 2 last symbols can give a penality or a bonus in movement or event. The dies are graved not printed.
The gamemaster screen
already done at the end of the crowdfunding, it gives all needed infos behind it for the GM to play the game without looking at the rules each time.
More interesting ... it's also a dice tower !
Postage & package
They are going to send the game to the spanish shops but also are stuying the possibility to spread this to the europe with hq25 and hq25 anniversary trademark deposited.
shop online :
in few hours -today- you should be able to cancel/modify your pledge on
www.gamezoneminiatures.com website
Dionisio also precised that everything - I said everything- will be available on their shop from a single foot of a table to an entire miniature.
Advanced rules
Spirit points are going to be more useful than expected.
The magician will be someone very essential when you wanna go down.
Don't be affraid, it aren't complicated rules, 90% is very similar to the old game in its way. You should be able to adpat old HQ or newm inis to this game, to play old quests etc without big efforts.
(remember : they haven't the right to make the same)
No level up, penalities, new skills each heroe will have among their path. Each adventure will give you something good or bad ..
Traps :
Their are still working on the pits to get a kind of realism without giving a new level on the board by using a new room tile or height.
they also work on vicious stuff hehe.
The doors :
can be opened or close on their base thanks to a hidden axe.
There are several types of doors, some are only for the anniversary edition.
Rights :
Dionisio just recalls hasbro let them the trademark to make a new heroquest and they won't have problems until they do not copy the game or reproduce old material.
Hasbro hold the trademark in most of the european countries but can no more exploit it for 20 years.
If hasbro finally doesn't want to distribute the game, it's not a big deal because they have their own society to do it in whole europe throught gameshops. E-minis was aware of the legal aspect and they are going to sell it in their own shops in spain. They are not blind be sure. So until the game is in the shops, the polemic will continue on & on.
Dionisio said he doesn't want to show things until it's completely finished to not break the surprise when you will open the chest, a gamebox of a huge size. (2 times a warhammer box and larger ... 4 kgs !)
There are in fact many surprise not shown yet you'll discover the day you'll get your box.
There are 3 sculptors , 2 illustrators working hard on HQ25.
The crash testers are ready to go with the first ruleset called "alpha set" in england, spain, france and some other countries.
As said previously, the rules will be yours in september, opened to your suggestions and ideas.
So until september, you won't have news from GZ after the video they are going to put online. They 're not going to the beach, they don't have the time. One thing they really want and work for is the timing : they wanna deliver the game for x-mas to all the people who supported the project.
I know it's frustrating to see nothing more until september, but just remember it was a project and now it becomes real.
