Warhammer Quest Silver Tower

[joroas]

I have the original of this game, but GW is releasing a new edition of sorts.  It looks very AoSish, and having stunned my self by the idea of £15 for an unpainted figure, have already talked myself out of it.

Any other thoughts?

[Dilettante Gamer]

Listen to that inner voice of wisdom. 😉

[psyberwyche]

First reviews are starting to land. As a huge fan of the original Quest, I'm intrigued: http://volomir.com/index.php/2016/05/12/warhammer-quest-silver-tower/

[Elbows]

I think if you're an AoS player or a Chaos player who likes the current style model range it's probably a good buy.  It appears to be a very shallow interpretation of the orginal game and the Tzeentch-only room cards don't do much for me.  The complete absence of a hefty role-play book has pretty much sealed it for me.  The GW minis are not nearly generic enough for it to warrant a "pick up for dungeon crawl minis" purchase.

I think it could be very good as its own game, but as a replacement for the original - I'll be giving this one a pass.

[psyberwyche]

I've heard it's a good game in its own right, but if I get it I'll clearly be adding the components to my burgeoning classic collection, and making my own custom rules for any components that aren't easily ported across. I've got too much invested in WHQ to replace it (and my nostalgia goggles are way too thick) 

[Pijlie]

First reviews are starting to land. As a huge fan of the original Quest, I'm intrigued: http://volomir.com/index.php/2016/05/12/warhammer-quest-silver-tower/

Your link does not work I'm afraid.

[psyberwyche]

It did work, but the article has been taken down. I wonder if the guy has received a copy far too early, and GW has had words? Probably means there's a Spanish trade account in a bit of trouble right now...

[barbaric splendor]

I really like the barbarian but have no interest in the rest - I hope they will sell the figures singly.

[Belgian]

The barbarian looks splendid as does the big horned demon fellow! I actually quite like the miniatures such as the cultists and the birdmen like miniatures. I have gathered some pictures on my blog if of interest. Not sure if the forum policy allows me to directly post leaked pictures or link to them. Think I read there will be 50-60 miniatures in the box, also read that the miniatures won't be available individually as they share sprues. Not sure of price though any pointers? Edit found price $150

[aiteal]

Your link does not work I'm afraid.

Just http://cachedview.com/ it
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://volomir.com/index.php/2016/05/12/warhammer-quest-silver-tower/

[joroas]

We are just afraid this could be a trap for your pockets in the future!

There it is in a nutshell.....

[Elbows]

Well I'm pleasantly surprised by the bad guys.  The cached pictures do them much more justice than the stuff I'd seen.  Probably still not $150 value to me, but I've bought sillier things.  I just don't know how much I'd use them as I don't see myself playing the game a whole heck of a lot.  If I was a Tzeentch player I'd be all over it - figures for your army and then ebay the single heroes for cash back on your purchase.

[Cergorach]

and having stunned my self by the idea of £15 for an unpainted figure, have already talked myself out of it.

Do you remember how much those single miniature character expansions were for Warhammer Quest? Those weren't cheap, add in 20 years of inflation (x1.75 for the UK)! At the time I don't remember any venues that allowed me to buy with a 20% discount whenever I want...

GW isn't cheap, the single plastic miniatures are very expensive. But with the 'value' army packs (getting started, army boxes, etc.), a 20% discount I'm currently buying most of the GW plastic minis for half price... Things like WHQ: Silver Towers is GBP76 (Wayland inc. shipping) for 51 minis, that's GBP1,5 per mini. It has those funny chaos familiars in plastic, the monsters look very cool. Imho some of the heros don't look so great, but I've just put in my three box preorder.

I suspect that the rules are a bit 'light', but imho the most fun part of non-computer RPG/board/mini games is expanding with your own rules. Especially with things like dungeon crawlers. The amount of fun we had with friends making their own Heroquest adventures and monsters was awesome! Folks that have the original, still have the original and can use this as an 'expansion', that's how I use it. The minis from the original WHQ are 20 years old and not that... Great, even at the time they were kind of static...

[joroas]

The FLGS here, less than 150 yards from the GW store, has it down as a pre-order, with added goodies, for £72.  I was, however, hoping for a new WHQ, not an AoS add-on, no sale here.

[Jerekin]

Well that's sound more like a reasonable price for me. The shop doesn't ship coincidentally to germany?

Shoplink would be nice.