Why Heroquest is so Great

A cloaked figure wanders through the crowded tavern, unheeded by all. Suddenly he casts back his hood: it is the Bard! He has come to tell of the greatest thing ever to happen to a table surface: Heroquest!

Feel the excitement! Taste the fear! Heft your Broad-soad in celebration of the pinnacle of all that is, was, and could ever be in the arena of fantasy adventure games!

[lindybeige]

I have lost count of the number of times I have seen this video. I will watch it again.

[HighSlayerRalton]

The best thing about HeroQuest is that it spawned this video.

[thebreckify]

The best thing about HeroQuest is this video.

It contains the optimum amount of content, no more, and no less.

[captchacon]

I work at hasbro and can confirm the new Hero Quest team has seen this video. It is popular and quoted when we play Hero Quest.

[Lostonthetrack]

I am convinced that the return of hero quest is singlehandedly because of you and this video!

[michaelbrennan]

I first got this game when I was 14 in 1991. I got it as my "big" Christmas gift. It was the commercial that got me, and I begged my parents for it. After boxing day I convinced four of my friends in my apartment complex to play it with me. We played for three days straight, and when we got kicked out of apartments by one of our parental sets because we were making too much noise, we went and played in the top stairwell of the building. The stairwell was dark and creepy and had this weird red carpeting. We had our flashlights and played in the dimness of the stairwell. After we had played though it and I could find no one else to play it with me again, I painted all miniatures. I didn't play it again until my 20's, when I told a new group of friends all about it. I pulled it out of my closet and they were impressed with my paint job. We had a blast. Faster forward nearly 10 years and I'm now starting my career as high school English teacher. I started the games club (literally as an excuse to get someone the play heroquest with me) and the club went off. I had a blast introducing the game to the students. I left my game board in one of the classroom closets, and because life moves quickly I forgot all about it. I got married and found another teaching position and left the school, but I had left my heroquest game board and all my painted figures behind, forgetting all about it. I went back years later and it was gone. Just this week I spent way too much money and bought a complete set on ebay. It arrived today. The nostalgia hit me hard. Tonight, with my wife and three kids (ages 13-8) we're going to play. I love this dang game.

[ramblesandtangents]

the best thing about the YouTube algorithm is getting suggested a cracking 7 year old video that just so happens to be one of the greatest videos ever created!

[little_isalina]

The best thing about Heroquest is that every couple months, when times seem at their direst and the world at its darkest, i can come back to this video and be reminded that at least i'm not in gravity land.

[ChristopherYabsley]

The best thing about Hero Quest is this review.

[clown]

i pretend this was the original commercial for the game. And aged well fine, like wine.

[CriticalRoleHighlights]

I never get tired of this video. It belongs in the internet Hall of Fame. It's iconic.

[gajintao]

Chuckle about the review all you want, but this guy was one of the best damn teachers I ever had at Hogwarts.

[johnsalvi]

If they ever bring this game back they need this guy for the marketing campaign

[nightfire]

Played my first game today at a convention after falling in love with this game's look and slowly buying up the original bits over 6 years. The best thing about Hero Quest is the friends you made along the way.... EXCEPT NOT, ITS THE GARGOYLE.

[ferghalicious]

“Just the other month I was playing in the local international poker tournament”

Every line in this video is a gem

[SmoothMcGroove]

Absolutely brilliant! I narrowly escaped absolute disaster in which I veered away from clicking on this video, but fortune smiled upon me today.

[alandralee]

This remains, to this day, the best content ever hosted on YouTube in its entire existence.

[Razz_Dazz]

My Fiancé and I have quoted this video so much, I literally bought him a copy of the new version for Christmas.
10/10 stuff.

[attentionspanlabs]

Today at the game store, my four year old son (who loves this video and Heroquest) wandered over to the warhammer shelves, looked at the Games Workshop logo on the side, and made the sad trombone and the Price is Right loser sound. It took me a minute to realize what he was doing, but I was very proud when I did.

[Notsodirky]

I always keep finding myself back here, watching this every couple of months