HeroQuest: Jungles of Delthrak – Into the Wild

29 miniatures, exotic jungle enemies, environmental hazards, and the most untamed setting in the entire HeroQuest library.

HeroQuest: Jungles of Delthrak takes heroes out of the dungeon and into something completely new — a lush, dangerous jungle filled with exotic creatures, environmental hazards, and enemies unlike anything in the standard HeroQuest library. Released by Avalon Hill in 2024, it delivers 29 detailed miniatures and a 10-quest campaign that expands the HeroQuest universe in a genuinely exciting new direction.

The jungle setting changes everything. Dense foliage affects movement. Quicksand threatens heroes who stray off path. Wild creatures attack without warning. Jungles of Delthrak is the first HeroQuest expansion where the environment itself becomes as dangerous as the enemies.

Groups who venture into Delthrak consistently describe it as the expansion that made HeroQuest feel like an entirely different game — the jungle hazards and exotic enemies demand strategies the dungeon never required.

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What's New in Jungles of Delthrak?

Beyond the 29 new miniatures, Jungles of Delthrak introduces the most comprehensive environmental system in any HeroQuest expansion. The jungle is not just a visual backdrop — it actively affects gameplay through a series of new rules and hazards that change how heroes move, fight, and survive.

The 39 full-color cardboard pieces include new jungle terrain tiles that replace the stone dungeon floors of standard HeroQuest with lush vegetation, rivers, and exotic landscapes. Every quest feels visually and mechanically distinct from anything in the base game or previous expansions.

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📸 My own copy of Jungles of Delthrak — fresh off the shelf and ready for review.

How Does It Play?

The 10-quest campaign takes heroes deeper into the Jungles of Delthrak with each mission, the narrative escalating as the heroes uncover the secrets of this wild and untamed realm. Each quest introduces new environmental rules — quicksand zones, dense foliage that blocks line of sight, river crossings that cost extra movement — that stack with the new enemy abilities.

The new equipment and treasure cards are specifically themed to the jungle setting — exotic weapons, natural remedies, and artifacts of the Delthrak civilizations. The thematic consistency between environment, enemies, and equipment is the strongest of any HeroQuest expansion.

Combat against the new jungle creatures demands different approaches than dungeon fighting. The Serpent's poison can devastate a hero who ignores it. The Giant Ape's throwing ability repositions heroes in dangerous ways. The Blightcrawler swarms require area management. Every new enemy type teaches the heroes something new.

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