I received my HeroQuest pledge last week. I got it for equal parts nostalgia and the minis. Despite all of the fears that it was going to be filled with woke nonsense, I am happy to say that I did not find any. Yes, the Elf is now female, which is not a problem for me. But you also got four alternate sex figures (male Elf, female Barbarian, Wizard, and Dwarf). The rules are pretty much what they were in the original. The furniture is now miniatures as opposed to cardboard. The miniatures themselves are not bad. Not the biggest fan of soft-plastic miniatures nor the trend for lots of fiddly details. But in the end I am satisfied with them.
Given the limited time me and my friends have for gaming, it won't get played much. That said, I do have two games scheduled, one for later today, and one the day after Thanksgiving (the latter standing in for the yearly Talisman game/hangover recovery day-after-Thanksgiving from my days in Vegas). And I might get another game or two in during the winter break. Otherwise, it will likely only get pulled out when I have a player have to cancel for our DCC game.
If you had kids and wanted to get them into RPGs, this is a great gateway drug. I know that I would have been jacked if my dad/mom/older person had played this with me in my misspent youth.
YMMV.