Gloomhaven is a game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a persistent world of shifting motives. Players will take on the role of a wandering adventurer with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for travelling to this dark corner of the world. Players must work together out of necessity to clear out menacing dungeons and forgotten ruins. In the process they will enhance their abilities with experience and loot, discover new locations to explore and plunder, and expand an ever-branching story fueled by the decisions they make.
This is a game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. After a scenario, players will make decisions on what to do, which will determine how the story continues, kind of like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Playing through a scenario is a cooperative affair where players will fight against automated monsters using an innovative card system to determine the order of play and what a player does on their turn.
Essentially, every turn a player will play two cards out of their hand. Each card has a number at the top, and the number on the first card played will determine their initiative order. Each card also has a top and bottom power, and when it is a player’s turn in the initiative order, they determine whether to use the top power of one card and the bottom power of the other, or vice-versa. Players must be careful, though, because over time they will permanently lose cards from their hands. If they take too long to clear a dungeon, they may end up exhausted and be forced to retreat.
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Gloomhaven is certainly one of the most complex, ambitious and successful games of all times. It deserves all the praise it gets on board game geek, the level of detail is astoundi... view moreng. Just beware, you will not finish a game session at the advertised time, and the sheer complexity of the game might be too much for a lot of people. view less
Hyped but worth it Tends to have a reputation for being OVER hyped, but I think the hype is well worth it. Currently my #1 game in a collection of about 300 games.
Any game you have to do an online exam to determine monster movement is a steep curve. make sure each player has the gloomhaven helper app on their phones and it makes for a much ... view moremore enjoyable goaround. Still, a very wonderful game with tonns of hours of playability view less
