Items range from armor to weapons to healing potions to shields.įinally, set up the two event decks (city events and road events), 30 cards per deck (note that there more than 30 cards in each deck, but this is how you begin the game). Items come in different flavors: one time use in a scenario, items that can be refreshed after a long rest (to be discussed later) and some just provide passive stats. The scenario book will also suggest which items your character will begin with, but you can choose any starting items available in the market. These new scenarios will be denoted by a sticker that you’ll place on the campaign map. Upon completion of the first scenario, new ones will be available that you can choose from.
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Next you’ll want to consult the scenario book on how to set up your scenario, what the objectives are, what rewards you’ll earn if you successfully complete said objectives. Lastly, you’ll receive 20 “attack modifier” cards. You’ll also receive an hp/xp dial (hp starts as designated on your player mat xp starts at 0). Whoever you choose will come with a mini-figurine, player mat, cards and tokens. Spellweaver (mainly good for ranged, mult-target attacks, can heal, and summon).Cragheart (a little of something from every class can inadvertently damage players in party).Mindthief (squishy melee character that can buff, shield and summon good party support).Tinkerer (can heal the party, good ranged attack, summons).Scoundrel (great single target melee damager).Brute (essentially a tank, or damage taker).To begin, you’ll choose one of 6 available character classes (or two, if you’re playing solo): There are no rules for a single character. Note that although you can play by yourself (solo), you must play 2 characters. Designed for 1-4 players cooperatively ages 12 and up, a game session of Gloomhaven lasts between 1 to 2 hours. As decisions are made, your mercenary’s story will progress accordingly, so choose your path carefully! One game session barely scratches the Gloomhaven universe as this “choose your own adventure” board game requires many play-throughs to fully experience this content rich game. In other words, it’s not heavily reliant on dice and luck.Īs a unique mercenary, you’ll explore on your own or with a party as you navigate maps, slay monsters, level up your skills.
Gloomhaven combines the excitement of dungeon crawling and killing monsters with strategic decision making. For Gloomhaven, understanding the secret for it’s success lies in the genius of the game itself, which I’ll dive into in my Gloomhaven review below. That’s quite a feat when you think of all of the amazing strategy games that have been released in the last decade. In many board gamers’ eyes, Gloomhaven is one of the best games of all time. Originally released in 2015 via Kickstarter (with the second Kickstarter campaign beginning in 2017), Gloomhaven sky rocketed to fame and quickly rose to the top of the “must have”, ‘best of” and “top 10” board game charts.