Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles
Expansion of: GloomhavenGloomhaven: Forgotten Circles, the first expansion for Gloomhaven, features twenty new scenarios that take place after the events of the original Gloomhaven campaign and involve one new character class — the Aesther Diviner — and her attempts to prevent an approaching calamity.
The expansion also features seven new monster types (including three new bosses) and fourteen new items.
60m - 120m
1 - 4 Players
Ages 12+
afriestman
I'm ambivalent about Gloomhaven, it's fine but the rest of the table enjoys it so I can find my own fun amidst it all. But this expansions has been miserable to play through. The cross referencing and staggered setup makes the game slow down constantly, there's tons of mid-game translation that's important in the moment and slows everything down while one person works on it, the scenarios are all needlessly overwrought and fiddly without any actual complexity to them. I hate it so much. It's like they took ever scenario that got cut from the main game for being unfun and sold them as a pack. Special mention to scenario 106, for a terrible riddle with no clear answer that you have to translate in parts during different turns. I will never buy any game from the dude that wrote that one ever, it's that bad.
boredbeyondbelief
I like how the books are done, I like that there are different themes and a consistent, cohesive story. I’m guessing this is due to the more “limited” nature of this expansion compared to Gloomhaven (“only” about 20 scenarios?) But I can’t give it the 10 I give Gloomhaven or Jaws of the Lion. Some of the adventures just seem a little too “gimmicky”.
benjeye
If you like Gloomhaven, do not play Forgotten Circles it will ruin GH for you. It tries to change it up but does so poorly. It breaks the game without any real guidance on how to put it back together again. Not even all the kings' men could do it.