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Gloomhaven


60m - 120m

1 - 4 Players

Ages 12+
The Campaign/Battle Card Driven mechanic is a relatively recent development in war games that focuses the players' actions on cards they have in their hand. The very basic idea is that performing a single action uses a single card. Games where cards are used to determine the outcome of battles do not use this mechanic.
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
Co-operative play encourages or requires players to work together to beat the game.
Cooperative Play
Hand management games are games with cards in them that reward players for playing the cards in certain sequences or groups. The optimal sequence/grouping may vary, depending on board position, cards held and cards played by opponents. Managing your hand means gaining the most value out of available cards under given circumstances. Cards often have multiple uses in the game, further obfuscating an "optimal" sequence.
Hand Management

Legacy
Play occurs upon a modular board that is composed of multiple pieces, often tiles or cards. In many games, board placement is randomized, leading to different possibilities for strategy and exploration.Some games in this category have multiple boards which are not used simultaneously, preserving table space. Unused boards remain out of play until they are required.
Modular Board
The simultaneous action selection mechanic lets players secretly choose their actions. After they are revealed, the actions resolve following the rule-set of the game.
Simultaneous Action Selection
In storytelling games, players are provided with conceptual, written, or pictorial stimuli which must be incorporated into a story of the players' creation.
Storytelling
Variable Player Powers is a mechanic that grants different abilities and/or paths to victory to the players.
Variable Player Powers

Fantasy

Miniatures

119.90€

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Board Game Geek Reviews


  1. 10 out of 10

    You would need to play it, in order to understand this feeling. Great game, great story and such great legendary mechanics.

  2. 10 out of 10

    After opening the massive box and looking at the components and reading the rule book, I couldn't believe how excited I was to play. I rate it a 10 before I even played it. I can't get over the incredible amount of careful thought and care and creativity that went into this game. I am proud to be a backer. We have played through the first scenario and love it! I can't wait until the next game day when my son and daughter-n-law join us on our truly epic journey.

  3. 7 out of 10

    1 play / 3 players LIKE: Enough strategic decisions to make interesting turns. I also like the secret hidden goals, which helped to add a little tension to the game. The player character asymmetry was really interesting. The dual use of the cards (top and bottom balancing) was well designed. DISLIKE: Lots of randomness. Possibility for player elimination. Fiddly, with little rules and modifications that players need to remember. Lots of shuffling. Not very portable. The gameplay feels like it would get repetitive with it's hack 'n slash gameplay. OVERALL: It's a fun hybrid RPG. It reminded me a lot of Pathfinder TCG, but using miniatures instead. I enjoyed the game, although I am turned off by how much hype this game has gotten. It has a very high 'exploration' game design factor, but lacks strategic depth compared to euro-game design. Still, I found it enjoyable.

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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 traveling 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.

Each turn, a player chooses two cards to play out of their hand. The number on the top card determines their initiative for the round. 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.

Ages

12+
Designer

Isaac Childres
Mechanics

Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Cooperative Play, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Legacy, Modular Board, Simultaneous Action Selection, Storytelling, Variable Player Powers
Play Time

60m – 120m
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Publisher

Gém Klub Kft., Albi, Asmodee, Cephalofair Games, Feuerland Spiele, Hobby World, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd.
Theme

Fighting, Miniatures, Adventure, Exploration, Fantasy
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