Gloomhaven's characters are a diverse lot, ranging across many fantasy archetypes. The encounters are shaken up even more by the game's variety of adventurers. These add bonus and penalty cards to your deck for the coming scenario. Do you loot the bodies, or give them proper burials? You might get treasure and a curse from one option, or a blessing from the other. Say you find some dead priests on the road. This helps make your game feel more personal.Įspecially due to the fact that each adventure starts with a random event offering choices with rewards or penalties. Since some missions can get locked out by choosing or completing others, casual mode is the only 'canonical' way to experience every scenario. Unless you're trying casual mode (which offers money and experience but lacks lasting consequences), these combine into a larger campaign that changes the overall state of your world. That's because a session of Gloomhaven starts with you picking a scenario from one of 60-plus missions that unlock over time. Speaking of stakes, this is technically a legacy-style game - one where choices have permanent effects. Some fights feel like every card is a vital change to the stakes of the scenario. Indeed, Gloomhaven might just be the tightest action economy game I've ever played. This is an action economy game par excellence - one where how much you can get done is as important as what you can get done. What we're left with is a brain burning delight.
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I laughed at the unfortunate choices others had made, or the terrible fix I'd gotten myself in, just as much as I shouted in triumph when I claimed treasures or killed five monsters at once. Trust me when I say that this is one of the funniest, most enjoyable things in Gloomhaven. That'll let you know much faster if you enjoy how Gloomhaven's unique, card-based combat plays out.Īnd friend, your fellow adventurers will cause just as much chaos as the monsters.
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Those interested in the game but who don't want to take the full plunge can check out Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion (opens in new tab), a simpler version with its own unique scenario book.