Gloomhaven Board Game

After playing ‘Jaws of the Lion’ moved on to the original Gloomhaven. Can highly recommend doing it in that order because Jaws of the Lion eases you into the game and rules. Having said that, if you’re into legacy games and willing to invest the time to get to know it, there is no reason why you shouldn’t start with this one. We’re playing it with three players and that works well. My son has played it with four players and, according to him, also a lot of fun. You decide which road to take and there are many options and scenarios to chose from. Having inserts for all the components of the game is helpful. You can buy those or make them yourself. I would recommend looking into that because it makes setting and packing up the game a lot easier.

From payment to receipt of the product, the process is seamless and hassle-free. In addition to which the product arrived earlier than the expected delivery date, one of the best in terms of efficiency and least obtrusive online purchase I made. I caught this item on sale which makes it a 5 star buy in my opinion. Just one complaint regarding the state of the product, the box is quite significantly crumpled and dented. However, am glad that the components within the box are in good condition hence in no requirement for a refund.

We (me and my friends) were looking for a new coop dungeon crawl. Gloomhaven was selected, and oh boy. What a game. Such great depth and gameplay. 10/10

ボードゲーム にはまった主人リクエストにより購入。 ダンボールの大きさも中身も、すごいボリュームです。 台紙から敵キャラやパーツを外すのに1時間近く。 それを、小分けにするのにさらに30分。 それだけでも主人は満足そうで、早くやりたい〜と嬉しそうです。 コロナで都市封鎖中のアメリカからの輸入品だったので、届くのか心配でしたが、予定通り（1日早かったかも？）届いてよかったです。 外に出ず、ボードゲームして週末を過ごします。

I was super hesitant to pull the trigger on Gloomhaven and boy am I glad I did. The TL;DR is this is an absolutely fantastic game and well worth the money. While it's a tough sell given the high price tag, think of it more like getting a base game plus 10 DLC with it. The developer could easily have made the base game and sold 80% of the content in here as add-ons later, but as is you're getting easily 100+ hours of fantastic gameplay. I won't go deep on the game 101, but generally this is a persistent RPG deck-builder + tactical grid combat system. Your character persists between sessions and grows as you complete more of the story throughout the campaign. It's akin to any RPG video game. The only difference between this and something like X-Com or FF Tactics, is you control a single player rather than a team or squad as you make your way through "dungeons". There's also loads of customization options for your character. Between card choice in your deck, unlock-able/findable/purchasable items and equipment, and level up choices, there's plenty to custom tailor your play. It balances player agency and style with character mechanics very well requiring you to adjust to new situations/deck choices without sacrificing your play style. The combat mechanics themselves are balanced between RNG and strategy, but even the probability of what attack modifier card you'll pick next plays into the strategy. I never felt completely betrayed or out of control with the randomness of events. My fate still felt firmly in my own hands and my demise was solely attributable to my own poor decisions. The only real flaw of the game is the shear number of pieces that come with it. While it's overly impressive how many cutouts and tokens and map tiles and whatnot come with the game, there's a real need for organized piece storage (hence why you see so many $80+ organizers out there). For those that don't want to spend that kind of scratch on something to hold pieces, I'd recommend doing what I did and using the foam packaging materials to make makeshift piece holders. It takes a bit of time, but it's easy and cheap to use a box cutter to make your own holder. Granted not everything will fit back in the box when you're done, but it'll make gameplay muchhhhh more enjoyable if you can find things easily. The only other suggestion I have is to use a companion app for battle tracking. There are fantastic ones out there (a simple Gloomhaven search will bring them up in the App Store if you're an iOS user). Dealing with multiple monster cards plus all the things you have to track between rounds would be a herculean administration task if you're using the included pieces. If you really want the full on analog experience and don't mind it, by all means, but for me the free app is a necessity to keep the game loops at a comfortable pace without sacrificing the core analog experience. If you have a friend or two that also enjoys longer campaigns and weekly sessions (think D&D or MTG), you won't be disappointed with Gloomhaven. Solo play is also great if you don't know any other cool kids that want to reserve 2-3 hours a week for game night. Guessing if you're looking at this page and reading the reviews, you should probably just pull the trigger and purchase it. No regrets.