Gloomhaven – Retail Version

A game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a legacy world of shifting motives.

Players will take on the role of a wandering mercenary with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this remote 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.
2–4 Players / 60–120 Min Playing Time / Age: 14+
English retail version
 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frosthaven/gloomhaven
 
This is a persistent, “legacy” game that is best 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.
Essentially, every turn a player will play two cards out of their hand. Each card has a number in the center, and the number on the first card played will determine their initiative order. 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.

Contents

• 17 Thematic Hero Classes
• 30 Double-Sided Interlocking Map Tiles
• 34 Different Enemy Types, Plus 13 Challenging Bosses
• 457 Attack Modifier Cards
• 265 Tokens
• 6 Wooden Element Tokens & Element Track
• 253 Item Cards, 24 Career Goal Cards, 24 Battle Goal Cards, 150 City and Road Event Cards
• 17 Character Sheet Pads and 1 Party Sheet Pad
• 1 Rule Book
• Box
• An Interactive Map Board With Sticker Sheets
• Decoder Card
• 3 Locked Envelopes
• A Custom Insert