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 to...
Players
1-4
Time
60-120
Age
14+
Weight
3.9
Rating
8.60
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Gloomhaven has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies and turns. While there is some level of cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, Gloomhaven has a strong interaction score.
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High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
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Gloomhaven has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies and turns. While there is some level of cooperation required, it is not the main focus of the game. Overall, Gloomhaven has a strong interaction score.
Gloomhaven offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The player interaction score is average, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it still provides a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Gloomhaven has a strong replayability score of 8.28.
Gloomhaven has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements such as card draws and dice rolls have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role. Gloomhaven strikes a good balance between luck and strategy, providing an engaging and challenging gameplay experience.
Overview
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.
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Editions
| Edition | Year | Language | Publisher / Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloomhaven ‐ Czech edition, second printing (2020) | 2020 | Czech | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ Czech edition, third printing (2021) | 2021 | Czech | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ Czech edition, fourth printing (2022) | 2022 | Czech | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ English edition, sixth printing (2020) | 2020 | English | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ English edition, ninth printing (2020) | 2020 | English | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ German edition, third printing (2020) | 2020 | German | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ Italian edition (2020) | 2020 | Italian | Unmapped |
| 글룸헤이븐 ‐ Korean edition (2020) | 2020 | Korean | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ Portuguese edition (2020) | 2020 | Portuguese | Unmapped |
| Gloomhaven ‐ Spanish edition, second printing (2021) | 2021 | Spanish | Unmapped |
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