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Best with 3 players
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Player-recommended age: 14+
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Gloomhaven (4a Edizione)
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Description
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 travelling 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 “legacy” game 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.
Essentially, every turn a player will play two cards out of their hand. Each card has a number at the top, 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.
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Co-operative Play Hand Management Modular Board Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Player Powers |
| Categories: | Adventure Economic Exploration Fantasy Fighting |
| Alternative names: | Gloomhaven Gloomhaven, aventures à Havrenuit Gloomhaven: Мрачная Гавань Homályrév グルームヘイヴン 幽港迷城 黯淡港灣 글룸헤이븐 |
| BARCODE: | 019962195013 |
| The item is in 1 cart In 105 wishlists In 35 collections This was seen 45378 times | |
Description
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 travelling 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 “legacy” game 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.
Essentially, every turn a player will play two cards out of their hand. Each card has a number at the top, 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.
Card sleeves in this game
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Co-operative Play Hand Management Modular Board Simultaneous Action Selection Variable Player Powers |
| Categories: | Adventure Economic Exploration Fantasy Fighting |
| Alternative names: | Gloomhaven Gloomhaven, aventures à Havrenuit Gloomhaven: Мрачная Гавань Homályrév グルームヘイヴン 幽港迷城 黯淡港灣 글룸헤이븐 |
| BARCODE: | 019962195013 |
| The item is in 1 cart In 105 wishlists In 35 collections This was seen 45378 times | |
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What players say
How many players it plays best with · 1347 votes on BoardGameGeek
- 1 130 130 say it plays best, 579 recommend it, 312 do not recommend it
- 2 330 330 say it plays best, 740 recommend it, 80 do not recommend it
- 3 654 654 say it plays best, 451 recommend it, 32 do not recommend it
- 4 414 414 say it plays best, 518 recommend it, 151 do not recommend it
- 4+ 6 6 say it plays best, 48 recommend it, 742 do not recommend it
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CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.