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Gloomhaven
Delve into a dark, morally ambiguous world as a mercenary with questionable motives. Explore dungeons, make complex decisions, and forge your company's legend across dozens of interlinked scenarios in an epic campaign.
- Players
- 1–4
- Playing time
- 60–120 min
- Min. age
- 14+
- Year
- 2017
- Designer
- Isaac Childres
Setup
Each player chooses a character and receives their board, class card deck, miniature, and character sheet.
Set up the scenario map by placing dungeon tiles, obstacles, traps, and monsters as directed by the scenario book.
Shuffle each player's combat modifier deck (starting with basic cards) and place the element board in the center.
Set the scenario difficulty level and apply the corresponding monster health and attack multipliers.
Rules
Mechanic: Cooperative · RPG · Campaign
TURN STRUCTURE
Before each round, all players secretly choose 2 cards from their hand and reveal them simultaneously. Players and enemies act in initiative order.
ACTIONS
Top card
Execute the top action of your first chosen card
Bottom card
Execute the bottom action of your second chosen card
Rest
Recover all discarded cards, permanently losing one to the lost pile
COMBAT
Attack
Draw a combat modifier card: it may double, negate, or alter the base damage
Status effects
Poison, immobilize, stun, and muddle affect actions and movement
Enemies
Move and attack following unique AI decks for each monster type
ELEMENTS
Certain abilities infuse elements (fire, ice, air, earth, light, dark) that can be consumed to enhance actions
EXHAUSTION
A character is exhausted if they reach 0 hit points or cannot choose 2 cards at the start of a round
Victory conditions
- Mission objective
- Each scenario has a specific goal: eliminate key enemies, activate altars, survive N rounds, or escort a character
- Defeat
- If all characters are exhausted before achieving the objective, the mission fails and may be retried
Frequently asked questions
- How many players does Gloomhaven need?
- 1–4 players.
- How long does a game of Gloomhaven last?
- 60–120 minutes.
- What is the minimum age for Gloomhaven?
- From 14 years old.
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