Cephalofair Games: Gloomhaven 2nd Edition - New Revised Version of The Award Winning Strategy Board Game - 1 to 4 Players, 60-180 Min Play Time, Ages 14+

This game is amazing. It gets under your skin, you think about it when you aren't playing it. It's an enormous amount of content that easily justifies it's price. Play unfolds fairly slowly, with it increasing substantially with more players, but it's still a game you can play a session of in an afternoon rather than needing an entire day. As a legacy game, it changes as you play, meaning you are rarely doing the same thing twice. And the core gameplay mechanics are excellent, packing strategy into every decision. There is the perfect amount of luck involved, with misses and critical hits being rare and really having an impact on the game state, but not occurring so often that you feel like you're winning or being beaten by randomness alone. The campaign is a revelation. Ever so slowly, you unlock new areas, characters, items and abilities. Your character gets better, and the game adapts by increasing it's difficulty, but in a fair way that makes the difficulty curve feel smooth. That is, after the first few missions. The second scenario in particular is brutal, and I would advise almost everybody to play it on easy unless you are already familiar with the game from playing it elsewhere. This game on easy is still hard, and I don't feel any shame in playing it that way. The mechanics of opening boxes and envelopes when you hit certain achievements, of adding stickers to show areas you've unlocked and cards you've enhanced is bizarrely satisfying. This is a game that revels in the mechanics of games, that takes inspiration from video games and DND which themselves were influenced by board games. It sits powerfully amid a crop of tabletop games that couldn't really exist at any time before now. It's not particularly easy to learn, but it's also not totally inscrutable. Honestly, if you have played a lot of video games you are going to be pretty comfortable here. I probably wouldn't try and teach this to my dad, or my 10 year old niece, but I also don't think it's totally beyond their ability to understand. Gloomhaven demands your time and attention, it's not a game you learn in 5 minutes and play in 30. It's a game that you will spend a few hours learning during your first missions, but that process is itself enjoyable as you grow to understand the way the parts fit together. It's a game I read about online, it's a game I watch videos of people playing. It has pulled me in like only DMing DnD and playing Magic the Gathering have, where the game itself is just the central point of a larger whole, where you discuss and analyze the game and try and get better. It's been a unique experience that I've loved, and I'm probably only 20% through the campaign. I don't know if I'll finish it, I may lose interest eventually, but it's been worth every penny for the time I've put in. Gloomhaven has quickly become one of a few games held up as the gold standard, and it's going to be that for a long time I expect. It seems to change what is possible for a tabletop game, and we all get to benefit from how that will influence things in the future. Basically, it's really good. Buy it maybe.

My husband and I are continuously shocked by how obsessed we are with this game. We want to play every week, for 6+ hours a week. It is just SO GOOD. It's so interesting, and so immensely satisfying to play. There are so many levels of success, and choices to make, and adventures to go on. Truly, we have never been so addicted to a board game as we are to this one. We felt like we got our money's worth after 4 scenarios - and there's like a hundred to go! I will say, we wish the pieces were a little sturdier. One of our group of 4 had an accident spill — no biggie, it happens — but we were surprised by how immediately the pieces and cards absolutely disintegrated. It's like there's no even mildly protective coating on the cardboard. Luckily the creators are amazing, and getting replacements is a breeze. This game is definitely not for those who love quick, easy, simple games. Set up is a beast. We use a simple baggy and small container system to speed it up - pictured - but even still, picking a scenario and getting it all set up for 4 players can take a good chunk of time. Depending on how complicated the scenario is, anywhere between 5 -20 minutes. For us at least, it's usually no big deal because while one person is setting up, others can shop in the store or set up their individual character areas or grab a snack or whatever. I'm heavily debating fabricating my own chest / tackle box or sorts to contain this game, however. It just takes up a LOT of space when you want to play, to be able to spread the baggies out to easily grab what you need, set up the scenario and enemies, set up character areas, setting up the board and various decks you'll need, etc. However, the game is so incredibly worth it. So well done — so much so that while we play this version with 4 people, we bought Jaws of the Lion two weeks later because we wanted to play more often with just the two of us. And we'll definitely be getting Frosthaven when it comes out. I cannot recommend this game enough.

Came complete and on time :) Game is fun and worth playing

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。