Gloomhaven on PC feels exactly like the board game that inspired it. It’s exciting, overwhelming, confusing, and immersive all at once. It also has the advantage of not requiring you to separate all the different card types and begin a tirade of four-letter words amongst your friends before it’s even out of the box. It's a fantasy focused turn-based strategy game that sees one to four players adventure in and around the titular town. It centres around an ongoing narrative about a band of mercenaries, each with their own individual goals to pursue, and the outcome of prior events influences future ones. Everything you do matters, and this keeps you invested in the story as you and your friends progress. In simple terms, each character has a deck of class-specific ability cards with two options per card. Related: The Best Characters To Include In Your Gloomhaven Partyĭuring solo play, you can control up to four characters at once. If you move into co-op multiplayer, each person in the group controls their own.

The game’s dungeon difficulty is also adjusted to match the number of people playing. The more characters involved in the adventure, the harder it gets. While Gloomhaven’s basics are relatively easy to grasp, several quirks make mastering it very difficult. The game mode you play also hugely affects the difficulty curve with the campaign feeling like nightmare difficulty, even when set to easy. Take it from me, regardless of your familiarity with Gloomhaven as a tabletop game you will probably want to start off with the tutorial. You can either play through it separately in parts, or there’s a skippable version folded into Guildmaster mode. In simple terms, each character has a deck of class-specific ability cards with two options per card.

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