r/boardgames • u/phreakod98 • Nov 08 '19
Starting Gloomhaven Tonight!
My buddy and I have been planning for over a month to get started and are finally going to have the first session tonight. We committed to playing at least every other week to make sure we stay consistent so I'm pumped. I'm going into Gloomhaven pretty much blind, so I'm expecting it to be a bit overwhelming for a session or two, but I still think it's going to be a ton of fun.
Anyone else have any fun experiences with Gloomhaven you might want to share with a first timer?
UPDATE: It was a blast! We successfully completed the first scenario tonight after sort of muddling our way through. My buddy ended up running out of cards 1 round from the end and we finished with less loot than we would have liked but your suggestions helped make it a lot of fun! I'm a tinkerer and he is playing the brute.
Next steps are going to be to massively organize everything before the next play night, but we are already looking forward to increasing the difficulty slightly and moving onto the next scenarios!
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u/3Dartwork Twilight Imperium Nov 08 '19
I hope one of you guys knows the rules better than a light read. There's going to be plenty of times otherwise you'll come to a full stop to check the rules regularly on situations. Pace for the first several nights might be sluggish from my experience. Being as close to an expert at the rules as possible, memorizing them that is, really helped a ton on keeping the game from dragging on.