Gloomhaven Board Game

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Cephalofair Games

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Gloomhaven Board Game

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B

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B

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Complex Setup

Customers are highly praising the game's complexity and the need for organization to streamline setup and tear-down. They recommend purchasing a game organizer to make the process easier and more efficient.

Hours Of Content

Customers are highly satisfied with the extensive hours of content offered by the Gloomhaven board game. They have reported playing it for hundreds of hours and still discovering new things. Some customers mentioned that they needed additional organizing tools to manage the numerous pieces and components, but overall, the game is considered a must-have for serious tabletop gamers.

Learning Curve

Customers acknowledge that Gloomhaven has a steep learning curve but ultimately find it rewarding, with some suggesting playing Jaws of the Lion first to ease the transition. The game's complexity and depth are appreciated by those who enjoy intricate strategy games.

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Deep Mechanics

Customers have mixed feelings about the deep mechanics of Gloomhaven board game. While some appreciate its unique features and balanced challenges, others find it unforgiving and have encountered issues with damaged or incomplete copies.

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Quality

The game is amazing, and made for serious tabletop gamers.

The balancing so far has been great and every victory feels well earned.

Unfolded the map and it ripped in half.

The room we store our games in flooded, just shy of a foot of water.

Price

Extremely disappointed for such an expensive item

If you have the money, def buy it though!

It is definitely pricey but it comes with a lot and apparently you could play it for a very long time.

We got the folded space ones, which needed to be glued to stay together but it was way cheaper than the wood ones and i feel li... Read More

Shipping

My only complaint is with the shipment.

Most likely due to mishandling by the shipping company (usps).

Packaging/appearance

Game is amazing, only reason its not a 5 out of 5 is because the box was slightly torn when i got it.

With how hefty the box is, it makes sense that they wouldn't include an organizer with it, kind of, but it really will help you... Read More

Second, mad mad props to the folks that did the packaging and the game designers that went with that company.

I opened the package, popped out all the pieces.

Competitiveness

It's definitely more comprehensive than jaws of the lion, and we are happy to add it to our rotation of games.

Another advantage to playing jaws of the lion first is that it is a less expensive game, you can see if you like the style befo... Read More

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Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 935.

Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 6,732 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2025.