Comments on: Into the Fray with the First Gloomhaven Scenario

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:49:16 +0000

In reply to RogerBW.

Excellent assessment, Roger! I think that explains the main differences, at least in terms of how I’ve been looking at the games. In another post, you’ll see I came to a similar conclusion: It’s the micro-management of movement in individual battles that doesn’t work for me. I don’t love counting hexes and considering the placement of my characters.

It’s a good thing to know, though! I may hesitate with tactical and miniatures games in the future… Which is fine, as far as my wallet is concerned. Ha ha! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

By: RogerBW

RogerBW — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:42:51 +0000

Comparing this with Gloom of Kilforth (which I also haven’t played, so I’m going entirely off the impressions I’ve got from reading about them), it seems to me that both of them involve fights strung together by narrative… but Gloomhaven is tactical, in that the fights are the primary point of the game, the thing you spend the majority of your time doing, and the decisions are mostly there to get you to the next fight; while Kilforth is more strategic, since the fights seem to be over relatively quickly, and you spend more of your time thinking about where you want to go and what you want to do next.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 01:13:35 +0000

In reply to Derek Ott.

Thanks, Derek! I’m not entirely sure why it hasn’t clicked with me so far, but I’m still willing to give it some more time. Early impressions aren’t everything, and there’s a good chance it’s just repeating the first scenario that’s not working. I can’t fault the game for me just restarting it over and over again… I doubt that’s how it was meant to be played!

I should have at least another session report done by the end of the weekend! It’s hard to say that I’m super excited about it, yet I’m still staying positive and hoping that another scenario will introduce some more. We’ll see!

By: Derek Ott

Derek Ott — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:08:22 +0000

My choice from a year ago was this or Mage Knight based on high solo ratings, popularity, and cost. I went back and forth, forth and back, up and down, etc. Finally decided on Mage Knight and I feel I made the right choice. Maybe this game finds its way into my library or maybe I’ll keep an eye on Frosthaven.

It’s session reports and some reviews like this that make me pause. The game seems so far up my alley of what I would like in a game, but there is that nagging feeling to stay away. I think I need to find someone who owns a copy and play a session.

Looking forward to more reports on this one from you!