Monster Hunter World: Iceborne play and review (review copy provided)

About Monster Hunter World: Iceborne – The Board Game, from BoardGameGeek:

A mysterious song is echoing over the New World and causing the mass migration of Legiana. Now, the Research Commission needs YOU to investigate. Become a hunter of the Fifth Fleet and head to an uncharted arctic tundra where unknown threats roam wild. Protect the new Seliana basecamp from monsters unlike any you've faced before. Claim monster loot from your successful hunts to craft awesome new equipment, so you can hunt bigger and badder beasts until you've mastered Hoarfrost Reach! The follow-up to Monster Hunter World, Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game is a cooperative arena combat game bursting with all new quests, exciting new gameplay, and a whole new line-up of MASSIVE monsters to hunt! It introduces some game-changing Iceborne twists. Navigate frozen terrain. Use your Clutch Claw to get close to the beasts. Find bonus info when tracking to help in the fight ahead. Manage your stamina in a new way. Like World, Iceborne will plunge you into an open world where monsters won't sit back and be hunted. Every fight is a boss fight. The monster controls the flow of combat, pushing you and your party to the limit - and each monster is wildly different. It's crush-or-be-crushed with beasts as mobile as these! Choose your hunter based on their unique weapon and playstyle. Pick which infamous monster you'll be hunting across the ice. Track the creature in a quest driven by your decisions, avoiding pitfalls and collecting bonus resources to help you in the challenges ahead. Then dive into card-driven combat where teamwork, positioning, and stamina are key, targeting the monster parts you need for the equipment you want to craft - without getting wiped out! Play multiple epic campaigns with different combos of hunters, monsters, and equipment. The more monsters you slay, the better the weapons you can craft, the bigger the monsters you can hunt! Every monster comes with single session arena quests, so you can plunge right into combat. Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game includes solo mode.