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Oct 19, 2025·Review·45:52·262·Watch on YouTube

Playing Gloomhaven's SECRET Campaign Alone - The Blacksmith and the Bear

Quackalope

Quackalope

Watch “Playing Gloomhaven's SECRET Campaign Alone - The Blacksmith and the Bear,” a board game review for Gloomhaven from Quackalope on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Quackalope on YouTube:

- Don't miss the ROVE Kickstarter Campaign (Gloomhaven's true successor) - https://gamefound.com/en/projects/addax-games/rove-anchorpoint - Exclusive content on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Quackalope - My Filming Equipment - Camera - https://amzn.to/3F9jzzD Audio - https://amzn.to/3Hl2dCD Vlog - https://amzn.to/3W4OOmj Wool Blanket - https://amzn.to/3VGNd6p Table - https://bandpassdesign.com/collections/products/products/the-dresden - Game Recommendations - Family Fun - https://amzn.to/3FciIOG Family Strategic - https://amzn.to/3Pdrq3D Campaign - https://amzn.to/3Pd0ssN Advanced Fun - https://amzn.to/3Fbw0uE Advanced Strategic - https://amzn.to/3UBbf1a Epic 8 Hour Game - https://amzn.to/3FckD5M Star Wars - https://amzn.to/3VZhjBQ - Our Studio Table - https://bandpassdesign.com/collections/products/products/the-dresden For media inquiries - Quackalope@gmail.com This video is not a sponsored video This game was purchased by us - Our Approach to monetized Content Video - https://youtu.be/hg3qXYDyxn8 - Time Stamps - - Secret Hidden Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/QuackCo?sub_confirmation=1 - Check out the game on BGG for more information - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven - Game Description - Gloomhaven is a game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a persistent world of shifting motives. Players will take on the roles of wandering adventurers with their own special sets of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this dark corner of the world. Players must work together out of necessity to clear out menacing dungeons and forgotten ruins. In the process, they will enhance their abilities with experience and loot, discover new locations to explore and plunder, and expand an ever-branching story fueled by the decisions they make. This is a game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. After a scenario, players will make decisions about what to do next, which will determine how the story continues, kind of like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Playing through a scenario is a co-operative affair where players will fight against automated monsters using an innovative card system to determine the order of play and what a player does on their turn. Each turn, a player chooses two cards to play out of their hand. The number on the top card determines their initiative for the round. Each card also has a top and bottom power, and when it is a player’s turn in the initiative order, they determine whether to use the top power of one card and the bottom power of the other, or vice-versa. Players must be careful, though, because over time they will permanently lose cards from their hands. If they take too long to clear a dungeon, they may end u exhausted and be forced to retreat. #Boardgames #Quackalope #gloomhaven

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Gloomhaven

Gloomhaven

2017·Isaac Childres

Videos
153
Creators
69

Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Gloomhaven is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 44 reviews, 12 how-to-play guides, 66 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 27 other videos.

1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About Gloomhaven, from BoardGameGeek:

Gloomhaven is a game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a persistent world of shifting motives. Players will take on the roles of wandering adventurers with their own special sets of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this dark corner of the world. Players must work together out of necessity to clear out menacing dungeons and forgotten ruins. In the process, they will enhance their abilities with experience and loot, discover new locations to explore and plunder, and expand an ever-branching story fueled by the decisions they make. This is a game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. After a scenario, players will make decisions about what to do next, which will determine how the story continues, kind of like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Playing through a scenario is a co-operative affair where players will fight against automated monsters using an innovative card system to determine the order of play and what a player does on their turn. Each turn, a player chooses two cards to play out of their hand. The number on the top card determines their initiative for the round. Each card also has a top and bottom power, and when it is a player's turn in the initiative order, they determine whether to use the top power of one card and the bottom power of the other, or vice-versa. Players must be careful, though, because over time they will permanently lose cards from their hands. If they take too long to clear a dungeon, they may end u exhausted and be forced to retreat.

Designer

Isaac Childres

Artists

Alexandr Elichev, Lucile Mathieu, Josh T. McDowell, Alvaro Nebot

Publisher

Cephalofair Games

Categories

AdventureExploration

Mechanics

Programmed ActionsAction Selection
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