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Gloomhaven Enhancement guide

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Minor spoilers ahead!!  While the existence of Gloomhaven enhancements is not a spoiler, how and when you get access to them is.  The goal of the this guide is to provide some guidance and options on selecting your enhancements. If you haven't got access to enhancements yet, I recommend you go back to your game until you eventually unlock it.  Enhancements are also very expensive! Enhancements allow for personal choice and allow for plenty of room to experiment with different playstyles. This guide is to give some general advice on choosing your enhancements and what cards to improve. It's sticker time!

Resting like a pro in Gloomhaven.

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Everyone needs to rest from time to time, and that includes your Gloomhaven mercenary band too. Short resting lets you keep your momentum and keep fighting but at the cost of losing cards unpredictably. Long resting extends your exhaustion timer by 1 round, provides a small heal, lets you strategically choose cards to lose and refreshes your items. Long resting is obviously preferable if you can afford to spend the turn doing so. But is the loss of momentum worth it? And with such dangerous enemies around you, how can you afford to long rest? Scoundrel needs a nap When can you rest? You can only rest once you have at least 2 cards in your discard pile. Pg 17 of the rulebook: The rest action can only be taken if a player has two or more cards in his or her discard pile, and a rest action always results in losing one of the discarded cards. This means you can't simply rest, then immediately rest again to try exhaust yourself (for battle goals or personal quests). You need to play som

Human Scoundrel - Comprehensive guide to stabbing and looting.

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So you've chosen the Human Scoundrel? This Scoundrel guide will cover her skill choices and techniques. Maybe you like playing humans, maybe you like stabbing enemies for big numbers or maybe you like the color green. Regardless the Scoundrel is fun class to play.  Sneaky sneaky stab stab Let's go over what makes the scoundrel a killing machine and what limitations she has.

Communication - Teamwork makes the dream work

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Gloomhaven is harsh. Being able to work as a team will often make the difference between survival and failure. Good team work means good communication. This post we'll cover ways to improve your team coordination so you can make it to the end of the scenario in one piece. instagram.com/jackogoeswacko4smackos  for more painted minis

Gloomhaven - Faster setup guide

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We're going to cover something different this time. How to setup your game faster.  Gloomhaven has a monstrous amount of components. The setup can be long and tedious, but we can make that easier by investing a bit of time in improving the storage.  There's dedicated organizers you can buy that will make your life easier, such as this . However, you can get by with much cheaper and more accessible items.  A Spellweaver, her Chubby Unicorn summon and a Brute face off against some bandits.