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Strategist Pick
Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles
Requires:Gloomhaven
Designed by Isaac Childres, Marcel Dragomir
Published by Cephalofair Games, Albi + 5 more
Expansion
Deep Strategy: 45+ Min Teach
Components: Miniatures
Community Snapshot
Heavy complexity
60–120 min
7.7 on BGG (2.6K)
Text-heavy
Categories
A heavy co-op and hand management game. Rated 7.7 on BGG.
How It Plays
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
Special cards trigger events and drive the action forward — each card played can shift the whole narrative.
Cooperative Game
Everyone works together against the game itself — you win or lose as a team, so get ready to strategize together!
Grid Movement
Pieces move on a grid of squares — straightforward movement that still leaves room for deep tactical thinking.
Hand Management
You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
Modular Board
The board is made of separate pieces arranged differently each game — no two setups are ever quite the same.
Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
You play through linked missions or scenarios that build on each other — it's like an epic adventure in chapters.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Everyone chooses their action at the same time and reveals together — no waiting around, and plenty of surprises.
About This Game
Gloomhaven: Forgotten Circles, the first expansion for Gloomhaven, features twenty new scenarios that take place after the events of the original Gloomhaven campaign and involve one new character class — the Aesther Diviner — and her attempts to prevent an approaching calamity. The accompanying scenario book breaks these scenarios up across multiple pages to create more dynamic and surprising encounters. The expansion also features seven new monster types (including three new bosses) and fourteen new items.
Source: BoardGameGeek