Back Down That Familiar Road.
What a pleasant surprise to be invited to play the Gloomhaven prequel campaign Jaws Of The Lion. Been awhile since I’ve done a non solo game. That’s excluding the family fun board game, Bark Avenue. I thought I had vowed off any more Gloomhaven as it chewed up a lot of my enforced lockdown time. But when my son in law invited me I didn’t hesitate. We’ve played the first couple of tutorial scenarios and as the rules seem the same as Gloomhaven it was enjoyable from the start. A campaign without the steep rule learning curve, what a blessing. The big difference for me will be that I am running a single character that has to be more cooperative than I am used to in this game world. I ran Gloomhaven solo with three characters so I could prioritise their actions to suit myself and my reading of the situation. Now I can only hint to my team mate what I want to do in non specific terms. This was rather fun as it added a new element of uncertainty. I have however had to look past the unpaint
