No, I didn’t get to interview him, but here are the cliffnotes, if you want them, and the video from Man vs Meeple with information on what’s coming up in Frosthaven.

Is Frosthaven a Sequel/Continuation?

• Kind of a sequel
• Kind of continuing a story
• Some connections
• MCU analogy -> Gloomhaven = Thor and Frosthaven = Captain America (movies), they are connected but will stand alone as well.

How Big is the scope?

• About on the same scale as Gloomhaven
• Around 100 scenarios
• 16 character classes
• More Monsters
• Mechanics are fairly similar with combat.
• Seasons are a big deal
• Resources are a big deal
• Completing scenarios advances time
• Summer is nicer
• Winter is meaner
• City and Road events for both seasons
• Loot deck
• Pick up money token you get something from the loot deck, might be gold, might be resources
• Buildings level up
• City building

You’ve added crafting?

• Certain buildings in a town allow you to craft items
• Much more involved
• Crafting items together
• Crafting added for stuff to do between scenarios
• Upkeep/some reason to go adventuring with town buidling

Defenses in town are for what?

• For warding off attacks
• You’ll still have personal quests, but they won’t unlock new character classes
• You’ll unlock new buildings in town
• Some buildings unlock character classes
• Some buildings unlock new things to do

Puzzles?

• Book that you find in the campaign
• Cipher in the first type of book
• Escape room almost
• Example: Pages might give you clues, point to a scenario, artwork, or text, etc.
• Get it about a 3rd of way in, and it lasts a long time
• Final pages of book requires you to have beat basically everything else

Branching paths?

• Three different paths
• Can do all three at once
• Puzzle book needs you to do all of them
• Three races that are attacking you
• Goal is to pacify all three of them

How much of game is done?

• Roughly 50% done
• Most of the artwork is done
• Campaign scenarios are mapped out
• Side scenario content isn’t done
• puzzle booklet is still in progress

Maps

• Same map artist as Jaws of Lion standalone expansion
• Map is twice as large as Gloomhaven map
• Half is world map and half is city map

That’s a bunch of information, it’s a bunch of repeats but a bit more detail. Needless to say I’m stoked for this and I’m glad that Man vs Meeple was able to do this interview.

I’m sure there’ll be more that I’m breaking down between now and March 24th when it launches.

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