Frosthaven

So we can talk about a lot here with the game. Mainly I want to highlight a few things that are different from Gloomhaven. For example, there is the town building aspect. We got to see some stickers for that. I tried not to show off too many. And oddly enough that is the element that makes me interested in getting the removable sticker pack. That gives you a reset of the game.

For Gloomhaven you don’t need that. You can just remember what scenarios, with some simple note taking, are available to you and where you are with prosperity. But for tracking how the town is build, the removeable stickers make way more sense.

I also want to call out two other things that I glossed over pretty quickly. The stickers for the rule book and the hidden information, whatever it is, I’m assuming more stickers, in the punch boards. I guess the “locked” book and the secret envelopes as well. Frosthaven has really upped the legacy game like elements a lot. There is a lot to unlock in the game which is going to make the experience different.

3D Terrain

And then, like I said, I made it harder to go with as I added in 3D terrain. Why, because it’s cool and because Frosthaven is going to be a game that I play for 200 hours. I already know that, which means it’s going to be a bigger experience to enjoy and I’m okay with giving it some bling.

And I am not at all disappointed with the terrain. Big E 3D did a great job with what they’ve created. I only had one minor quibble with color choice, but most everything was amazing. You can checkout the full collection here. Now, it is not cheap, but the amount and quality are worth it. Plus, I did see it on sale when I bought it, so you can wait for that if you want. But checkout the pictures of it I took during the stream below.

Upcoming Streams

So it’s been an odd week and a half with streaming. Last week it was all about what I am going to start this week. And the answer to that is ISS Vanguard. So on Wednesday I plan on starting that. It might be more focused on set-up and some of the first scenario, but we’ll see how far I get and how much time i have to get everything prepped over the next day and a half. That stream will be at 8 PM Central.

And then on Monday, I want to get back to some solo games. Frosthaven with the 3D terrain is worth showing off. But let’s find a solo game to play and get it to the table. What will the experience be like and is it really meant to be played solo. I think I know which game I want to play, I just need to learn the rules. Monday streams are at 8:30 PM Central time.

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One of the YouTube Channels that I follow, Rolling Solo, is doing a Kickstarter preview for Frosthaven. He’s doing a bigger preview but starting with the component overview. I’m not going to share all of his videos, but definitely worth checking out.

I’m glad I had something to talk about because we have to wait an extra week for it to come out to Kickstarter

I’ll do highlights, but it’s very visual so it’s worth checking out.

• The map looks amazing. The artwork is beautiful for it.
• We have Radiant Forest, Frozen Pass, Imperial Mountains, Frosthaven, Coppernet Mountains, Whitefire Woode, Crystal Fields are areas
• A-R and 1-12 Grid (216 squares)
• He talks about 1 per square in terms of adventures, but Gloomhaven didn’t do that, so I don’t think it’ll have that many more scenarios
• So many buildings in the outpost
• 10 buildings already built, probably another 30 or so that aren’t built
• The outpost artwork is amazing as well, feels like it’s somewhat a Norse and Celtic feel to it
• Characters look great, smallest handsize is 7, which is the Geminite, but it’s two hands of 7, otherwise 10.
• Lowest health is 14 for Deathwalker and Necromancer
• Minis are definitely prototype level, but the sculpts are pretty well polished in terms of general sculpt
• Monsters look the same in terms of the monster card
• Ruined Machine stands out as an interesting character and different
• Punch boards for lands, overlays, and monsters look similar to Gloomhaven
• Looks like a ship location
• Detail is definitely higher than the previous punch boards
• Fairly limited in terms of tiles, but enough to get a good idea
• Have character cards, monster cards, but most interestingly a few loot cards to look at
• In the demo stuff that was sent out, a lot of the monsters are using elemental
• Monster cards are fairly limited, I expect more diversity possibly later
• Loot cards can give you single, two, three, or five coins
• Loot cards will be in a created 20 card deck per scenario
• Loot cards can be herbs and other building supplies
• Art on the loot cards is solid, but not as good as the updated art on the tiles
• Shows Level 1 and Level X cards for each character
• Necromancer can get a lot of shambling skeletons out there
• Focused on getting your summons to attack for the Necromancer
• Geminate has a new symbol on it
• Geminate uses a lot of elements
• Geminate has a state, so ranged or close combat and the new symbol lets you know when you can switch
• Banner Spear is a little more straight forward from the look
• Blink Blade has interesting combo of faster speeds and slower speeds
• Really interesting how the slow and fast works ,including details for it
• Deathwalker has a Shadow keyword
• Shadows seem like they can move
• Deathwalker can teleport
• Shadow seems like it might work somewhat similar to the voids from the Forgotten Circles expansion

There’s a bunch to pull out of here but not a ton that is massively new, but we will get to see a bit of a playthrough of how it works coming up. There are more previews as well from the likes of Quackalope Games, and I believe that Tantrum House is going to have a preview as well. If you’re on the fence, this will certainly be a spot to check it out.

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