![]() ![]() You will increase prosperity at a faster rate due to more retirements. ![]() Make sure you have some pierce or high damage cards. Because you are pushing the difficulty up 2 levels it can be difficult to deal with high shield enemies. Make sure you can deal with shielded enemies.Early on you won’t have a lot of options since there are only 6 starting characters but it won’t be long until this is an important consideration. Due to the limited space it’s best to have some ranged damage dealers and some support. Balance your classes as best you can so that you don’t have a bunch of melee classes together.Also because there are more players AOE can be a problem. 20% higher on AOE can make a big difference. Boss HP and sometimes ATK is usually based on the number of characters so watch out for AOE attacks that are super strong because of the level increase and the extra character.Even though a lot of this article is geared around optimizing with 5 players understand that it will take more time so be prepared and plan accordingly.Also summons are going to severely clog an already overcrowded map. With extra people and summons the game is going to severely drag. I would avoid characters that use summons or at least try to keep summons to a minimum.Because you have more players and the maps are more crowded extra movement and abilities like jump are going to have greater impact.I would suggest having a priority system or at least a discussion so that distribution is fair and it doesn’t cause issues between people. Gloomhaven is supposed to be a group of mercenaries so encourage people to act like that.īe careful with items as one player may not get access to basic items due to supply. ![]() Paralysis by analysis is a real thing in Gloomhaven so encourage people to act without trying to synergize some big move. Do not min max and try to plan perfect turns. Imperfect information means everyone makes their decisions without discussing their cards in detail. To mitigate this, I suggest quickly meeting and discussing a few key items to make sure your game still flows at a decent rate. Once you have everything ready the last major hurdle to cross while playing with 5 players is the extra time it will take. This is the official recommendation from Isaac Childres, the creator of Gloomhaven if you want to play with 5 players. Leave experience and gold the same so that it doesn’t unbalance the game. However that is only going to be for the monster levels and the trap damage. To compensate for the increased player count you should increase the difficulty by 2 levels. This will make it last longer and you will of course have a harder time spotting minor imperfections. You should sleeve the modifier deck, especially if you are printing it. You do get a lot more sleeves here so if you are sleeving your Gloomhaven game and not just the modifier decks then this may be your best bet. An alternative to printing or buying the cards is to get the app and then use the monster modifier deck for the 5th player. It’s 100% free and they are the most recognized board game site, so no big deal. Here is the print and play One caveat, for this you will need a Board Game Geek account so you can login. Playing with 5 players can be challenging but it can definitely be done and with a fairly minimal time and financial investment.įor those of you lucky enough to have 4+ friends that you can get out to a game I’ve laid out step by step(with links to resources) on how you can play Gloomhaven with 5 players! There are also a lot of interesting nuances when you play with 5 players so I’ve done my best to cover the major areas that you will need to pay attention to so that a 5 player game will be fun. One of the most frequent questions I see people ask is how they can add a 5th player to their weekly game. ![]()
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