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Getting StartedFind the Party pad, take a sheet and fill in your party's name.Each player chooses a starting Character Class (Brute, Tinkerer, Spellweaver, Scoundrel, Cragheart, or Mindthief), and opens the corresponding character and miniature boxes, then takes that character's character mat, deck of level 1 ability cards, and the 5 character tokens. See pages 42-43. Leave the attack modifier adjustment cards inside the character's box (the cards with the crossed swords on the back).Each player then takes a sheet of his or her class' corresponding Character pad, fills out the name, and writes down the 30 Gold every character starts with in the Gold Notes section.Shuffle the 24 dark gray Personal Quest cards. Each player is dealt 2 random personal quest cards and chooses 1 to keep, returning the other to the personal quest deck followed by a shuffle. Pick a quest that you think goes with the character you created.
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Gloomhaven is a game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a persistent world of shifting motives. Players will take on the role of a wandering adventurer with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for travelling to this dark corner of the world.
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Personal Quests do not have to be kept secret, but they can be if you wish.Each player receives a standard 20-card Attack Modifier Deck from the game's (not the character's) box (crossed swords back).
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