Gloomhaven

Complete the current scenario's objective and play out the round as directed by the scenario-ending rules. In original scenario 1, Black Barrow, the goal is to kill all enemies; every character need not survive, and exhausted characters can still receive successful-scenario rewards. The party fails if all characters become exhausted or a scenario-specific failure condition is triggered.

Secretly choose two cards or declare a long rest; reveal character cards and an ability card for each monster type present; take character, monster and initiative-99 long-rest turns in one initiative order. At the end of each character's turn, immediately loot that character's current hex. At round end, wane elements, resolve shuffle symbols and clear round effects; eligible characters may short rest. Then begin another round or end the scenario as its objective directs.

Compare character leading cards and the ability cards of all monster types present in one initiative order, lowest first. Within a monster type, elites act before normals, each in ascending standee-number order. Characters win initiative ties against monsters. Tied characters compare their other cards, then decide if still tied; players decide ties between monster types. Initiative-99 long rests belong to this same order.

The leading card determines initiative only. Use the top action of either chosen card and the bottom action of the other, in either order. Resolve the abilities within each action in printed order without interleaving the other action. Any top action may instead be a basic Attack 2 and any bottom action a Move 2; discard a card used this way without applying its printed lost-card symbol.

Resting returns discarded cards to your hand, but ordinary rests do not recover lost cards. Both rests require at least two discards and lose one of them. Short rest at round end loses a random card; once per rest, suffer one damage to randomly lose a different card instead. Declare a long rest at round start with initiative 99; choose the lost card, Heal 2 and refresh spent items, but not consumed items.

Normal movement can pass through allies, but not enemies, obstacles or walls, and cannot end in another figure's hex. Attacks require range and line of sight. Melee attacks normally have range one, and ranged attacks against adjacent enemies have Disadvantage. For each attack target separately, apply the attacker's bonuses and penalties, draw an attack modifier card, then apply the defender's shield and other defensive reductions.

Monsters perform only the actions on their current ability card, in the printed order; they do not add movement or attacks absent from that card. Use the appropriate normal or elite statistics for each monster, determine its focus and resolve the listed actions, taking its turn within the shared initiative order.

At the start of a round, a character with fewer than two cards in hand can still long rest with at least two discards. Card shortage exhausts the character only if both piles have fewer than two cards. When taking an instance of damage, you may lose one card from your hand or two from your discard pile to negate that damage; additional effects still apply. Your two selected but unplayed cards are not in either pile and cannot be lost this way. Actually reaching zero hit points causes immediate exhaustion and removal of the figure. Recover lost and discarded ability cards after the scenario. Exhausted characters keep previously earned experience and money and can still complete battle goals and receive rewards if the scenario succeeds.