Jaws of the Lion now adds a third campaign, although it’s not scaled in the same way. There is a distinct shift in focus between Jaws of the Lion’s narrative campaign and the two campaigns included in the core Gloomhaven game. The digital version follows this same principle, with two massive campaigns that offer hundreds of hours worth of content that shapes itself around decisions made by the players. Playing through a complete campaign of the actual board game can take well over a year, and as it is a legacy game, there are persistent effects that last throughout the campaign after they have been determined. The titular Gloomhaven is a city in a fantasy world that serves as both the starting point and the hub for a series of campaigns, and it should be viewed as a world where players craft their own story rather than a campaign setting where everything is laid out in front of you.

We had some experience with the Gloomhaven board game already, so we were more than eager to try out its digital counterpart and discover what Jaws of the Lion was about. After all, we had already spent some intimate time with these character designs without knowing what they represented.

Coincidentally, a couple of months ago, this reviewer was commissioned to paint up a set of Gloomhaven miniatures for the recent Jaws of the Lion expansion, so when the digital version of that same expansion came around, it immediately had our curiosity. If you’ve read our review of Model Builder, you may have picked up that yours truly dabbles in miniature painting.

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