Gloomhaven RulesBook

Character Mats

When a player begins their journey with the game, he or she will select one of the available character classes
to play. Only one copy of each character class can be played in any given scenario. Each class has a unique set
of abilities, so this is an important decision to make. When the box is first opened, the Brute , Tinkerer ,
Spellweaver , Scoundrel , Cragheart , and Mindthief are available.

Once a character class has been chosen, the player takes the corresponding character mat, character tokens,
and that character’s starting hand of Level 1 ability cards from the larger tuck box containing the character’s
symbol, as well as the miniature contained in the smaller character tuck box.

A CHARACTER MAT INCLUDES:

• A portrait , icon , and
  name of the class.


• Indicators of the maximum
  hit points at each level of
  the class. Players should
  use tracking dials to
  track their hit points and
  experience during a
  scenario.


• The maximum number of
  ability cards the class can
  take into battle.


• A short reference for the
  round structure.


• Designations along the
  border for where to place
  discarded, lost, and active
  cards.


• The reference number of
  the event cards added
  to each deck when the
  character class is unlocked
  (not present on the six
  starting classes) and of event
  cards added the first time
  the character class retires
  (see Announcing Retirement
  on p. 48 for details). These
  reference numbers apply
  to both city and road event
  decks.

End of round:

Monster actions:

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Hextravagant cities and disturbing slumbering forces they^ umans are by far the most dominant of the races, spreading across the continent like locusts, erecting

can never hope to understand. The human society is one of rules and regulations, but also one of great diversity.

Due to their intense curiosity and relentless nature, humans can find themselves walking almost any path

imaginable – from the obscenely wealthy noble to the unappreciated tavern cook; from the blacksmith forging

rugged weaponry to the corrupted pursuant of dark magics.

It is natural, then, that while many humans work to build up complex and constricting bureaucratic societies,

there are others who reject such societies or even work to tear them down. Scoundrels are among this second

type, wholly unscrupulous and self-serving. Scoundrels operate under the assumption that everything in the

world is theirs to take and they will do whatever is necessary to do the taking. Such an attitude manifests

itself in combat through a vicious opportunism unseen in any other culture.

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