A closer look

Rolling a twenty-sided die to decide who moves first is agonizingly outdated, so Gloomhaven completely scrapped the concept. Instead, it utilizes a dual-use card initiative system where players must choose between acting quickly with weak abilities or unleashing devastating attacks dead last. This variant brilliantly forces players to blind-bid their action economy against the monster AI, turning the simple act of waiting your turn into an agonizing tactical puzzle.