Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

Some games ask for a whole weekend. Jaws of the Lion asks for an evening, then quietly takes the next three months of your game nights.

This is the standalone entry point to the Gloomhaven universe, designed for people who have never touched the original. A learn-as-you-play tutorial across the first five scenarios teaches the system as the story unfolds. The scenario book is the map itself: a spiral-bound book you flip open and play right on, with no tiles to punch, sort, or lose under the couch.

Inside the box: 25 linked scenarios, four brand-new character classes (Demolitionist, Hatchet, Red Guard, and Voidwarden) each with their own miniature, and the signature hand-management combat that made Gloomhaven a modern classic, all in a box a fraction of the original's size.

For 1 to 4 players, ages 14 and up. Each scenario runs 30 to 120 minutes, and the full campaign tells one complete story. If your table wants to go deeper afterward, everything here sits inside the Gloomhaven universe.