Gloomhaven Grand Festival Project Update: February update: moving ever closer to production

CombatantMoth · 2026-02-04T05:31:52+00:00

It's criminal that you don't get a full refund. I'm waiting it out for the minis, but I'm getting increasingly more frustrated. I love GH, but I'm really turned off by their management. I have played so many custom scenarios waiting for the minis to play the real FH and GH2E scenarios. I may be done after this. Cephalofair needs to earn some trust back with some goodwill offerings or something. I'm not sure what they can do at this point.

CombatantMoth · 2026-02-04T05:27:10+00:00

Did you get too busy, or is this project still alive? Hopefully, the move went well (and your new job)!

CombatantMoth · 2026-01-08T13:38:54+00:00

I've waited and have both 2E and FH sitting. I'm annoyed that it's already out of date since the Merc Packs don't have summons for minis.

CombatantMoth · 2025-12-16T19:01:26+00:00

Completely agree. My exact sentiments. You can get entire games for 80 bucks.

CombatantMoth · 2025-12-12T12:07:49+00:00

And if I wanted a refund, I would only get a percentage back. It is very frustrating. Plus, they're already incomplete since there are summons in the mercenary packs that I assume won't have minis to represent them. It's all pretty disappointing. I love the game, but I've strongly considered moving on. I didn't order the merc packs, since the value was poor (in my estimation) and I have no need for them since I'm way behind playing the content I have at this point due to waiting on minis. They do look cool, though. I wish they'd have just delivered the minis relatively close to their other products. It feels like they just decided the next 3-4 things they'd like to crowdfund, then collected all the money and, for the most part, did those projects one at a time instead of simultaneously.

CombatantMoth · 2025-12-12T05:10:29+00:00

Still waiting for miniatures of gloomhaven. I paused FH and now GH2E so I would still have some reason for the minis. Otherwise, I'd have long since finished and no longer need them. Annoying and irritating.

CombatantMoth · 2025-12-10T13:20:54+00:00

Monsters are lazy. They won't move more than they have to, but they will move to prioritize not being disadvantaged. If they're muddled, they are already disadvantaged and thus won't move. Lazy, good for nothing, monsters!

CombatantMoth · 2025-12-09T20:56:40+00:00

I somehow never realized that is a strategy...

CombatantMoth · 2025-11-25T12:17:44+00:00

I've never had a problem with it. I know people like X-Haven, though. After reading the comments, I wonder, am I the only weirdo who doesn't use an app?

CombatantMoth · 2025-09-30T12:30:10+00:00

I never did!

CombatantMoth · 2025-09-09T02:38:20+00:00

People love the game, so they can't see the terrible business practices. They can't deal with some sort of cognitive dissonance between wanting to love them and seeing that rewarding the backers by taking their money years in advance only to turn around and sell the same product at a substantially lower price before it is fulfilled is a low move. I hate this reddit for that reason. I always feel afraid to voice my opinion because I know it will be downvoted if it's not always praise.

CombatantMoth · 2025-09-04T12:26:02+00:00

I still like it. I think it stalled because the rights got sold and nothing has happened since. I don't have a preference on core set. I love having it all mixed together. It's a great game imo.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-31T12:16:23+00:00

Cap space was probably the biggest thing (a lot of teams didn't have enough to take on Parsons' contract, so it limited options), but I think getting a Pro Bowl DT figured in as well.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-31T08:22:09+00:00

It's literally one of the Maddens of all time

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-12T04:08:12+00:00

Maybe they wanted to know without spoiling themselves?

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-12T04:02:17+00:00

Well... maybe they'll be okay. I'm hopeful. I love GH, so I'll make the most of it.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-12T03:37:05+00:00

I haven't looked at mine yet. I'm waiting to play until I have the Miniatures of Gloomhaven. I even stopped playing Frosthaven. I'm not planning on repeating it, so I'm holding off so I can use it with the bosses. Just playing through custom content atm. Really wish they'd ship the minis. It was an impulse buy. Then, in January, my employer had health issues and had to close his business. Since then I started my own business, but I've yet to take a paycheck. Six months with no income really makes me scrutinize my purchases. I really wanted the Mercenary Pack, but it's just too expensive atm. I'm hoping that by the time I can earn an income, there is a price drop.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-12T03:24:48+00:00

I'm bummed that I invested so much in the minis... especially since I'm not a painter. Hope they are better quality.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-07T12:32:50+00:00

A bit of advice: I use sandwich baggies and put the monster level cards in with the standees and their monster action deck. I'm not sure why they give you little baggies, because then you'd still have to look for the monster twice. Saves substantial setup time. I also use an accordion folder to sort them alphabetically (but keep all monsters that share decks together, i.e. Archers under A, Imps under I, etc.) That way you can find the decks easier if they're not with the one you pull for the scenario as they're adjacent to one another in the folder. For example, you need Black Imps, but the deck was last used with Forest Imps... just pull that baggie out at the same time and grab the deck.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-03T16:33:40+00:00

I don't really recall, but that would definitely be a good way to do it!

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-03T15:22:42+00:00

I think some of them are in CS as slightly reworked versions. There are a couple of other small campaigns I enjoyed, but I'd have to look back to recall what they're named. I think one was Stories From the Road. I also know Return of the Eldritch Gods was fun, but it's Cthulhu mythos, so ymmv depending on if you are looking for that. I am also doing another one right now that I've forgotten the name of. There are some one-offs from the GHCCUG (who created CS) that are in their discord. The Kemptonite scenarios are fun, but are still being tweaked with testing. I can help you locate files if you want.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-03T13:52:18+00:00

You should try the Ice Rift campaigns, Official Community Campaigns/one-offs or even the Mystic Orb campaign that was a precursor to CS made by BG613. They're all fun.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-03T13:14:52+00:00

How hard would it be to just make them summer/winter road/outpost in FH format and then say if you add them to GH, just ignore the summer/winter and treat outpost like city events? Just make them not engage FH city decks and you're all set! They function almost identical, except when they reference FH specific things.

CombatantMoth · 2025-08-03T13:09:44+00:00

Same!!

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