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50 free Gloomhaven trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Gloomhaven has no game master. Every enemy on the map follows a short set of automatic instructions, and most arguments at the table come from applying them: who a monster goes after, how far it walks and what it can see. This quiz is built around those moments. The questions cover monster focus and movement, enemy AI edge cases, line of sight, resting, conditions, elements, summons and the starting classes, along with how the game was made and where the series went next. Every answer is checked against the first-edition rulebook and its official FAQ, and each one comes with a short explanation. It suits groups settling a ruling in the middle of a campaign, new players who want to learn how enemies think before their first scenario, and veterans who are sure they already know.
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Q 01Most dungeon crawlers settle fights with dice; what does Gloomhaven use to randomise attacks?
A deck of cards
A deck of cards replaces dice in Gloomhaven: every attack flips one, and each character's own stack improves as that character grows stronger over the campaign.
Q 02Which website ranked Gloomhaven its No. 1 board game from 2017 until February 2023?
BoardGameGeek
BoardGameGeek ranks games by its users' ratings, and Gloomhaven topped that list for more than five years while selling roughly 120,000 copies by August 2018.
Q 03Which designer created Gloomhaven, naming Dungeons & Dragons, Diablo and Final Fantasy among its inspirations?
Isaac Childres
Isaac Childres began creating Gloomhaven in 2013 and published it through Cephalofair Games in 2017. The films Willow and Labyrinth also fed into it.
Q 04Which crowdfunding site launched Gloomhaven in 2015 with a campaign that raised $386,104?
Kickstarter
Kickstarter backers came back in far greater numbers for a second campaign in 2017, which raised about $4 million from over 40,000 people.
Q 05Rather than dying, what happens to a Gloomhaven character whose hit points drop below one?
Becomes exhausted
The character becomes exhausted and leaves the map for the rest of the scenario, yet still shares in the rewards if the remaining party goes on to win.
Q 06What must a Gloomhaven character do on returning to town with a fulfilled personal quest?
Retire
Retire is the only choice: the mercenary's dream is fulfilled, and the group usually gets to open a sealed box that unlocks a brand-new class to play.
Q 07What do Gloomhaven players physically add to an ability card to enhance it permanently?
Stickers
Stickers from the enhancement sheets are paid for in gold and never removed, so the upgrade stays with that class long after the character who bought it has gone.
Q 08Zen Studios turned Gloomhaven into a digital table for which arcade-style game in December 2023?
Pinball
Pinball FX gained a Gloomhaven table in 2023, two years after the board game's full video game adaptation left early access on Windows.
Q 09Which Gloomhaven sequel, set in a small northern outpost, raised almost $13 million from backers?
Frosthaven
Frosthaven drew over 83,000 backers in 2020 and was the most-funded game on its crowdfunding platform until the Cosmere Roleplaying Game passed it in 2024.
Q 10Which smaller Gloomhaven prequel, with a five-scenario tutorial, launched as a Target exclusive?
Jaws of the Lion
Jaws of the Lion was designed to appeal to more casual players, with 25 scenarios in which the party investigates a series of disappearances in the city.
Q 11When two enemies are equally close to a Gloomhaven monster, which of them becomes its focus?
The one acting earlier
The one acting earlier in the round's initiative order draws the monster, so a character who plays a slow card can steer its attack toward a faster ally.
Q 12A Gloomhaven monster whose card shows only a move finds its focus as if making which attack?
Melee
Melee is the default, so the monster heads for a hex next to whichever enemy it could reach in the fewest steps, even though it will not strike this round.
Q 13What does a Gloomhaven monster with a ranged attack and a move do when its focus is adjacent?
It steps away first
Q 21When a Gloomhaven monster card consumes an element, which monsters of that type benefit?
All that activate
All that activate share the boost, not just the first to move, and monsters always consume an element when they can, so leaving one strong can backfire.
Q 22A Shield bonus on a Gloomhaven monster's ability card starts protecting it at which moment?
On its own turn
On its own turn the monster gains the bonus, which then lasts until the round ends, so attacking before a slow enemy has gone gets around its armour.
Q 23A Gloomhaven character opens a door mid-round; when do revealed monsters with lower initiative go?
Right after that turn
It steps away first, moving just far enough to lose Disadvantage, and it values that clean shot above catching extra targets with the same attack.
Q 14A Gloomhaven monster without Flying treats traps as obstacles unless which situation applies?
No other route exists
No other route exists is the sole exception: offered a ten-step detour around a trap or a two-step walk through it, the monster still takes the detour.
Q 15When several Gloomhaven monsters of one type take turns, which of them always go first?
The elites
The elites go first, then the normal monsters follow in ascending order of the numbers on their standees, which are shuffled when the figures are placed.
Q 16A Gloomhaven monster drawing a multi-target attack moves so that it hits its focus and who else?
As many others as it can
As many others as it can reach is the rule, and when several hexes are equally good the players choose where the monster ends up.
Q 17How does a Gloomhaven monster that cannot reach attack range this turn use its movement?
Moves as close as it can
It moves as close as it can to a hex it could attack from, counting the hexes it must physically walk, so staying out of reach never freezes a monster in place.
Q 18A Gloomhaven monster with no hex to attack from will not move or attack, but still does what?
Its other card abilities
Its other card abilities still resolve, so a monster sealed behind a closed door keeps shielding or healing even though it has no target to chase.
Q 19A Gloomhaven monster's Heal ability goes to itself or an ally in range, decided by which measure?
Most hit points lost
Most hit points lost wins, so a battered heavyweight is healed ahead of a nearly dead weakling, and the players choose if two candidates are level.
Q 20What do normal Gloomhaven monsters leave on their hex when killed that summoned monsters never do?
A money token
A money token marks each ordinary kill, but summoned or spawned monsters drop no such reward, so a boss that keeps calling in help never becomes a source of endless gold.
Right after that turn ends, every revealed monster type that should already have gone takes its turn, so each new room fights back in the round it is opened.
Q 24Which Gloomhaven condition makes monsters treat a character exactly like an obstacle?
Invisible
Invisible characters cannot be focused on or targeted, so one standing in a doorway can leave monsters with no way through, though splash damage may still hurt.
Q 25A long-resting Gloomhaven character counts as having which initiative value for the round?
99
99 puts the resting character at the very end of the round, and only then does the rest heal 2 hit points.
Q 26Obstacles and monsters never interrupt line of sight in Gloomhaven; which feature alone blocks it?
Walls
Walls are the only blockers, so a character can shoot straight past a boulder or a crowd of monsters, and two hexes split by one are not even adjacent.
Q 27In first-edition Gloomhaven, line of sight needs a clear line between which points of the two hexes?
Any two corners
Any two corners will do, one on each hex, and the same test governs close-up strikes, heals and every other ability that lists a range.
Q 28Which Gloomhaven ability ignores monsters and obstacles in range yet still needs line of sight?
Loot
Loot picks up everything within its range regardless of what stands in the way, but it counts as a ranged ability, so coins hidden from view stay put.
Q 29When does a Gloomhaven summon take its turn, relative to the character who summoned it?
Directly before
Directly before its summoner is the fixed slot, and a new summon sits out the round in which it appears, so it never gets a turn the moment it is created.
Q 30A Gloomhaven summon is not steered by its owner; what decides where it moves and whom it hits?
The monster rules
The monster rules run every summon, which behaves as if it had drawn a plain Move+0, Attack+0 card each round while using its owner's attack modifiers.