Gloomhaven: Jaws Of The Lion - Game Play

[@Tebe87]

One of the clearest gameplay I have ever seen. Monique you are like a living wiki, you know all the rules and apply them perfectly!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very kind of you to say - very glad you enjoyed!

[@TemujinReads]

Very cool to see you two playing this! One tip, when you opened that first door, you actually pause as soon as the door is opened to set up the next room and draw ability cards for the monsters. Then, if you have any movement left over, you can keep moving if you want. You can also use the boots in the middle of moving, you don't have to decide to use them right away.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Good points - thanks!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Your playthroughs are perfect!! Informative, fun, snappy, and involved. Keep up the AMAZING work!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks Taylor - and hey, I like trick-taking games, so you've got a new subscriber!

[@spiderjerusalemOX]

I don’t usually watch playthroughs. It’s a combination of lack of time (videos are typically long) with, often, little familiarity with the game, but this was a breeze to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed following along and there may even have been a fist pump or two… Well done, Monique and Naveen!

[@WatchItPlayed]

What a really nice piece of feedback to get - thanks for taking the time to share that Pedro. Means a lot!

[@Muhd_Akmal]

Monique and Naveen playing Gloomhaven? Sign me up for a whole campaign of that please!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ha! Glad you're enjoying Akmal :)

[@bartoszopka]

I don't think you can use Follow Through bonus +2 at the same time when you put your favourite token on the enemy at 21:00. It's supposed to be a stronger attack on the enemy that already has your favourite axe - hence the name of the card "follow through". You move the token 'after the attack is resolved'.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very true Bartek, we'll add this to the Klingon subtitles!

[@gamehaus6386]

Didn’t think this day would arrive: Monique and Naveen playing Gloomhaven. Awesome surprise!

[@WatchItPlayed]

They're full of surprises :)

[@venomenoide]

Nice gameplay! you two really know your characters very well as you play your cards really fast, i hope to see more missions soon.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed - they had played the first 4 scenarios together so they were getting a good feel for their character abilities!

[@jeffhiatt1682]

Great Job! No matter what channel you are on or how crappy my day was (work), you two make me smile. thanks.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Adding a smile to someone's day might be the best outcome from any content we make - thanks Jeff!

[@bryanscollick8305]

I am very delighted to see you play this game, it is one of my favorites (like Hatchet’s Favorite!). Don’t forget you can trash a card to ignore damage. The Demolitionist did not need to take all that damage early on. Great job on the play through!

[@WatchItPlayed]

A good reminder - glad you've been enjoying this game too Bryan :)

[@kylemoore2467]

Amazing, I literally started learning this game to teach some friends the day after this was posted, perfect timing!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you all have a great time playing Kyle!

[@Tabsit_Academy]

This game seems really interesting. Anybody can suggest other games with similar details or more? Nice video by the way ^^ I love how each one of you have a different way of organizing their cards.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks Hafid - glad you enjoyed joining us for this adventure!

[@dyamimc]

Been 2 years now. Have you found any more along this style that you've liked?

[@steeltekki]

Thank you for this video. And the engagement with the commenters is very helpful as well. Take care

[@WatchItPlayed]

You bet!

[@FostertheMeeple]

Hatchet is such a great character!! We played through as Hatchet / Red Guard. Love how JOTL is so much more accessible - much easier to get to the table. Great playthrough guys, you always do such amazing content!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks FtM - I was also so happy to see the addition of playing right out of a book - simplifies setup AND gives you unique art for the different locations.

[@sweetlard2113]

"What's your health total?" "3" PAUSE. "Oughh" Perfect summation of so many moments playing Gloomhaven.

[@kylemoore2467]

Also, using tokens instead of the standees actually makes a lot of sense and seems way faster to set up

[@WatchItPlayed]

It's a good option for those that prefer it!

[@luislozano8300]

Where can I get those tokens? Thanks!

[@relativelyboard9959]

my two favourite content creators with one of my favourite games!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You are very kind - thanks for joining us for another play through!

[@kamikazemind327]

I can not wait to buy this! I also want to get the big gloomhaven game. But i will start with this 😊

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you have a great time playing!

[@kennyv.2189]

Great video and a fun watch! I totally forgot about that rule where you can lose a card to negate damage! That would've been critical in my last fight!!.. Well, live and learn. lol Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad the video helped - good luck on your next adventure!

[@acerumble]

Fun play thru! Have been playing the Demolitionist too, so enjoy seeing Monique running a semi-suicidal style similar to mine :)

[@WatchItPlayed]

Gotta risk it for the biscuit!

[@bartoszopka]

When entering new room at 13:40 I believe you can pause your movement on the door, set up the monsters (including their action cards with initiative) and then decide how far into the room you go.

[@WatchItPlayed]

That is correct!

[@partypao]

Love your playthroughs! Keep it up you two! -Much Love from the Philippines

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly!

[@frankmiller1114]

Great playthrough. Monique is awesome!

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you enjoyed Frank!

[@hschwarz75]

Very very nice gameplay. I play this both characters two-handed solo and just finished tutorial scenario 2.

[@WatchItPlayed]

When I play solo, I like to control 2 characters too!

[@hschwarz75]

@@WatchItPlayed I think, you have to as far as I understand the rules.

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@hschwarz75 I should have said that I enjoy this as a general rule, even when a game permits you to just take a single character.

[@hschwarz75]

@@WatchItPlayed understood.

[@DioneN]

Haha I was so confused for a second when I saw you guys on this channel😂

[@WatchItPlayed]

Make sure you catch some of their other videos on here too!

[@DioneN]

@@WatchItPlayed will do! Love you both!

[@desdemian]

I was surprised at the beginning when Monique said her own name instead of Rodney Smith. My brain is hardwired.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ha! You'll get used to it :)

[@greggcarter5254]

Great playthrough. Thanks!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very glad you enjoyed Gregg!

[@Nezbo]

Around 21:40 I don't think the condition for having the token on the monster applies when you are using the hatchet on that attack. The token is not on the monster before after the attack, but correct me if I'm wrong ;)

[@JKKroeger]

Yes they played this wrong

[@ezunino1711]

another mistake they made (and i used to make it always) is that when paying 1 health to pick another card to discard, you must put back the one that just came out, so it can come out again

[@Nezbo]

@@ezunino1711 I do not think this is correct. You put the card on your hand and draw a new random card from the remaining. See JotL rules page 17 (upper right corner). This rule is the same for Gloomhaven. "If the character would rather keep the card that was lost, they may suffer 1 damage to lose a different random card from their discard pile instead, but this can only be done once per short rest."

[@WatchItPlayed]

You have it right Emil - thanks for the catch - we'll add a note in the Klingon subtitles!

[@Imperialbricksproductions]

Cant wait to finally pkay this one

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope you enjoy!

[@jedragnamob]

wooo nice ! the last shot was clutch haha

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed Jed!

[@thewanderingronin]

Thanks for another awesome playthrough 🙂

[@WatchItPlayed]

So glad you enjoyed Leo!

[@Wunder]

This was great! I clicked thinking it would be on Monique and Naveen’s channel but what a surprise - a fantastic partnership if I may say so. I’ve been diving deep into the original Gloomhaven recently so it’s fun to see the updated release without being super spoiled on a later scenario.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Glad you enjoyed! Yes, this is part of the original 5 tutorial missions in the game, and we figured the last one would help us show off the full rules, without giving away anything outside of the tutorial missions.

[@danieldong5002]

In 6:35 you can do a push to make the monster move through the trap

[@WatchItPlayed]

HI Daniel, we have a full tutorial series on how to play Jaws of the Lion, and I'd have to direct you there, as I don't recall off the top of my head (but my memory says yes).

[@bansheezs]

when doing push and pull, do they always have to move further away or closer? what about just sideways?

[@WatchItPlayed]

You’ll want to check out tutorial series here on the channel for specific rules questions.

[@Nezbo]

Maybe I missed something, but how are your initiative markers so large? Mine are tiny :(

[@WatchItPlayed]

I don't think there have been changes between the printings.

[@timd4524]

Mine are the same as those shown.

[@fullpolish]

I also have the tiny ones 😅 they're half the size

[@bartoszopka]

Not that it matters for final result (well done Hatchet!) but boss should heal 1 when Monique got hit by zealot at 36:15. Edit: No, it shouldn't. All heals were prevented.

[@KSpllr]

Nope, Monique played 'knock out the support' to prevent all healing on the boss for this round.

[@bartoszopka]

Ah, true. Forgot about that.

[@steeltekki]

Thank you for these comments everyone. I was looking for clarification on this myself. In general I wasn’t sure if the BT heals IMMEDIATELY after anyone is damaged or if it’s delayed until the BT’s own turn. So I learned that if that healing block wasn’t placed, it would have had 5hp leading into Hatchet’s attack run. This video overall, and the rules videos, has been very helpful for my wife and I who are trying this out. Very new with board games etc etc. So again, thank you commenters for having this discussion!

[@sebaandrade3135]

3:15 wasn't the monster attack an area attack? I think both of you should have received damage

[@WatchItPlayed]

Good catch!

[@gabrielrodriguezgonzalez5394]

Nice video!, So I have a question, when Monique made a long rest, she was at 2 health due to the wound, so, she heal 2, 1 is used to get rid of the wound token and keeps 1 to heal herself, so, her health should be 3. Instead she get rid of the wound token due to the long rest and heal to 4!.... Is that a mistake or I'm missing something?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Can you provide the time stamp for me to check?

[@gabrielrodriguezgonzalez5394]

@@WatchItPlayed hello!, Of course, is in 22:44 when Monique dedides to take a long rest

[@gabrielrodriguezgonzalez5394]

@@WatchItPlayed you know, I just re check the rule book, and it says that just with healing, the wound is retired, and you heal all the amount of the own heal... So, Monique was right!, Due to the healing she remove the wound token and heal 2 points, ..... My mistake

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@gabrielrodriguezgonzalez5394 I appreciate you double checking before I went digging through my own rules. Appreciated!

[@rigdigwus]

at 16:05 i thought the element tokens cant be used on the same turn they got charged? or did i understand that wrong?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Monique charged it, but she's not the one using it, the enemy is, right? Had a quick look at the segment you referred to, and I think that's what I saw.

[@rigdigwus]

@@WatchItPlayed ooh so only the person who charges it can't use it in the same turn, others can. got it, thanks :D

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@rigdigwus You bet!

[@greyhawke115]

Great playthrough!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for joining us Wil!

[@KSpllr]

Great video. Wouldn't have thought of JotL to be up your alley. Do you play more games like this or was this an exception?

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Hi! Thanks so much! We haven't had much experience with these genres of games prior to playing JoTL actually, but now we are in an active campaign to finish it out with another friend. So maybe the start of something new? haha

[@Dresden76]

I’d love to see a Tainted Grail play

[@WatchItPlayed]

We haven't done a tutorial for that one, so no plans to currently.

[@MexicanMaggot]

why didn't they move the Zealot when they have 2 movement @22:13 ?

[@MexicanMaggot]

And why did the pick the 60 for initiavite on Ratchet when he had a 24? 30:39 I'm just asking all of this because I'm learning how to play.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hey Tope, the card I'm seeing on top for the Zealot doesn't show any movement that I can see, can you double check the card you're referring to, to make sure you're not mistaken (you might need to watch on a larger screen to see the smaller print). For your other question below, it sounds a but more like a strategy question. When it comes to questions of why a person did one thing instead of another in a game play, that's harder to answer several months later. That said, if you are concerned about ensuring you have the rules correct, we have a full tutorial dedicated to teaching the rules right here on the channel, which you can check out. Hope that helps!

[@MexicanMaggot]

@@WatchItPlayed thx for the anwers. For my first question: the Zealot stats card (where you can see their HP, movement, attack , etc) shows that Zealots can move 2. Additionaly, the have "Unholy flame" which gives them 3 range. If I understand this correctly, the Zealot could have moved 2, this would put him in range. Then attack with: 3 (from the stats card) + 1 from "Unholy Flame" - 1 from the mod deck = 3 attack, which would have killed the demo.

[@WatchItPlayed]

@@MexicanMaggot Ah yes, this is what I mean about directing you to the tutorial videos. The game plays don't teach the game (though you may pick up on some of the rules here), these are better appreciated once you know the rules of the game, and want to see them in action. For example, this the section you'll want to check to understand why the monster doesn't move in that case, taken from the tutorial video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHOupnajhaiJq5I

[@victorgonzalez2927]

Wait! I thought Rodney did these videos. I’m confused.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hey Victor, check out this link to get all the details on this series! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4XPopiBd8iEaM0

[@charlesvalentine9638]

Monique is muddled!? They are mixing a Monique Julep!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Sounds like a new summer time drink!

[@DrakeFeatherwing]

Naveed short rested, you did long. (In case no one mentioned)

[@zero11010]

Does this show 45 minutes is set up and the 45 minutes of Tetris it takes to put Gloomhaven back in the box?

[@alexeikieran2112]

This is the new version. max 10 mins setup/take down

[@briansaben5697]

There is a great app that allows you to track health, experience and coins, as well as elements and enemy stats. Saves having to pull out a lot of the cards and bits. A must have IMHO. It’s called Gloomhaven Helper.

[@zero11010]

@@briansaben5697 all of that makes it sound like this should have been a digital game.

[@briansaben5697]

@@zero11010 The app automates some of the fiddly tracking stuff and keeps some of the small cardboard pieces and monster attack deck in the box (when playing with younger players this is a huge plus). The map, minis and cards are great. As you can see from the video, there is a lot of interaction between players that might be lost in a digital format.

[@ezunino1711]

@@zero11010 there is already a gloomhaven digital game, in steam. its good, but i rather played it the old way, it may take longer, but it's just better in my opinion