I tried what would happen if I played the board game RPG `` Groom Haven '' alone with attractive & cooperative charm on the stage of a conspiring swirling port town



Approximately the same as one concrete block, a massive masterpiece board game RPG `` Groom Haven '' packed with more than 100 scenarios in a weight of about 9 kg, it took 9 hours to challenge with four editorial members of first-sight play and only 2 scenarios in 9 hours It is a game that can not be done with a straight line that could not be cleared. Groom Haven is a game that can be played by one person, so I tried to see if there was a difference in fun when playing alone.

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The basic rules for single-player are the same as for 2-4 players. Detailed rules are introduced in the following article played by four editorial staff. This one-player game is performed by one of the players who participated in the previous four-player game.

A blockbuster board game RPG `` Groom Haven '' that can challenge more than 100 impregnable dungeons A fierce fight report of about 9 hours



In single play, you control two characters by yourself. Of the initial characters, we chose 'Crag Heart' and 'Mind Thief', which no one used when playing four.



Fine character setting is one of the charms of Groom Haven. Craghart is a strong giant with a rock heart. It should be a race that manipulates nature ... but it seems like a lonely entity that couldn't gain the power to manipulate nature due to some kind of flaw, and only gained monster power.



Mind thief I thought that it was a bit catish and cute ... but, after persecution, I had the terrible aspect of a deadly carnivore who gained psychic ability through mutation.



Setting up the table looks like this. It became space of about 1-2 tatami. If the campaign board is not expanded, it will fit in about 1 tatami.



One of the features of Groom Haven in multiplayer is that it cooperates while predicting the movement of allies. That's both fun and difficult, but you can't do that in single-player, so there are separate scenario levels for single-player that represent the difficulty of the game.

Below is a level chart for 2-4 players. Depending on the level, the level of monsters, the value of money, the damage received from traps, and the experience value when clearing dungeons change.



The level of single player is below. Monster levels and damage from traps are set slightly higher.



So the adventure starts at scenario level 0. The goal is to complete a personal quest. Draw a personal quest card ...



The goal of Craghart is `` Defeat 8 monsters called 'Imp of the Forest' '', Mind Thief says `` Aimaga Port City, Hagamori, Marunouchi no Maru, Lookout Mountains, Copper Neck Mountains, Misty Sea Scenario One by one. ' This time we will capture the mind thieves' goals.



Each region specified on the personal quest card can be found on the campaign board.



From the number on the campaign board ...



Check the corresponding numbers in the scenario booklet and proceed with the game so that you can capture dungeons in each region.



Draw a city event card and head to the town bar before the adventure. The lamp in the store went off all at once if I was drinking comfortably. There are two options: 'repair the lamp' or 'work the pickpocket'. I do not think that giants and beasts need lamp repairs, so I decided to `` work a pickpocket '' to make the darkness good



Mind thief seemed to have the qualities of mud mud and could steal exactly 10 gold.



In the initial state, each character has 30 gold, but you can now buy 10 gold more with stolen money. Purchased a 'Hammer' that can add a stunning effect that makes you incapable of attacking for one turn, and a 'Healing Drug' that can restore HP to Craghart.



Mind Thief has low physical strength, so I purchased 'Animal Skin Armor' and 'Healing Medicine' that can improve armor (defense).



Head to the first dungeon 'Kuromorizuka' as in the 4-player game. However, an outdoor event occurred on the way to Kuromorizuka. People attacked by the 'Varmling' race seem to be in trouble along the way. “Help the survivors” or “Give the survivors a steal”? Warm ring is ...



It is a family of Mind Thief. It's good to be able to do the work left behind, so we decided to 'given the survivors and steal.'



As a result, it seemed that there was no outstanding treasure, and only 2 gold was obtained.



After a little warmth, head to the black prime mound.



First of all, why did you decide to go to the black mound mound, a woman who met at the tavern was asked to regain what was stolen by a thief! That's why. The content of the story is described in considerable detail in the scenario booklet.



The number of enemy characters in the dungeon depends on the number of players. The room that looked like a monster house when playing four people was like this ...



In single play, the number of monsters is halved. Even if the number of monsters has decreased, the party members are half of the last time, so you can not be careless.



Despite the struggle, he conquered the black mound mound, which was captured in a four-player game, and advanced to the point where he defeated the chief of the boss, the bandits, in the “Morizuka Roost”. It took about two hours for the black mound mound and about one hour for the roost at the mound mound. Just playing alone doesn't mean you can complete it in a short time.



We report to the client woman at the tavern that he has defeated the thief at the roost of the mound mound. The woman was asked by the woman, 'I have a grudge against Ainox, so please attack the Ainox camp' and the scenario of 'Ainox camp' was released. In addition, the party seemed to find something like a treasure map in the roost of the mound mound, and the scenario of 'Cathedral of the Cursed' was released.



From the capture of the Aynox camp or the cursed cathedral, the number of scenario branches increases and the degree of freedom increases. It can be said that a single person can easily decide a scenario without consultation. This time, I chose the Aynox camp located in 'Hagagamori', which is also the goal of my personal quest.



The goal of Aynox's camp was to kill 10 enemies that spring infinitely, so it's quick and clear. According to the scenario booklet, there are actually women and children in the camp, and the party cannot return and burns the entire camp.



If you follow a woman you do not know, you become a thug. I didn't intend to do that ... I mean, in order to ask the client's woman, I'm going to go to the Aimaga Warehouse in Aimaga Port city where a woman seems to be lurking. Aimaga Warehouse is a dungeon with many obstacles. In the image below, the red frame corresponds to the obstacle. It is a troublesome dungeon that does not go straight.



However, places with many obstacles are the highlight of the power of Kraghart. In Craghart's hand, 'Destroy obstacles' ...



At the same time as hitting the enemy, you can also hit the enemy against obstacles, destroy the obstacles and do additional damage to the enemy.


Destroy obstacles and move on. Although the quickness is low, the action order written on the card is often late, but the HP is high, so it is a type that can be pounded with avant-garde.



There are also cards that raise the range attack and attack power, and the firepower is high, so it is a reliable character.



Mind Thief, on the other hand, has a low HP, but has a quick and fast action order and is a support type that can be summoned.



And the main feature of mind thief is the psychic ability to control enemies and allies. Manipulating your ally and doing great damage to the enemy ...



You can also control enemies and crush each other.



It is possible to hide behind and turn it into a puppet regardless of friend or foe.



Amaga warehouse was also cleared with the power of Crag Heart and the psychic ability by the mind thief, and 4 scenarios were cleared alone. It turns out that Groomhaven's great appeal lies in the bargaining between allies.

Allies cannot share items and gold, so `` how to survive and earn money '' or because the behavior of allies can not be read clearly, `` How to act personal quests and combat missions efficiently Groom Haven's difficult and attractive point is that you have to consult with your allies to see if you can proceed well.

However, if you are alone, that charm will be lost. Although you can use two characters, the characters will be fixed until you complete the individual quest, so if you clear some dungeons, you will be able to grasp your hand and the strategy will be a bit more rut.



When I thought, I was wiped out by a 'stone golem' in the fifth dungeon, 'The Temple of the Prophet,' in the Watchtower Mountains.



It is armored and is a powerful enemy with not only a -1 hit, but also an attack power of 3 and increased abilities, even if it does damage. HP6 Mind Thiefs may die if hit twice.



He was defeated and retired from the dungeon, but his experience has finally improved his mind thief. Level 1 to 2 requires 45 experience points. Depending on how you use your hand, Mind Thief gained around 10 experience points per dungeon.



By leveling up, you can add one of the two available cards. The cards that can be selected at level 2 were cards for summoning, abnormal status, and controlling enemies.



Crag Heart is a bit behind the Mind Thief and levels up at the end of the fifth challenge he re-attempts. The cards that can be selected at level 2 are those that have the effect of destroying obstacles and recovering area.



We will increase the number of cards in our hand, consider our strategies silently, and proceed with the goal of reducing damage and clearing efficiently. It took 1 to 2 hours per play to aim for an efficient clear. There is plenty of response in single play.

It took about 15 hours to complete the Mind Thief's personal quest card, including the annihilated dungeon and the dungeon that dropped in to release the desired scenario. You have captured a total of 9 scenarios. The scenarios corresponding to each region written on the personal quest card are as follows.

・ Aimaga Port City: Aimaga Warehouse (Scenario 8)
・ Hagagamori: Enox camp (scenario 3)
・ The Swamp That Does Not Leave: The Forgotten Cathedral (Scenario 19)
・ Watch Mountains: Temple of the Prophet (Scenario 13)
-Copper Neck Mountains: Abandoned Cathedral (Scenario 5)
・ Sea of fog: lost island (scenario 17)

The level of Mind Thief has finally risen to 3, but it's farewell to completing your personal quest card.



And we have a new character written on the personal quest card. It's a triforce-like mark in 'The

Legend of Zelda ', so it's exciting.



Be sure to play Groom Haven to see what characters are in it.



One person could use 2 characters, and how to combine and use the individuality of each character was a fun that was not in 4-player play. As the number of hands and items that increase as the game progresses, many strategies are created, so you can enjoy it alone. However, since the number of cards in a hand does not increase to tens at a stretch, there is a drawback that if you play a few scenarios in a row, it becomes less interesting to grasp your hand and make a strategy.

Also, as mentioned above, Groom Haven's biggest attraction is sometimes cooperating with others, sometimes outwitting and capturing, so if you know the pleasure of playing with multiple people, playing alone is a bit savory It didn't seem to be.



There are more than 100 Groom Haven scenarios, with 30 minutes to 2 hours per play, for an estimated 100 hours. However, some personal quest cards require you to return to the dungeons you have done in the past and additional content is released for free from the official Twitter, so if you try to release all characters and all scenarios, 100 It may not be possible to completely clear in 200 hours or hours.




'Groom Haven Complete Japanese Version' is available for 33,000 yen including tax on various online shopping sites such as the board game information site Bod Gamer . Also, Amazon.co.jp was available for purchase at 33,000 yen including tax at the time of article creation.

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