Gloomhaven Second Edition Folded Space Insert and Map Tile Holder Review

Gloomhaven is a giant game with loads of bits and bobs to manage and sort. While the included insert isn’t terrible, it has some significant deficiencies. The plastic trays containing the smaller tokens, (damage counters, status tokens) terrain tiles, items, event cards, and standee bases are entirely functional.

However, there are two major gripes with the included box insert for Gloomhaven, both of which make setup incredibly tedious. The first of which is the map tiles. Map tiles are the foundation for any scenario, each individual tile labeled with a number and letter. Every scenario contains at least two of these to set up, replete with the aforementioned terrain tiles and a smattering of various monsters specific to the particular scenario. Here is the out-of-the-box way to “organize” those map tiles:

Any time you want to play a game, you’ll be spending extra time sorting through the giant tile stack. Not to mention that when you pack the game up, the included recommendation for storing those in the box is to just chuck them all on top of the other components. Gloomhaven already takes a relatively long time to play a scenario. Adding extra setup time on the front end…

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