We've seen many board game adaptations come to the PC, but it's usually simpler fare like Settlers of Catan or Carcassonne. And while they're great, lighter games, there's more to tabletop gaming than tile laying or simple trading.
There's wonderful inventiveness and depth in modern board gaming, but also a great deal of complexity, which can be daunting. The digital medium has an advantage in that the rules of the game are hard-coded and tutorial tips can be context-sensitive - no room for misunderstanding, no fussing over rulebooks, no trial runs just to get into the swing of things.
The emergence of fan-favourite dungeon crawling board game Gloomhaven as a videogame should open many eyes not only to the brilliance of the board game scene, but also to just how well that brilliance can transfer to our computers. That's especially true for us on PC, as many of the best board games share DNA with popular PC game genres - as you're about to learn.
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