Gloomhaven: Buttons and Bugs Review — Size Don't Matter? @Shelfside

Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

We review the newest, tiniest Gloomhaven game! This Cephalofair release takes the popular BGG Euro dungeon crawler and condenses it into purely single player! Buttons and Bugs (BnB for short), literally fits in the palm of your hand, and has the same asymmetry in the campaign as before! However, it does streamline a lot of the combat, so is that a good or bad thing? We completed the game so we know about this hand management!

Buttons and bugs also wasn't made by Isaac Childres, rather from another design team, so how much does that change things? Are the smaller cardboard chits and cards an issue? Is the story in the campaign any good? Now with Frosthaven and Jaws of the Lion, which haven game is right for you?

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
What is BnB? - (1:16)
Pros - (2:28)
Cons - (7:30)
Recommender Score - (13:52)
Ashton's Personal Score - (17:23)

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