Gloomhaven, one of the best board games around right now and the top rated board game of all time on BoardGameGeek, is getting a video game adaptation.

Announced at Gen Con 2018, developer Asmodee Digital said that it won’t be trying to make a direct digital translation of the board game, but an actual adaptation. They are working directly with Gloomhaven creator Isaac Childres as part of that.

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The Gloomhaven video game will be a dungeon-crawling roguelike that aims to capture the experience and appeal of the board game. It will initially be a single-player only game, essentially replicating Gloomhaven's random dungeon mode, but you'll be able to unlock other things permanently as you play more

The plan is to eventually build out the whole campaign over the course of its development as it will initially launch in Steam Early Access. Asmodee says they are looking forward to using the Early Access period to get feedback and ideas of what exactly players want to see brought over from the physical game.

You can watch the launch trailer below and see screenshots in the slideshow above:

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We don’t know much more about how it will play yet, but Asmodee confirmed to IGN that its combat will still be turn-based and hex-based. We've only seen a glimpse of a single character so for, but that will surely be expanded out as well.

There is a Steam page for the video game here, and you can also find the original Gloomhaven board game here.

For more of our coverage from Gen Con 2018, check out IGN's tabletop page , where you can see everything from the show and more.Update: This article originally said the game will be first-person, which is incorrect information we were given through a miscommunication. The article has been updated.

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