Tried playing Gloomhaven with a regular group vs a rotating cast and the difference was huge

My friend's group in Portland stuck with the same four people for the whole campaign, meeting every other week. We tried it with people dropping in and out based on schedules. The consistent group finished the story in about 8 months, while ours fell apart after 15 sessions because we kept re-teaching rules and lost the plot thread. Has anyone else managed to make a legacy game work with a changing player roster?

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black.jordan11d ago

Yeah, you need the same crew. Tried it with a changing group once and we spent half the night just catching people up. Never got anywhere.

grayperez11d ago

Honestly, rotating players kept our campaign fresh and forced us to really learn the rules inside out.