Frosthaven News

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We're extremely excited to announce that Frosthaven will launch in Early Access on Steam on July 31, 2025 for $39.99, with a 10% discount until August 7! To give you the ultimate strategic board game digital adaptation experience, we have partnered with Twins Sails, publisher of Gloomhaven Digital, to offer a bundle that includes both Frosthaven and Gloomhaven Digital that will be available on July 31, the same day of Frosthaven’s Early Access launch.

The upcoming Early Access launch will mark just the beginning of Frosthaven. You will be able to experience first-hand the evolution of this video game adaptation of the beloved board game, and we welcome you to share feedback to help shape and evolve the game throughout the course of Early Access. Make sure to join us on Discord and let us know what you think!

[h3]Early Access Game Content[/h3]
Those who embark on this adventure from the very beginning of Early Access will be able to experience roughly one-third of the planned content for the full 1.0 version of the game, with more content and gameplay improvements intended to be added in game updates that are expected to be released in intervals approximately three months from each other. Content available at Early Access launch will include: single player and online co-op multiplayer modes along with NVIDIA GeForce NOW support, eight unique characters, including six starting characters and two unlockable characters, more than 40 tactical quests, including in-depth tutorial missions, more than 100 choice-driven events, and the ability for you to build your own Outpost, by constructing buildings and completing events which will lead to unlocking new game features. Whether you’ve played hours upon hours of the board game or if you’re a newcomer, you’ll be able to jump in and get right into the action immediately!

[h3]Frosthaven at Gen Con 2025[/h3]
We're thrilled to be part of Gen Con 2025, the largest tabletop game convention in North America, starting on July 31 and ending on August 3 at the Indiana Convention Center! If you're attending, you’ll have the chance to play an exclusive Early Access demo of the game at Cephalofair Games’ booth (booth #1643) and Forteller Games’ booth (booth #3015), get exclusive FROSTHAVEN swag, and meet the teams who helped bring the board game to life in the video game world. Make sure to get a badge today and join us at Gen Con!

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Blinkblades are assassins. Nimble, resourceful, and armed with minds as sharp as their blades. Equipped with experimental temporal drives, they can alter the flow of time, moving faster than the eye can see and striking harder than a creature ten times their size. With this power, they fight surgically, diving in and out of combat, and claiming objectives with ease.

This trailer continues our Character Spotlight series for Frosthaven, and more spotlights will be released very soon, so stay tuned on our social media and join our Discord!

Watch the Banner Spear Spotlight here: https://youtu.be/zeAgoo0nFTs
Learn all about the Boneshaper here: https://youtu.be/373-WnBDu0w
Check out the versatility of the Drifter here: https://youtu.be/bQkWJlLzYUM
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Whether the party needs a front-line damage dealer, a tank to endure the enemy’s blows and retaliate, a healer tending to the wounded, or a sharpshooter picking off enemies from afar, the Drifter has the tools.

This trailer continues our Character Spotlight series for Frosthaven, and more spotlights will be released very soon, so stay tuned on our social media and join our Discord!

Watch the Banner Spear Spotlight here: https://youtu.be/6Vy99ZOhAa4
Learn all about the Boneshaper here: https://youtu.be/-5shEqAgJlg
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Welcome back one more time, mercenaries! We're at the third stop in our journey through the making of Frosthaven, and this time we're focusing on the teams behind animation, visual effects, and sound— the people who shape how the world looks, feels, and sounds.

These teams have done a lot of experimenting to bring the world of Frosthaven to life. Making things feel real and immersive takes a lot of trial and error and solving unexpected problems along the way. That’s why, this month, we’re letting the teams speak for themselves and share what it’s really like to build a fantasy world from the ground up.

Join us for a journey through the stories of the cooks themselves, the ones who made the magic happen.

[h3]The animations that make everything epic[/h3]
Animation plays a huge role in bringing the world of our game to life. It’s not just about making characters move, it’s about giving them personality, weight, and emotion. Whether it’s the subtle shift in a creature’s stance before it attacks, or the way a hero coughs after being poisoned, every movement helps tell the story. Animation is key to making players feel truly connected to their surroundings. It turns gameplay into a living, breathing experience. We are giving the word to our animation lead Momchil Gindyanov as he explains the process in more detail.



“We set out to create a faithful representation of the Frosthaven boardgame. Doing so meant that we could not use standard video games industry tricks of minimizing the characters count with reuse and mixing parts. Every hero, every monster, miniboss and boss had to be accounted for. Every summon as well. To achieve our goal for Frosthaven Digital we successfully created and animated more than 150 characters with their full animation sets, idles, attacks, casts, hit reactions and more.



Heroes have the largest animation sets as they have a lot of abilities and in some cases have unique animation for a single card. They behave differently when there are enemies in the room and have special animations when they are poisoned or wounded. Bringing to life all the characters from Frosthaven was a memorable adventure for the animation team.”



[h3]The effects that bring the spark in the battle[/h3]
Visual effects are essential to creating the atmosphere and impact of our game world. They add energy, drama, and magic to everything like powerful abilities and intense battles. Whether it’s the shimmer of an enchanted weapon, the blast of a spell, or the flicker of torchlight in a dark cave, visual effects help communicate what’s happening in the world and how it feels. They’re the sparks that bring fantasy to life and make every moment more exciting and immersive. Let’s let our VFX lead Ivan Spasov tell us himself how the process of working on the visual effects went.

“Frosthaven is a very exciting project to work on! The original board game is developed with such immense creativity - each character has their own unique flavor and spark. This level of originality carries with it both great artistic freedom and a high level of difficulty when developing VFX. We have to strike a hard balance between carrying over the fantasy and mood of a character, while also effectively communicating gameplay.



We understood early on that we need VFX with a punch - something that would make these larger-than-life characters pop even more. At the same time, we knew that we needed a large variety of VFX to accommodate for all of the cards, skills and flavors these characters possess. From there it was about building a shape language and a color scheme, especially for the heroes. The effects need to look interesting and unique, while they also need to fit together tightly - within the context of a character, of a flavor and of the entire game world and aesthetic.



We knew we had found our voice when we developed the VFX for the Algox Chieftain boss. It was a bit of an "aha moment", where we saw for the first time what that balance of flashiness and functionality could look like. We carried that over to other characters, while pushing the style further and that gave us the chance to nail the look. We've had the great pleasure of pushing the boundaries of what our visuals can do with some characters. Players will be able to see some of that early on with the Geminate and Deathwalker, while some of the more extreme examples will be found in later content.”



[h3]The sound that brings you right into the world[/h3]
Sound effects are a vital part of making our game world feel real and alive. Every footstep, sword swing or creature roar adds depth and texture to the player’s experience. Good sound doesn’t just support the action—it enhances it, helping players feel the weight of every hit. In a fantasy world like ours, sound effects also help define the personality of each creature and environment, blending realism with imagination to fully draw players into the adventure. We are joined here by Simeon Dotkov for a short explanation on how the sound effects became what they are now.

“While developing the sound effects for our game, we initially prioritized using highly accurate, realistic audio to authentically represent the various creatures in the world. Our goal was to ground the experience in a sense of believable realism. However, due to the fantasy nature of the game, we often found it necessary to creatively enhance or completely alter these sounds to better suit the dramatic tone and unique characteristics of our monsters, creatures, and characters. This approach allowed us to deliver a more immersive and impactful audio experience that complements the imaginative scope of the game world.”

[h3]What comes next?[/h3]
We are still working hard on refining the game, so it feels like the experience you have all been waiting for. We have collected all of the feedback from the demo we recently issued on Steam Next fest, and we are actively working to implement as much of it as possible inside the game. With the help of our amazing community council who are all very passionate about Frosthaven, we are aiming to make all the best decisions for the future of the game, and if you did not get accepted in the council initially, don’t worry you still may get surprised.

Now that we are leaving our third stop, it is time to gather our party and travel forward as the journey is far from over. Next time, we will be taking a look into the amazing environment art that our team had to work on from scratch, so be sure to tune in again to hear the stories of how the world was shaped from the ground up!

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Introducing the Boneshaper! Boneshapers are able to tap into the wells of life found in other planes and infuse them into living things... or at least things that were once living.

This trailer marks the second video in our Character Spotlight series for Frosthaven (if you missed the first one shining a spotlight on Banner Spear, check it out here!), as more spotlights will be released leading up to Early Access launch this year, so stay tuned on our social media and join our Discord, if you haven’t already!

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