Okay, so we've played three scenarios so far. It's pretty fucking complex, but a ton of fun.Don’t be! Play some practice rounds. We should still totally do a long distance campaign. Problem is we’re 3 hours behind you now.
We ended up moving to an online monster tracker with a laptop sitting on the table. With it, all we need for monsters are the stand-ins (and don't have to go looking for monster cards and attack decks). It also tracks infusions and other shit.
http://esotericsoftware.com/gloomhaven-helper-web/
You can also put each character in there as well, but that seems fucking lame.