1.6 / 5
2–4 players
60 min
BGG 6.3(6.1)
Rank #2518
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The world of Gloom is a sad and benighted place. The sky is gray, the tea is cold, and a new tragedy lies around every corner. Debt, disease, heartache, and packs of rabid flesh-eating mice—just when it seems like things can't get any worse, they do. But some say that one's reward in the afterlife is based on the misery endured in life. If so, there may yet be hope—if not in this world, then in the peace that lies beyond.
In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. You'll play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to lower their Self-Worth scores, while trying to cheer your opponents' characters with marriages and other happy occasions that pile on positive points. The player with the lowest total Family Value wins.
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Expansions and Integrates With
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Gloom: Game of Trades Promo Card
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Gloom: Knighted by a Noble Promo
Gloom: Shot by a Scorpion Promo Card
Gloom: TableTop Promo Expansion
Gloom: The Looking Glass Promo Card
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