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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Gloom: The Game of Inauspicious Incidents and Grave Consequences 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. Printed on transparent plastic cards, Gloom features an innovative design by noted RPG author Keith Baker. Multiple modifier cards can be played on top of the same character card; since the cards are transparent, elements from previously played modifier cards either show through or are obscured by those played above them. You'll immediately and easily know the worth of every character, no matter how many modifiers they have. You've got to see (through) this game to believe it! For 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 5.2 inches | | Product Width: | 3.8 inches | | Product Height: | 1.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.54 pounds | | Package Length: | 5.4 inches | | Package Width: | 3.6 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 38 reviews |
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| | Features | For 2-4 playersTakes about an hour to playTons of replay valueUnique theme
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| | Customer Reviews | Average Customer Review: ( 38 customer reviews )
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28 of 30 found the following review helpful:
 Creative and Fun Sep 23, 2005
By Robert M. Wiersma
"Thunder Radish"
Gloom is a big hit with my 11- and 14-year old daughters and myself. It is best played with people who like to embellish the stories of how such bad things can happen to these pathetic characters. If you like creativity, or promoting creative thinking and storytelling, this game might very well be for you. It is not for people who are easily offended, small children, overly competitive or those without a sense of humor.
26 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 A "sad" experience indeed Aug 01, 2009
By Søren Staun Biangslev
"Søren Staun"
We were four guys who sat down yesterday and played this game all night, it's tons of fun, and quite creative as well if you emphasize the storytelling part of the game (which you should!). The storytelling has a high educational value as well, as it helps you tie stories together, and be socially creative.
You win the game by having bad things happening in abundance to your family members (each player has got 5), and then killing them when they are worst off. The challenge, however, is that your opponents try to make good things happen to your family members as well, so the story told about each person is a gloomy chronicle with occasional happy events ("Oh look! Ducklings... awww....").
Gloom uses transparent cards, which adds a new dimension to the game, but turns out to be extremely important to give the players an overview of the current condition of a family member. It's very intuitive and easily played.
If you like such games as Munchkin or Fluxx 4.0 this is the game for you, as it contains some of the same brilliant elements, on-the-fly rule changes etc. The only downside seems to be that the amount of cards may be a bit too few for a 4 person game, so I'd recommend buying the Unhappy Homes (Gloom) and Unwelcome Guests Gloom Expansion extensions as well.
The guys and I laughingly agreed that we all had a very depressing experience. :-)
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Adult party fun Mar 15, 2008
By Weston P. Tulloch
"Min5trel"
Gloom was recommended to me by a slightly bi-polar friend who knew that I appreciated a good card game, to whit, if I purchased the game, he'd play it with me. Anyway, I looked for it and found it was made by Atlas Games (LUNCH MONEY!) so I quickly purchased it. As for how it is for a child's game, I have no idea (and no kids,) but as for a party game instead of Euchre or Hearts, it is a hit. Pros: It mixes humor and pithy dialog with every card, which are plastic (hence not susceptible to party fouls or getting wiped in the dip,) plus it has a smart system of scoring that doesn't get too big for addled (or young, I guess) minds to grasp. It's a good game to get people engaged and any "gamer" will instantly love it's simplicity combined with more complex strategies once the system is grasped. Cons: I don't have the latest expansion! Plus, I think there needs to be more cards for 4-5 player games.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Cards become unplayable Jul 11, 2010
By jessica
I liked this game however I was unable to play this game more then a few times because the cards smudge and the ink rubs off too easily especial for the price I paid. You would think that because the cards are plastic they would hold up, I wasn't rough on the cards and only played on clean surfaces...It was a disappointment for durability.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Fun, creative group play, not a lot of replayability Jul 22, 2010
By M. Smith
"cenmad"
I bought this to play with our extended family for a vacation, and we had a great time with it. All of us are adults and found that adult beverages definitely enhanced the "fun factor," since not everyone really got into the story-telling aspect of the game. The premise is very creative, and gameplay is fun and straightforward without being too simplistic. We've since played with friends and found that while still fun, though, it definitely showed signs of repetitiveness. The funny text on the cards is considerably less funny the fifth or sixth time you play, and it's easy to get lazy with the story-telling if you're so inclined.
For a silly party game, this is a good choice. If you're looking for a game to play more often or with gamers, or you're interested in something with a little more strategy, you'd probably be better off with one of the great euro-games out there like Stone Age, Carcassone, Settlers of Catan, or Lost Cities. I definitely don't recommend this for two players, since most of the fun comes from the large group interaction. For two, better to go with Carcassone The Castle, Balloon Cup, or one of the above (except Settlers).
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