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Gloom
Gloom is an innovative card game where plastic transparent cards fully reveal effects even when overlapped. The theme is dark comedy: take control of an eccentric family full of unfortunate and strange characters. The unique and twisted objective is to minimize your family's Self-Worth score by playing tragedies on your characters while attacking opponents with misfortunes. The player with the lowest family value wins. Includes 110 transparent cards, rules and games lasting about 30 minutes for 2-4 players ages 8+. Published by uplay.it editions.
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Bundle with sleeves
- 110 cards (63.0mmx88.0mm)
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Description
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!
Additional information
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| Categories: | Card Games |
| Alternative names: | Gloom 晦暗世界 Gloom 晦暗世界 |
| BARCODE: | 0752423090457 |
| The item is in 191 carts In 291 wishlists In 207 collections This was seen 69794 times | |
Bundle with sleeves
- 110 cards (63.0mmx88.0mm)
Description
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!
Card sleeves in this game
Additional information
| Mechanics: | |
| Categories: | Card Games |
| Alternative names: | Gloom 晦暗世界 Gloom 晦暗世界 |
| BARCODE: | 0752423090457 |
| The item is in 191 carts In 291 wishlists In 207 collections This was seen 69794 times | |
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CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.