- In Gloom you make your family miserable while heaping happiness on your opponents.
- Featured on Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, with more than 300,000 games in print.
- Its dark Victorian flavor is a fan favorite, while transparent plastic cards make point calculations easy.
- Available expansions include Unhappy Homes, Unfortunate Expeditions, Unwelcome Guests, and Unquiet Dead.
A Sad State of Affairs: Gameplay Basics
In Gloom, each player places negative Modifier cards on their family members to make them delightfully depressed, and positive ones other players' cards to keep them horribly happy. Untimely Deaths lock in points for good or ill.
The award-winning gameplay uses unique transparent cards that stack on top of each other to conceal and reveal the Self-Worth scores from the cards below. The easy scoring and evocative, gloomy art are guaranteed to endlessly entertain players. The game ends when one entire family has shuffled off this mortal coil. The winner is the player with the lowest score, whose family was the most miserable in life!
Format: Two 55-card decks and a rules sheet in a telescoping box
Number of Players: 2–4
Ages: 13+
Play Time: 60 minutes