Gloom - Second Edition Board Game

The sky is gray, the tea is cold, and a new tragedy lies around everycorner…

Misery Loves Company: The World of Gloom
When your family is made up of serial killers, crazed circus folk, anddemonically possessed sociopaths, misery comes easy. In Gloom, players controlthese misanthropic misfits. The goal? To make your characters as miserable aspossible before allowing them the sweet respite of death. Along the way, you'llmake other players' characters horribly happy. Players narrate their characters'misfortunes and mishaps, creating unique stories of suffering in each game.May the most miserable soul win!

A Sad State of Affairs: Gameplay Basics
In Gloom, each player places negative Modifier cards on their family members tomake them delightfully depressed, and positive ones on other players' cards tokeep them horribly happy. Untimely Deaths lock in points for good or ill.

The award-winning gameplay uses unique transparent cards that stack on top ofeach other to conceal and reveal the Self-Worth scores from the cards below. Theeasy scoring and evocative, gloomy art are guaranteed to endlessly entertainplayers. 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 mostmiserable in life!