Fairytale Gloom Card Game In the Fairytale Gloom Card Game the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes is in your hands. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies before passing on to the well-deserved respite Sales Tax: $1.89 $29.99 $27.99 Add To Cart Buy Now Description Fairytale Gloom Card GameLet's get Lost in the Woods...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. Fairy tales are awful. Wolves and old women eat children, giants fall from the sky, and even young girls break-and-enter to steal porridge from unsuspecting families.In the Fairytale Gloom Card Game, custom collections of fairy tale characters like Jack, Gretel, Puss in Boots, and Little Red Riding Hood do their best to stay happy, but circumstances conspire to rain woe on their sad, benighted heads. These heroes become beasts, give up on Grandma, and cry wolf once too often. Even though they look into magic mirrors and kill golden geese, most end their days living in giant shoes... or worse. Eventually, enough Unhappy Endings come to pass that the game ends. And then? The most miserable collection of characters wins!Gameplay Basics:Each player chooses their own collection of fairy tale protagonists.Modifiers add or subtract points. You could play Dwelt With Some Dwarfs on Rapunzel, for example.Unhappy Endings lock in points for good or ill. erhaps Goldilocks Cried Wolf Once Too Often. It's all about storytelling: Players weave tales around what comes to pass. What happened, exactly, when Joe the Giant Married a Murderer? With transparent cards, the points you can see are the points in play it's that simple!Ages 13+Gloom Card Game Gameplay OverviewGloom is a strategic card game designed for 2-4 players, where each player controls an eccentric family. The objective is to lower the self-worth scores of your own characters by playing horrible mishaps, while trying to cheer up your opponents’ characters with happy occasions. The game features transparent plastic cards, allowing players to easily see the worth of every character, no matter how many modifiers they have. The game ends when one family is completely killed off, and the player with the lowest Family Value (the total points of all dead family members) wins the game.Character CardsCharacter cards are the heart of Gloom, representing the eccentric family members that players control. Each character card has a unique set of attributes, including a self-worth score, which determines the character’s overall value. Players can stack multiple modifier cards on top of the same character card, which can either increase or decrease the character’s self-worth score. Thanks to the transparent plastic cards, players can easily see the worth of every character, making it simple to track the game’s progress.Strategic PlayStrategic play is a crucial aspect of Gloom, as players need to carefully plan their moves to achieve their objectives. Players can use modifier cards to disrupt their opponents’ plans and strategies, while also trying to protect their own characters from harm. The game requires a delicate balance between playing horrible mishaps to lower your own characters’ self-worth scores and playing happy occasions to cheer up your opponents’ characters. Players need to think carefully about which cards to play and when, in order to maximize their chances of winning.Expansions and VariationsGloom has several expansions and variations available, which add new gameplay mechanics and features to the game. The Unhappy Homes, Unwelcome Guests, Unquiet Dead, and Unfortunate Expeditions expansions introduce new characters, modifiers, and gameplay mechanics, while the Cthulhu Gloom expansion adds a new theme and gameplay elements. The game also has a digital version, Gloom: Digital Edition, which is available on Steam and features the same gameplay as the physical version. Additionally, players can create their own custom expansions and variations using the game’s rules reference card, which provides a comprehensive guide to the game’s mechanics and rules. Technical Data Game Details Number of Players 2 - 5 Play Time 60 minutes Ages 14+ Publisher Atlas Games Designers Keith Baker Illustrations Jaume Fabregat
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