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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. Each player assumes control of a fate of an eccentric Victorian family of misfits and misanthropes, whose world-weary, thin-lined faces are caricatured from the pages of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. Each seeks to magnify the tribulations of the members of their own ailing household and ultimately lead them to the [[PeacefulInDeath well-deserved respite of an untimely death]], while [[HappilyEverAfter assuaging the sorrows of their deserving opponents]]. Storytelling is encouraged!
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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. Each player assumes control of a the fate of an eccentric eccentric, Victorian family of misfits and misanthropes, whose world-weary, thin-lined faces are caricatured from the pages of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. Each seeks to magnify the tribulations of the members of their own ailing household and ultimately lead them to the [[PeacefulInDeath well-deserved respite of an untimely death]], while [[HappilyEverAfter assuaging the sorrows of their deserving opponents]]. Storytelling is encouraged!
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* IncompetenceInc - Dark's Den of Deformity isn't as terrifying as it is simply ill-maintained. Its financial straits are continually dire, mainly because Mr. Dark is tragically terrible at selecting and marketing his performers.
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* IncompetenceInc - Dark's Den of Deformity isn't as terrifying as it is simply ill-maintained. Its financial straits are continually dire, mainly because Mr. Dark is tragically terrible at selecting and marketing his performers. He has a bearded man, a woman too shy to show off her supposed magnificent tattoos, an abhorrent clown, and a woman only a few inches tall ... whom Darius Dark advertises as an opera singer.
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** Lady Bumpersnoot, [[NubileSavage Cannibal Countess]]
** Little Timmy, [[KidSidekick Action Lad]]
** Rascal, [[ManiacMonkeys Sinister Simian]]
** Bopobodingo, [[LivingStatue Teen Idol]]
** Lady Bumpersnoot, [[NubileSavage Cannibal Countess]]
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Noir''',symbolised by the [[AnimalMotifs duck]].
** Simon Simone, [[AmbiguousGender Androgynous Actor]]
** Belladonna, [[VictorianNovelDisease Consumptive Courtesan]]
** James [=DeWinter=], [[StarvingArtist Penniless Poet]]
** Marie Delacroix, [[FamilyFriendlyStripper Misunderstood Model]]
** Rosseau, [[DyeingForYourArt Patchwork Painter]]
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Arms]]'''
** Boils Malone, [[TheDon The Ugly American]]
** Chopper Johnson, [[AnAxeToGrind Hatchetman]]
** Little Miss Mina, [[MafiaPrincess Poisonous Princess]]
** Bulletproof Bonnie, [[FlapperGirl Maniacal Moll]]
** Pencils Pierre, [[GoodWithNumbers Gourmet Accountant]]
** Simon Simone, [[AmbiguousGender Androgynous Actor]]
** Belladonna, [[VictorianNovelDisease Consumptive Courtesan]]
** James [=DeWinter=], [[StarvingArtist Penniless Poet]]
** Marie Delacroix, [[FamilyFriendlyStripper Misunderstood Model]]
** Rosseau, [[DyeingForYourArt Patchwork Painter]]
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** Boils Malone, [[TheDon The Ugly American]]
** Chopper Johnson, [[AnAxeToGrind Hatchetman]]
** Little Miss Mina, [[MafiaPrincess Poisonous Princess]]
** Bulletproof Bonnie, [[FlapperGirl Maniacal Moll]]
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!The expansion packs introduce:
* '''Le Canard Noir'''
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* StopHelpingMe - Keith Baker's inspiration was to create a game he could play with his wife Ellen - most card games are based on the principle of [[PlayerVersusPlayer kicking your opponents around the block until you're the last one standing]], and Ellen was too nice to hurt a friend that way. Solution: A game where you win by helping your opponents' character and traumatise your own, faster than they can do the reverse!
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[[http://www.atlas-games.com/gloom/index.php Gloom]] is a darkly comic card game by Keith Baker for two to four players.
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. Each player assumes control of a fate of an eccentric Victorian family of misfits and misanthropes, whose world-weary, thin-lined faces are caricatured from the pages of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. Each seeks to magnify the tribulations of the members of their own ailing household and ultimately lead them to the [[PeacefulInDeath well-deserved respite of an untimely death]], while [[HappilyEverAfter assuaging the sorrows of their deserving opponents]]. Storytelling is encouraged!
At the end of the game, the family with the most tragic past wins.
! The Families
* '''Castle Slogar''', whose icon is [[ForScience the brain]].
** Professor Helena Slogar, [[MadScientist Eccentric Inventor]]
** Lord Slogar, [[BrainInAJar Brain in a Box]]
** Melissa Slogar, [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Cadaverous Child]]
** Elias E. Gorr, [[TheIgor Itinerant Gravedigger]]
** Grogar, [[ArtificialZombie Work]]-in-[[CreepyDoll Progress]]
* '''Hemlock Hall''', represented by the [[NiceHat top hat]].
** Lord Wellington-Smythe, [[ParentalObliviousness Dumbfounded Duke]]
** Lola Wellington-Smythe, [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Wild Child]]
** Butterfield, [[CreepyHousekeeper Lurking Butler]]
** Goody Zarr, [[BabysitterFromHell Nefarious Nanny]]
** The Twins, [[CreepyTwins Adorable Tots]]
* '''Blackwater Watch''', symbolised by the [[GrimReaper scythe]].
** The Old Dam, [[EvilMatriarch Murderous Matriarch]]
** Angel, [[EnglishRose Starry-Eyed Serial Killer]]
** Cousin Mordecai, the RedHeadedStepchild
** Willem Stark, [[HillbillyHorrors Disturbing Handyman]]
** Balthazar, the [[{{Hellhound}} Unfaithful Hound]]
* '''Dark's Den of Deformity''', which presents beneath the [[CircusOfFear circus tent]].
** Darius Dark, [[PointyHairedBoss Sinister Circusmaster]]
** Mister Giggles, [[MonsterClown Creepy Clown]]
** Elissandre [=DeVille=], [[EmbarrassedBeauty Illustrated Lady]]
** Thumbelisa, [[BrawnHilda Diminutive Diva]]
** Samson O'Toole, the [[TheNondescript Bearded Man]]
! Tropes that appear in this game include:
* AffectionateParody - Of Victorian literature, especially GothicHorror, and ''especially'' CharlesDickens.
* AristocratsAreEvil - Lord Wellington-Smythe is oblivious to what goes on under his roof, and Cousin Mordecai is ill-treated by the rest of his family. The rest of Castle Slogar, Hemlock Hall, and Blackwater Watch ''all'' count.
* ArrangedMarriage - Professor Helena Slogar intends her daughter Melissa to be wedded to Grogar... never mind that Melissa is [[CameBackWrong barely undead]] and Grogar is [[CreatingLife home-made]]. They'll be certain to get along splendidly, since Grogar is partially Melissa's ''teddy bear''.
* BigScrewedUpFamily - ''Four of them'', and more in expansions.
* BlackComedy
* BrainInAJar - Lord Slogar has a rather sedentary life these days.
* BreakTheCutie - Life is not fair to poor Cousin Mordecai.
* TheButlerDidIt - Butterfield, head servant at Hemlock Hall. Whatever it was, ''he'' did it.
* CharacterDeath
* CreepyTwins - The Wellington-Smythe twins, the most adorable little sadists you'll ever meet.
* ColourCodedArmies
* DarkAndTroubledPast - The path to victory.
* DeathAsComedy
%% * DeathByDespair* DysfunctionJunction
* EvilMatriarch - The Old Dam, naturally.
* ExpansionPack - ''Unhappy Homes'', ''Unwelcome Guests'', and ''Unfortunate Expeditions''. Each adds an additional family.
* FemmeFatale - Angel Blackwater.
* HappilyEverAfter - A welcome fate for ''other'' familes.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter - Lord Wellington-Smythe, considering his staff.
* IncompetenceInc - Dark's Den of Deformity isn't as terrifying as it is simply ill-maintained. Its financial straits are continually dire, mainly because Mr. Dark is tragically terrible at selecting and marketing his performers.
%% * IncurableCoughOfDeath
%% * KillTheOnesYouLove
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
%% * LonelyFuneral
* LowLevelAdvantage - Characters do not give you points until they have passed beyond the mortal coil, at which point they are past the other families' best efforts to cheer them, but they also have no more lots left in life for you to worsen. In general, the better a player is doing, the harder it is to improve further.
* MadScientist - Professor Helena Slogar prefers the title 'Eccentric Inventor'.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter - Melissa Slogar ''would'' have been, had she not been prevented from growing up...
* MonsterClown - Mr. Giggles ''always'' has a smile for the children.
* PeacefulInDeath - The object of the game.
* PokeThePoodle - It is evidentally quite traumatising for a character to be ''Pursued by Poodles''.
%% * ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ScoringPoints - Points are ''negative''. You want as many negative points as possible, and a character who has positive Self-Worth can't die.
* StopHelpingMe - Keith Baker's inspiration was to create a game he could play with his wife Ellen - most card games are based on the principle of [[PlayerVersusPlayer kicking your opponents around the block until you're the last one standing]], and Ellen was too nice to hurt a friend that way. Solution: A game where you win by helping your opponents' character and traumatise your own, faster than they can do the reverse!
* SpinOff - TabletopGame/CthulhuGloom, which applies the gameplay style to the CthulhuMythos. It's compatible with the original but not otherwise related.
* ThisIndexHasHadAHardLife
%% * UnwantedRevival
%% * VictorianNovelDisease
* YourCheatingHeart - After his wife's (naturally, tragic) death, Lord Wellington-Smythe dotes extensively over their young twins... oblivious to the suspicious lack of family resemblance.
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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. Each player assumes control of a fate of an eccentric Victorian family of misfits and misanthropes, whose world-weary, thin-lined faces are caricatured from the pages of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley. Each seeks to magnify the tribulations of the members of their own ailing household and ultimately lead them to the [[PeacefulInDeath well-deserved respite of an untimely death]], while [[HappilyEverAfter assuaging the sorrows of their deserving opponents]]. Storytelling is encouraged!
At the end of the game, the family with the most tragic past wins.
! The Families
* '''Castle Slogar''', whose icon is [[ForScience the brain]].
** Professor Helena Slogar, [[MadScientist Eccentric Inventor]]
** Lord Slogar, [[BrainInAJar Brain in a Box]]
** Melissa Slogar, [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Cadaverous Child]]
** Elias E. Gorr, [[TheIgor Itinerant Gravedigger]]
** Grogar, [[ArtificialZombie Work]]-in-[[CreepyDoll Progress]]
* '''Hemlock Hall''', represented by the [[NiceHat top hat]].
** Lord Wellington-Smythe, [[ParentalObliviousness Dumbfounded Duke]]
** Lola Wellington-Smythe, [[BrattyTeenageDaughter Wild Child]]
** Butterfield, [[CreepyHousekeeper Lurking Butler]]
** Goody Zarr, [[BabysitterFromHell Nefarious Nanny]]
** The Twins, [[CreepyTwins Adorable Tots]]
* '''Blackwater Watch''', symbolised by the [[GrimReaper scythe]].
** The Old Dam, [[EvilMatriarch Murderous Matriarch]]
** Angel, [[EnglishRose Starry-Eyed Serial Killer]]
** Cousin Mordecai, the RedHeadedStepchild
** Willem Stark, [[HillbillyHorrors Disturbing Handyman]]
** Balthazar, the [[{{Hellhound}} Unfaithful Hound]]
* '''Dark's Den of Deformity''', which presents beneath the [[CircusOfFear circus tent]].
** Darius Dark, [[PointyHairedBoss Sinister Circusmaster]]
** Mister Giggles, [[MonsterClown Creepy Clown]]
** Elissandre [=DeVille=], [[EmbarrassedBeauty Illustrated Lady]]
** Thumbelisa, [[BrawnHilda Diminutive Diva]]
** Samson O'Toole, the [[TheNondescript Bearded Man]]
! Tropes that appear in this game include:
* AffectionateParody - Of Victorian literature, especially GothicHorror, and ''especially'' CharlesDickens.
* AristocratsAreEvil - Lord Wellington-Smythe is oblivious to what goes on under his roof, and Cousin Mordecai is ill-treated by the rest of his family. The rest of Castle Slogar, Hemlock Hall, and Blackwater Watch ''all'' count.
* ArrangedMarriage - Professor Helena Slogar intends her daughter Melissa to be wedded to Grogar... never mind that Melissa is [[CameBackWrong barely undead]] and Grogar is [[CreatingLife home-made]]. They'll be certain to get along splendidly, since Grogar is partially Melissa's ''teddy bear''.
* BigScrewedUpFamily - ''Four of them'', and more in expansions.
* BlackComedy
* BrainInAJar - Lord Slogar has a rather sedentary life these days.
* BreakTheCutie - Life is not fair to poor Cousin Mordecai.
* TheButlerDidIt - Butterfield, head servant at Hemlock Hall. Whatever it was, ''he'' did it.
* CharacterDeath
* CreepyTwins - The Wellington-Smythe twins, the most adorable little sadists you'll ever meet.
* ColourCodedArmies
* DarkAndTroubledPast - The path to victory.
* DeathAsComedy
%% * DeathByDespair* DysfunctionJunction
* EvilMatriarch - The Old Dam, naturally.
* ExpansionPack - ''Unhappy Homes'', ''Unwelcome Guests'', and ''Unfortunate Expeditions''. Each adds an additional family.
* FemmeFatale - Angel Blackwater.
* HappilyEverAfter - A welcome fate for ''other'' familes.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter - Lord Wellington-Smythe, considering his staff.
* IncompetenceInc - Dark's Den of Deformity isn't as terrifying as it is simply ill-maintained. Its financial straits are continually dire, mainly because Mr. Dark is tragically terrible at selecting and marketing his performers.
%% * IncurableCoughOfDeath
%% * KillTheOnesYouLove
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
%% * LonelyFuneral
* LowLevelAdvantage - Characters do not give you points until they have passed beyond the mortal coil, at which point they are past the other families' best efforts to cheer them, but they also have no more lots left in life for you to worsen. In general, the better a player is doing, the harder it is to improve further.
* MadScientist - Professor Helena Slogar prefers the title 'Eccentric Inventor'.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter - Melissa Slogar ''would'' have been, had she not been prevented from growing up...
* MonsterClown - Mr. Giggles ''always'' has a smile for the children.
* PeacefulInDeath - The object of the game.
* PokeThePoodle - It is evidentally quite traumatising for a character to be ''Pursued by Poodles''.
%% * ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated
* ScoringPoints - Points are ''negative''. You want as many negative points as possible, and a character who has positive Self-Worth can't die.
* StopHelpingMe - Keith Baker's inspiration was to create a game he could play with his wife Ellen - most card games are based on the principle of [[PlayerVersusPlayer kicking your opponents around the block until you're the last one standing]], and Ellen was too nice to hurt a friend that way. Solution: A game where you win by helping your opponents' character and traumatise your own, faster than they can do the reverse!
* SpinOff - TabletopGame/CthulhuGloom, which applies the gameplay style to the CthulhuMythos. It's compatible with the original but not otherwise related.
* ThisIndexHasHadAHardLife
%% * UnwantedRevival
%% * VictorianNovelDisease
* YourCheatingHeart - After his wife's (naturally, tragic) death, Lord Wellington-Smythe dotes extensively over their young twins... oblivious to the suspicious lack of family resemblance.
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