Tuesday June 15, 2021

Horrible Humor: The World of Gloomier
Misery and mysteries abound at Hemlock Hall, the imposing estate of Lord Wellington-Smythe and his eccentric family of misfits. When you’re invited inside for an evening’s entertainment, what could possibly go wrong? Will you Cuddle with Cats or Thwart a Thief? Will you Brawl Over Brandy or Fall Prey to the Plague? At Hemlock Hall, awful amusements become deadly diversions with the flip of a card.

Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall is a darkly humorous stand-alone competitive storytelling card game for 2-4 players. To win, you make your characters suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. The player with the most negative score wins. And in Gloomier, the winner gets the final word: Who WAS the murderer? How DID the heist end? You decide!

Gloomier features transparent plastic cards, allowing a character’s score — and story — to evolve as cards are stacked on top of each other. You don’t need prior experience to play Gloomier, but Gloom fans will find that Gloomier expands the storytelling aspect of Gloom with specially designed story prompts. And this full standalone game includes 6 new Stories and 14 new Guests that can be used with any edition of Gloom! So come to Hemlock Hall, and see what delightful disaster awaits!

Piteous Play: Gameplay Basics
More of the Best of Gloom: A Night at Hemlock Hall uses the classic Gloom setting, but integrates the best of the mechanics developed in the game’s expansions. Then it gives you even more of them! Guests were originally part of the Unwelcome Guests expansion, which provided five Guests; Gloomier has more than a dozen. It likewise includes half a dozen Stories, which were introduced in Unquiet Dead. So it's not just more cards, it's more of the best of Gloom.

Focus on Storytelling: At the same time, Gloomier focuses on easier and more integrated storytelling. Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall tells the tale of the most dangerous dinner party that’s ever been hosted at Hemlock Hall. The story prompts help you delve deep into the life (and death) stories of your characters, with immediate hooks to get you thinking out loud. Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall brings focused storytelling to Gloom, making it even more fun for experienced and beginning players alike.

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THE GLOOM CHRONICLES

The Gloom Chronicles at a Glance
Bring campaign-style play to your Gloom game!
Requires core Gloom, but is best played with Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall, Unquiet Dead, Unhappy Homes, Unfortunate Expeditions, and/or Unwelcome Guests
Printed on traditional opaque cardstock.

Uncanny Chronicles: Gameplay Basics
In Gloom, you and your friends weave tales of woe. But where does the story begin? Each card in The Gloom Chronicles expansion starts a new chapter for your ongoing game of Gloom, ties those games together as a serialized campaign, and adds variant rules bringing new challenges to the story. You can choose a card at random, or you can start from the beginning and explore the ongoing chronicle of your family through an extended campaign. Your story begins with the Unhappy Birthday … but will your next game of Gloom involve a Tragic Train Ride, or will you end up at the infamous World’s Unfair?

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