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. But some say that one’s reward in the afterlife is based on the misery endured in life. If so, there may yet be hope—if not in this world, then in the peace that lies beyond.
In the Gloom, 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.
The Gloom: Unhappy Homes Expansion adds one player and 55 cards to the game, like morbid new Modifiers, Events, and Untimely Deaths, and a new family — the artistes of Le Canard Noir, whose creative endeavors always end in disaster.
When art lets you down, the Black Duck is there for you. This dingy cafe is home to a motley assortment of washed-up bohemians. Here the tormented painter Rosseau buys drinks for neurotic models and destitute poets, while a troubled actress and sickly courtesan compare notes across the way.
Also included are new types of cards: Residences, placed next to their related family at the start of the game, and Mysteries, which are played on Residences and give that Residence’s player a special effect and Pathos points that count toward his final Family Value.
Gloom: Unhappy Homes Expansion is an expansion for the base game of Gloom and cannot be played on its own.
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