Gloom Digital Edition Press Kit
Description
Tired of perusing joy and success in your gaming? Have we got the game for you! Gloom: Digital Edition is a dark, macabre game where your goal is to make your
family as miserable as possible while bringing joy and good fortune to your opponent's families.
In Gloom: Digital Edition, you play a series of morbidly humorous negative Modifier Cards on your family members giving them negative Self-Worth points. Such
tragedies as "Being mauled by manatees", "Swindled by salesmen" and "Menaced by mice" are "good" for you. And, you play positive Modifier Cards on your
rival's family giving them positive Self-Worth points. Good fortune such as being "Delighted by ducklings", "Found fame at a feast", and Blessed by the bishop are
"bad" for them.
Additionally, you can play Event Cards to cancel turns, bring characters back from the dead and other meta things. Finally, when you're "happy" with your family
member's collection of negative points, play an Untimely Death, shuffling them off this mortal coil. When an entire family has met their demise, you total up the
points. The family with the most negative points wins! Well, if you can call that "winning".
Features
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Multi or single player:
Play 2-4 player matches against AI or on-line against friends and enemies.
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Sad (and happy, sometimes) voice and animation:
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Transparent cards:
Like the table top game, your cards are transparent allowing you to see the points below.
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Style:
True to the grim Edward Gorey art style one would expect of such a ghoulish game.
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Music:
As melancholic as one would expect for such a dark endeavor.
History
As huge fans of the Atlas Games Gloom card game, Sky Ship Studios jumped at the opportunity to bring this award-winning game to the digital realm! Sky Ship
Studios ran a successful kickstarter to fund the project, attracting 1,480 backers.
Fact Sheet
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Developer:
Sky Ship Studios
Based in Madison, WI
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Release Date
October 31st, 2018
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Platforms
PC/Mac
Steam
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