Gloom
Game: Gloom with 4 players
Play: You have a family of 5 (cards) down in front of you and your goal is to make them die as miserably as possible. The cards are transparent, so stacking cards from your hand on top of the family cards changes various attributes (cards like Chased by Children, Contracted Consumption, Pursued by Poodles). An Untimely Death card kills them, but can be removed by some action cards. You can play on your opponents families as well as your own. The game ends when the whole family in front of any one player is dead. The player with the lowest score wins.
Art: The absolute best thing about this game is the wonderful Edward Gorey-esque art.
Conclusion: What makes Gloom fun is the unusual mechanic with the transparent cards and the Edward Gorey theme. I would play it again for those reasons, not because I thought it was a particularly good game.
