In the card game Gloom, you take 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. You will play dreadful misfortunes such as Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to reduce their Self-Worth score.