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Old May 18th, 2015, 11:33 AM
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Re: What Board Game Are You Currently Playing?
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Originally Posted by heroscaper2010 View Post
Gloom is just weird, but fun. You have a family and you're trying to get them as depressed as possible before killing them off. The person with the most depression points after a whole family is killed off wins.
There is an interesting reason for the game to play this way. The designer's wife didn't want to play a game that involved hurting the other players, so he designed a game where, in order to help yourself to win, you had to make the other players happier.
Don't think of it as being outnumbered. Think of it as having a wide shot selection!
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Last edited by Jim; May 18th, 2015 at 11:34 AM. Reason: Note: paraphrased from memory, so it may not be as accurate as it could have been...
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