Gloom of Thrones

About this board game

Gloom of Thrones is a standalone satirical card game for 2–4 players, with games lasting about 60 minutes and a 2019 release. Set across the Umpteen Kingdoms, it challenges you to control a noble family and guide its members toward an appropriately miserable fate.

The game uses transparent plastic cards, allowing multiple cards to be played over the same character while keeping earlier effects visible. Build a family’s story through layered machinations, then shape its final outcome with a mixture of tragedy, misfortune, and darkly comic interference.

Your objective is to drive your own family’s Self-Worth as low as possible. Plague your characters with horrible events such as Seduced by a Sibling or Tumbled from a Tower, while giving rival families happier moments that raise their scores.

• Control a noble family in a land of dead monarchs, knights, heirs, and almost-dead bastards.
• Layer transparent cards on characters to determine their ultimate fate.
• Use tragic mishaps against your own family and happy events against opposing families.
• Win by having the lowest-scoring, most tragedy-afflicted family.

From frozen lands and torrid intrigues to the infamous Porcelain Throne, every turn embraces the game’s gleefully grim sense of humor. Gloom of Thrones turns family misfortune into the path to victory, rewarding the player who can deliver the most suffering while ensuring rival noble houses enjoy brief moments of happiness.