“The world of Gloom is a sad and benighted place.” These are the first lines of the instruction booklet for Keith Baker’s Gloom. Imagine, if you will, that the Addams Family designed and created their own version of the game of Life where your only goal was to inflict as much suffering on a family as possible before their inevitable deaths. Like golf, the person with the person with the lowest score wins. Grab a lively crowd for this one because it can go dark fast and, unles

Card games date back into the 9th century in the Middle East, and Europe. When anything survives millennia, crosses continents, cultures, and socio-economic boundaries while growing and changing to meet the times, it’s bound to pick up a reputation, right? The Tarot is predated by several other decks and styles of cards, including the commonly used suited decks you’ll find literally everywhere. While the name and timelessly mystifying designs of a Tarot deck have a distinctly