Misery and mysteries abound at Hemlock Hall, the imposing estate of Lord Wellington-Smythe and his eccentric family of misfits. When youre invited inside for an evenings entertainment, what could possibly go wrong?Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall is a darkly humorous stand-alone competitive storytelling card game. To win, you make your characters suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. The player with the most negative score wins.Gloomier features transparent plastic cards, allowing a characters score and story to evolve as cards are stacked on top of each other. You dont need prior experience to play Gloomier, but Gloom fans will find that Gloomier expands the storytelling aspect of Gloom with specially designed story prompts. So come to Hemlock Hall, and see what delightful disaster awaits!