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Rules assistant for Gloom: Unwelcome Guests
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Gloom: Unwelcome Guests is an expansion for Gloom released in 2007 for 2–5 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 13 and up. It was designed by Keith Baker and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Storytelling.
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About the game
The Gloom: Unwelcome Guests expansion adds one player and 55 cards to the game. Here is a description of the expansion from the publisher: In the Gloom card game, you make your eccentric family of misfits suffer the greatest tragedies possible before helping them pass on to the well-deserved respite of death. Just mix the 55 transparent cards in this new set together with your copy of Gloom to add morbid new Modifiers, Events, and Untimely Deaths, and a new family - the malodorous Malone mob - including The Broken Arms Hotel as a Residence card to use with the Unhappy Homes expansion. When Boils Malone brought his family overseas to “get away from the heat,” he wasn’t expecting quite so much rain! Adding an extra level of strategy, new persistent effect icons on cards allow their special effects to continue to be active even if covered by another card. A persistent effect ends only when the attached character is killed. Also inside are five Unwelcome Guest cards. Deal one or more face up to the table’s center at the start of the game. Guests “follow” the card types noted on them; no matter where it currently is, a living Guest immediately moves to join the family of the character on which one of its “trigger” cards is played. All its Modifiers are moved with it, and it’s considered a member of that family until it moves again. This may delay the game’s end if a final play draws a Guest to the near-winner’s family.
Editions
- Gloom: Unwelcome GuestsenAtlas Games2014
- Gloom: Unwelcome GuestsenAtlas Games2009
- Gloom: Unwelcome GuestsenAtlas Games2009
- Gloom: Unwelcome GuestsenAtlas Games2007
- Gloom: Nieproszeni GościeplAtlas Games, Black Monk2019
- Gloom: Invités indésirablesfrEdge Entertainment2018
- Gloom: Invitados InorportunosesAtlas Games, Edge Entertainment2018
- Gloom: Ospiti Indesideratiituplay.it edizioni
Designers
Publishers
- Edge Entertainment
- Black Monk
- Atlas Games
- uplay.it edizioni
Questions and answers
Gloom: Unwelcome Guests supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Gloom: Unwelcome Guests is 30 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Gloom: Unwelcome Guests for ages 13 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Gloom: Unwelcome Guests has a complexity rating of 1.8 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Gloom: Unwelcome Guests belongs to these categories: Card Game, Fantasy, and Humor. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Storytelling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Gloom: Unwelcome Guests are: Keith Baker. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Gloom: Unwelcome Guests as an expansion for Gloom. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Gloom to use it. Check that your edition of Gloom is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.