Gloom of Thrones: A Transparent Parody of Miserable Monarchs
Created by Atlas Games
Make your noble family miserable and then kill them. The bestselling card game Gloom lays claim to the Umpteen Kingdoms of Eastereg.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Something GLOOMY to do on the Porcelain Throne...
2 months ago
– Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 06:27:39 AM
Gloom Reprint with Eco-Friendlier Materials
It’s a tough thing to publish a game using environmentally sensitive materials when, like Gloom, that game features transparent plastic cards. We’ve taken that as a challenge, though, and are pleased to announce the imminent arrival of the new printing of Gloom 2nd Edition, which is now made from post-consumer recycled PET!
We’re incredibly pleased to announce that the new printing features cards made of 50% post-consumer recycled PET. This RPET material is also less environmentally harmful in its manufacturing, use, and recycling than PVC. Michelle Nephew, Co-Owner of Atlas Games, comments, “It’s a new material for our printer that they investigated at our request. It’s an incredible step, showing our industry that it IS possible to use recycled materials in commercial manufacturing!”
We’ve also continued to use recycled paper content in the new printing, and maintain our general policy of avoiding disposable plastic wrap, by substituting a paper band around the decks and using sticker tabs to seal the box.
It all adds up, and we hope our industry peers, retailers, and customers think that’s as important as we do!
We expect it to arrive at our warehouse well before the end of the month. And if you haven't already backed our NEW Gloom adventure, you'll want to keep reading...
Gloom Puzzle Gamebook on Kickstarter!
Until now, Gloom‘s sorrowful story has always been determined by the luck of the draw. But now there’s a new way to experience the dazzlingly dismal characters of the card game … the new Unhappy Birthday at Castle Slogar puzzle gamebook!
You've been summoned to Castle Slogar to celebrate Melissa's 9th birthday … again! But the party has gone awfully awry. Guests are scattered throughout the labyrinthine castle, and Lord Slogar is missing! It's up to you to lend a hand, or a foot, or whatever you can spare to save the party and rescue Lord Slogar.
Is Unhappy Birthday for me?
If you love the delightfully dismal drama of Gloom’s forlorn families, Unhappy Birthday at Castle Slogar is for you. With its interactive story and hours of puzzle-solving fun, you’ll have the gloomiest time of your life!
What's your Gloomy gift?
What would you bring to Melissa Slogar’s birthday party? Tell us in the comments! Then make sure to share the Unhappy Birthday campaign link. It’s the perfect way to get your friends in on the gloriously Gloomy fun! :) But hurry! This campaign ends on Feb 22nd!
-Audrey DeLuca Atlas Games Marketing Coordinator
Prepare Yourselves … Winter is Coming! (New GLOOM Kickstarter!)
5 months ago
– Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 08:17:34 AM
Unhappy Birthday at Castle Slogar is a unique solo gamebook set in the world of Gloom. We're working on a Kickstarter for late January that features it and a whole lot more. Sign up NOW to get your invitation to Melissa Slogar's birthday party when it launches!
But if that's not enough incentive for you, maybe this will do the trick. Click on our Grogar plush prototype to get an email when "it's alive!"
Help Recycle 5,000 lbs of Plastic on Kickstarter!
InFUNity TIles is live NOW on Kickstarter! It's an infinite puzzle that's fun and engaging, based on a math discovery made just last spring. Best of all, we're making it locally from RECYCLED plastic, as an example to the rest of our industry that it IS possible to make game pieces in an environmentally responsible way.
We need your help now, to recycle 5,000 lbs of waste plastic with just one printing of InFUNity Tiles! If it's not for you, consider our "Donate a Set" tier to gift a set to a school or library STEAM program.
We believe we really can make a difference with InFUNity Tiles, but it's a very different product for us. It's not getting the traction we usually see with gamer-games like Gloom, and it needs your pledge NOW to fundin the next 48 hours!
Thank you for your support, and please pass the link on to someone you know who will love it!
-Michelle Nephew, Atlas Games Co-Owner
April is the Cruellest Month
about 1 year ago
– Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 09:08:13 AM
April is the Cruellest Month SALE
"April," wrote TS Eliot, "is the cruellest month." He could have lived here in Duluth MN, where we get yet more snow while our friends in warmer climes enjoy budding flowers and sprouting gardens. Clearly we need to unburden ourselves of our Gloom!
So we're doing this literally, with a sale on Gloom sequel games for the month of April! If you enjoy classic Gloom, this is your opportunity to stock your game shelf for the next time a late-season blizzard has you snowed in. Buy this bundle of five standalone Gloom games (plus one expansion), and we'll give you the classy Grief Case storage box for FREE. Plus we'll give you free shipping to any US address!
In case you missed it, we launched our third Kickstarter for the Magical Kitties Save the Day RPG last week. Not only can you get the Standard or Deluxe Editions of Magical Kitties at a discount, you can also get these NEW items:
Kitty Noir hometown book & poster map
Game Master Kit, including the GM Screen, Kitty Colors Poster, and Our Hometown Workbook
In Planegea a dungeon means the curse-painted caves of a cannibal clan. Gone are the safe hearths of taverns and libraries, kingdoms and cathedrals. Planegea is a place of utter wildness, where survival is the only law and it must be carved from the world by force of might and magic.
Drawn from the traditions of sword & sorcery pulp adventures, infused with the blood-pounding thrills of the Fury Road, and caught in the jaws of primordial dreams, Planegea calls to those who've felt the cold wind raise a chill of hunt and hope on their raw skin.
Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall stand-alone card game
The deluxe Gloom Grief Case
The Gloom Chronicles mini-expansion
Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall
Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall is a new, stand-alone sequel to classic Gloom.What’s so much gloomier about Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall?
A return to the beloved original setting of Gloom’s Hemlock Hall.
Expands the world of the Wellington-Smythe family.
Puts a focus on storytelling by providing clear story prompts.
More of the best mechanics by adding more Guests and Stories.
Compatible with all core Gloom games.
GloomGrief Case
You’ve asked, you’ve begged, and we’ve finally listened. Introducing … *organ music* … The Gloom Grief Case! This deluxe storage case stores and organizes your entire Gloom collection. And when we say “deluxe,” we really mean it — this case is over twice as thick as the box for Gloom of Thrones deluxe edition! Follow along with campaign updates to see more of the decadent design.
early mockup, subject to change
The Gloom Chronicles
We're excited to bring you a campaign-style mini-expansion that ties all your Gloom games together into a serialized narrative. You can choose a card at random, or decide to start from the beginning and explore the ongoing chronicle of your forlorn family through an extended campaign. It also adds variant rules, bringing new challenges to your saddest stories. It’s included with every pledge, and we’ll improve it together with stretch goals. Sign up for campaign notifications to learn about the upgrades we have planned!
The Gloom Chronicles by Keith Baker
Gloomier Goodies for Retailers, Too
We believe that healthy retailers are key to a healthy hobby. This campaign is retail-friendly!
The Gloomier campaign will feature the same retailer-only stretch goal that was so successful for Gloom of Thrones: If 100 stores back this campaign, each one will receive a free demo copy of Gloomier: A Night at Hemlock Hall, in addition to other stretch goals! Click here to get your launch notice.
Gloom of Thrones Fulfilled!
Finally, if you haven’t received your copy of Gloom of Thrones, it may be that you haven’t filled out your BackerKit survey yet. Please check, and feel free to contact us with any questions.
