Gloom: Digital Edition

Gloom: Digital Edition is a card game about stacking misfortune onto your own characters before the other side can do the same. By our assessment, it is strongest when that dark, mean little race for the worst outcome is what you want, because the rules are quick to learn and the turn structure stays brisk. The downside is also the point: luck can swing hard, and a bad run of cards can make a match feel cruel rather than clever. In play it has that fast, table-talk sort of tension where every draw changes the mood. It sits closer to a light tactical card game than to a deep strategy title, and the digital version keeps the bookkeeping out of the way. Gloom: Digital Edition suits people who like short games with spiteful timing and do not mind being dragged around by the deck.