Gloom Second Edition Card Game

Changes to the 2nd Edition. Here is a run down on what is new in the 2nd edition release: Backwards compatibility is completely maintained between editions. You can use 2nd Edition with your original edition core game and vice versa. The 2nd Edition core game has a sturdy new telescoping box, while 2nd edition expansions have double width tuckboxes. Timing icons in the style of Cthulhu Gloom and Unquiet Dead are incorporated throughout the 2nd Edition Rules cards and icon reminder cards are included in each 2nd Edition for easy reference The card list and the effect texts of individual cards have been polished for a better play experience. For example complex cards like "Body Theif" and cards with delayed effects have been removed. Three Modifiers have been turned into Transformations in Unwelcome Guests 2nd Edition Residences and Mysteries have been reworked in the 2nd Edition so that you can no longer end up with unusable cards in your hand. All the story icons and few family icons in the 2nd edition have been redrawn by artist Todd Remick. Gloom 2nd Edition uses the discard rule from Cthulhu Gloom Death cards in the 2nd edition have a central art piece, as Cthulhu Gloom does as well as a blank story icon at the top right. Characters no longer flip upon death. Event cards in the 2nd Edition have a center illustration and a blank icon in the top right spot to give them the silhouette as a Death Card. Guests in the 2nd Edition have reminder text in the family icon spot, as Cthulhu Gloom does. Pathos Points are now called Self-Worth Points to avoid unnecessary proliferation of game terms. A number of mechanical changes have been made in the rule sheet. For example timing icons, symbols on Event cards and the new discard rule have been accounted for.  The world of Gloom is a sad and benighted place. The sky is gray, the tea is cold, and a new tragedy lies