Gloom Cards as Oracles anyone?

[DaughterOfDanu]

Hey all!

A lady on another forum suggested I get a pack of Gloom cards and use them as oracle. She has the original deck and has had a ton of both fun and great feedback using them.

Gloom Cards are transparent, plastic cards used in the game Gloom. It's a game that's based on morbid humor. The goal of the game is to make your characters suffer and eventually kill them off while keeping your opponents characters not only alive but happy.

So I found a pack of Cthulhu and HP Lovecraft themed Gloom Cards and have been looking through them.

I love the way the cards feel. Very flexible and easy to shuffle despite being a large number of cards. Cards are playing card sized too.

I've been trying to work out a way to read with them. Some are easy to turn into a divinatory meaning, others are a bit trickier. Not all cards have images on them either as a great feature of the game is the ability to stack one card on another to change the 'status' of a character, change point values, and other things thus why they were transparent in the first place.

Just curious if anyone else has given these a try or is interested. I'm thinking of making a spread just for this deck to keep the Gloom theme going.

 

[Penthasilia]

Hey all!

A lady on another forum suggested I get a pack of Gloom cards and use them as oracle. She has the original deck and has had a ton of both fun and great feedback using them.

Gloom Cards are transparent, plastic cards used in the game Gloom. It's a game that's based on morbid humor. The goal of the game is to make your characters suffer and eventually kill them off while keeping your opponents characters not only alive but happy.

So I found a pack of Cthulhu and HP Lovecraft themed Gloom Cards and have been looking through them.

I love the way the cards feel. Very flexible and easy to shuffle despite being a large number of cards. Cards are playing card sized too.

I've been trying to work out a way to read with them. Some are easy to turn into a divinatory meaning, others are a bit trickier. Not all cards have images on them either as a great feature of the game is the ability to stack one card on another to change the 'status' of a character, change point values, and other things thus why they were transparent in the first place.

Just curious if anyone else has given these a try or is interested. I'm thinking of making a spread just for this deck to keep the Gloom theme going.

You have definitely peaked my curiosity- both for the cards and the game (HOW, HOW did I never hear of this before???) Can you scan some of the pics? Sounds intriguing!

 

[DaughterOfDanu]

Unfortunately my printer hates me and will neither scan nor print these days. But I did find some images on google:

http://www.atlas-games.com/images/gloomsamp.jpg - Clioseup of the cards

http://www.erzo.org/shannon/images-rpg/gloom1.jpg - What the game looks like while being played

Those two are from the original gloom game.

http://www.atlas-games.com/images/CthulhuGloomCardFanWEB.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wN8QkqtfxwI/Tos8FcU1VZI/AAAAAAAACwM/t4bA_DyZ490/s320/Cthulhu+Gloom+3

Those two are from the Cthulhu Gloom version that I have. The second link you can see how neat the transparent feature becomes when layering cards.

I'm surprised I never heard of it either. Just looking through the cards it would be so much fun to play.

 

[Penthasilia]

Unfortunately my printer hates me and will neither scan nor print these days. But I did find some images on google:

http://www.atlas-games.com/images/gloomsamp.jpg - Clioseup of the cards

http://www.erzo.org/shannon/images-rpg/gloom1.jpg - What the game looks like while being played

Those two are from the original gloom game.

http://www.atlas-games.com/images/CthulhuGloomCardFanWEB.png

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wN8QkqtfxwI/Tos8FcU1VZI/AAAAAAAACwM/t4bA_DyZ490/s320/Cthulhu+Gloom+3

Those two are from the Cthulhu Gloom version that I have. The second link you can see how neat the transparent feature becomes when layering cards.

I'm surprised I never heard of it either. Just looking through the cards it would be so much fun to play.

I like the Cthulhu- and ordered it- along with the matching dice

Did they talk about how they came up with meanings in the other forum?

<rubbing hands together> Or, I may just come up with my own deviant meanings

 

[DaughterOfDanu]

I like the Cthulhu- and ordered it- along with the matching dice

Did they talk about how they came up with meanings in the other forum?

<rubbing hands together> Or, I may just come up with my own deviant meanings

I think the lady just made up her own. From what I saw she took the descriptions and just went with it intuitively.

There's dice?! Link please!

 

[Penthasilia]

I think the lady just made up her own. From what I saw she took the descriptions and just went with it intuitively.

There's dice?! Link please!

Heehee- and they are AWESOME!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IKMR0K/ref=oh_o00_s00_i01_details



When I get the cards, we can plot, er... I mean discuss possible meanings

 

[DaughterOfDanu]

Lol I scapped up the dice, myself. Couldn't resist!

Are you planning on just using them for a game or to use as divination as well?

I'm contemplating maybe refreshing my numerology to add it in as another factor of a very cthulhu reading. Also:

http://www.amazon.com/Q-Workshop-BL...VFT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1327281163&sr=8-4

I do wish this bag would be big enough to hold my cards as well!!! Thats the same symbol I'm working with for my Cthulhu Gloom card spread.

 

[Penthasilia]

Lol I scapped up the dice, myself. Couldn't resist!

Are you planning on just using them for a game or to use as divination as well?

I'm contemplating maybe refreshing my numerology to add it in as another factor of a very cthulhu reading. Also:

http://www.amazon.com/Q-Workshop-BL...VFT6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1327281163&sr=8-4

I do wish this bag would be big enough to hold my cards as well!!! Thats the same symbol I'm working with for my Cthulhu Gloom card spread.

I saw the bag But, I withheld temptation, simply because it would not hold both. I have a nice large green bag that will.

I will probably do both the dice and the cards- mix and match or supplement- not sure yet, I will play with it when it comes in. But I think they will work well together- and am excited to try them out

 

[DaughterOfDanu]

I saw the bag But, I withheld temptation, simply because it would not hold both. I have a nice large green bag that will.

I will probably do both the dice and the cards- mix and match or supplement- not sure yet, I will play with it when it comes in. But I think they will work well together- and am excited to try them out

I've got to find a bag- right now they're in a BBC baba tarot bag. I'm getting some serious itching to get crafty with this deck so I may pick up some fabric from the craft store when I go there next time. I don't think I have a bag that really screams classic horror.

About when is your stuff due in? My dice shipped this morning. They'll be here Wednesday or so the estimation says. As for now I'm just looking through the cards trying hard not to burst out laughing. It's not just Cthulhu mythos but has other items, entities, characters from other Lovecraft stories and really gets me in the mood to read more than just the most popular of his work.

 

[Elendil]

It's not just Cthulhu mythos but has other items, entities, characters from other Lovecraft stories and really gets me in the mood to read more than just the most popular of his work.

Thoroughly enabled here... I am a big Lovecraft fan.
I ordered the game Sunday after reading your posts. It should be here tomorrow or Wednesday.

You will be buying Arkham Horror next....(The BEST ever Lovecraft themed game).