Hmm. Reminds me of an exception from when I was a kid.

Where I grew up was still far enough away from the city that there were plenty of wilderness/woodsy bits that no one wanted, including this great area along a creek, where the mixture of creek and big rocks sticking out of the ground had lead to a sparsely wooded area hidden behind more tightly grown trees and brush. It was great.

And then one day workmen showed up. They didn't clear for a house - instead, they set up a good, strong bridge over the creek, with big thick beams holding it up, and some picnic tables... some family did own the land, and decided to make this their private picnic spot, I guess. I think I may have met them once. They didn't mind us playing around it when they weren't there.

And then.. I think after a year or two... they never came back. The bridge lasted for a while unmaintained, but we were too young to really know what to do - or to care, that was the adult's thing - and so it slowly began to rot and fall apart, bit by bit, until by now I'm not sure I'd be able to find more than the remains of where the supports had been sunk.

But while it lasted it was wonderful.

Gloom's a fun little card game - visually it's a lot of fun, given the clear plastic cards. The box it comes in is a bit of a loss, though.

Interestingly enough, the question of how badly Gorey's being ripped off caused me to look him up on Wikipedia - apparently he never married or had children... so even if this was infringing, which I'm not convinced it is, it doesn't seem to be actually hurting anyone.