An RPG inspired by the book "The House Of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski.

Inside an unassuming two-story on Ash Tree Lane unfolds a shifting, lightless maze. Karen is searching for her husband, Will Navidson, before the House erases him completely. You were hired by Karen to help her track him down. She must confront the space that’s twisted her family and prove to herself she’s not just the one who stays behind. More than rescue, this is her reckoning with fear, love, and the version of herself she’s been running from.

The House is the main character.132 It is a mutable, non-Euclidean space with shifting rooms where layouts change unpredictably. Distances are often unreliable; a room once a hundred feet wide may stretch for miles. Laced with existential dread, walking through this liminal space forces you and Karen to consider the philosophical and unsettling emotional questions that arise when exploring the House.

132Note, this character card is not meant to act out events in the book. Instead, it is an alternate story depicting Karen's search for Will where the House remains dangerous. The character card is designed to focus on locations in the House with their own personalities, rather than people, which opens the door to multiple replays with wildly different outcomes. This card tries to take advantage of the fact that LLMs are terrible at keeping track of maps, directions, and distances in RPGs.

Sorry in advance, this character card is complicated enough to cause JLLM to struggle. Enter "OOC: inventory" to encourage JLLM to update your inventory or location, but YMMV. JLLM will still produce a fun adventure but the card probably won’t work exactly as intended unless you liberally edit and re-roll. I recommend using a proxy for this one if you can!