BLACKWOOD PENTHOUSE

A Shared-GM Horror Journaling Game 1–6 Players • No GM • 52-Card Deck + d6 THE BLACKWOOD HOTEL The Blackwood Hotel has stood empty for years. Once one of the finest hotels in the city, it closed after a private gathering ended with several people unaccounted for. Or so the story goes. People still talk about music from the empty ballroom. Footsteps behind locked doors. Elevators opening on their own. Others find nothing but an old hotel. Sooner or later, every story about Blackwood leads back to the Penthouse. Now it's your turn to go inside. WHAT YOU NEED A standard 52-card deck , one d6 , a shared journal , and 1–6 players . No GM. No prep. HOW TO PLAY Explore the Blackwood Hotel and search its rooms. Draw cards to encounter Manifestations, Obstacles, Supplies, and Clues . Choose a prompt, decide what you encounter, then Avoid, Approach, or Commit . Roll the die. Resolve what happens. Write it in the shared journal. The next player reads what you wrote and continues the story. Find 4 Clues. Reach the Penthouse. Get out alive. What happened at Blackwood isn't written in advance. You discover it together. CREDITS Game Design & Writing: DreddWolf Cover Photography: Ambati Cherubim (@ambaticherry) Published April 6, 2026 Sony ILCE-7RM5 Used under the Unsplash License.