As the World Falls Down

You have one song to choose your destiny.

This night is no ordinary night, and this ballroom is no ordinary ballroom. Your invitation to this party gives you the chance to leave your world and enter a new one.

The evening’s host holds these parties every so often, inviting potential new companions to make their choices. Those who accept disappear for a time, but eventually return, different in a way that is hard to name. Those who refuse never get another chance.

They move towards you, holding out a gloved hand—it’s your turn to decide.

About the Game

As the World Falls Down is a romantic fantasy game for one player, inspired by by Labyrinth, Howl's Moving Castle, and Sword Queen Games' excellent tarot-based games. If you kinda wanted Sarah to become the Goblin Queen, here you go!

To play this game, you’ll need: the Major Arcana of a tarot deck, a four-sided die, a one-minute timer, physical or digital writing space, & a way to play the song "As the World Falls Down," performed by David Bowie for the movie Labyrinth.

As the World Falls Down is 10 pages, and when you purchase the game, you'll receive the standard full-color file, a file that uses the Atkinson Hyperlegible font, a file that uses the Open Dyslexic font, and a text-only file.

Written for the Reliquary Street Station Weekly Jams, Season 1, Episode 8: Paradox hosted by stargazersasha. 

Sidebar Image Descriptions

Image 1: The cover of As the World Falls Down, featuring a woodblock illustration of lush pink and purple flowers surrounded by butterflies and sparkles.

Image 2: Page 1 of the game, which includes the introduction & materials list, as well as a few tips for reading tarot.

Image 3: Page 2 of the game, which explains the timed gameplay, shows the tarot card spread, and provides starting instructions.