Fantastic adventure that takes very little prep to run at short notice. The story was very compelling as well. Definitely reccomend.

Ran this at our last session and the players LOVED IT. My team is more into world building/puzzles/roleplay than combat, so they were thrilled with this puzzle based session that also contained a sinister storyline. When they realized this seemingly silly escape room turned into a murder mystery they were so excited haha.

I re-made the maps in Dungeon Tiles to be more atmoshperic, but you could use the provided maps as is to really cut down on prep time. I changed up a few things to make the connections between the clues a little stronger. For example, to get the clue from the bookshelf in the sitting room, I had the PC's find the missing volumes of the Pixie Princess books in Pixane's room, and place them back on the shelf. Instead of a mimic chest at the very end, I put a cryptic note from Toecap in there in order to entice them to solve the mystery and put her to rest. The players were excited to continue on so we're starting the next part of the mystery today.

Bravo to the author for not only crafting a fun puzzle with a fun theme, but also diligently anticpating different checks and inspections the PCs could make. I don't know if this was play-tested before release, but the author anticpated pretty much every move my players tried to make haha. As a DM, it was pretty effortless to follow along thanks to the nice layout of the pdf. The labeled rooms with a labeled map was a big help, especially when my players all branched off into different rooms and I had to quickly look up the rooms and clues.

Just ran this adventure last night with brand new players. The 'Escape Room' concept is one they were all familiar with so it gave them a shorthand for what they might expect in the game. I made the portraits, nametags and items in to phisical props which made them extra excited each time they found one. Really good balance and I love a oneshot that has a real world timelimit. The house spat them out before the final fight. They might go back who knows. I have used this as a begining in to a homebrewed campaing. Thank You! For other DMs: As its a puzzel house you will need to read theough a few times to make sure you understand how each thing is connects.

Toecap's Puzzle House is honestly the exact type of adventure I aspire to write myself.

It has the old-school problem-solving 'fungeon' vibe while being anchored firmly in modern aesthetics and mechanics. A really well structured problem-solving adventure should contain all the resources needed to complete the adventure successfully without relying on specific character construction choices and Toecap's Puzzle House fits that bill.

I can't wait to DM the next adventure in the Toecap series.

This is a fantastic module, it reads really well and is beautifully written. I love how the author made sure that everything the players need is in the house. You could play this in just about any system, apart from the combat at the end, but given how they included monsters for every level, there's lots of ideas for adaptation. It's a great starter module for any adventure!