By fair my favorite RPG of the last few years. The setting invokes both whimsy and drama, feeling fantastical and yet grounded in its own way. Somehow it combines the aesthetic atmosphere of both a fairy tale and an historical drama without any strange or awkward juxtaposition between the two genres. Household is an RPG that reads like a book series one may have loved to have grown up with but instead get to act out with their friends at the table. Written in a tone as if penned down by a character in the setting, Household presents itself as a forgotten history of a magical world of the House. While it plays simply and elegantly, I would recommend this book based on writing quality and artwork alone, as it is one of the most immersive RPG rulebooks I have ever come across.
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