We can’t go back to who we were before, so light a candle and follow me. Who knows what we’ll find in that darkness?

KENZIE’S PROJECT is a perilous adventure of clever ambition and weird academia, inspired by the work of Leena Krohn and Jeff Vandermeer. Play as science weirdos and literature freaks, academics haunted by our knowledge — racing to complete our projects before the world catches up to us.

This is a three-player GM-less tabletop roleplaying game. You'll need exactly three players, some small objects to represent tokens, and three to five hours.

[Content warnings for this game: school anxieties; unreality; themes of manipulation, death and dying; mentions of self harm]

interactive character sheet

Below is the interactive character sheet, created by Kurt Refling and shared with permission — to use, open this link, navigate to Drive > Shared With Me, and select File > Make a copy.

interactive character sheet

testimonials

• "Fantastic, downright chilling... So wonderful I want to not read it again and let playing bring out all the things I've missed."
  — Duck
• "Fantastic horror, one hell of an rpg, all around could not recommend enough."
  — anonymous reviewer
• "Kenzie's Project kicks ass."
  — Kurt Refling

press + related

KENZIE'S appeared in the Queer Games Bundle 2022, organized by Nilson and Taylor!

KENZIE'S appeared in SprintingOwl's Trick and Treat Bundle in October of 2021!

KENZIE'S also appeared in the Bundle for Ukraine, organized by Necrosoft Games, a charity bundle that raised almost two million dollars in its first day!