The Road

The Road is a series of mysterious roads found in Phoenix (though has been played in other cities such as Chicago by Rob Guthard) comprising The Left/Right Game event and is the main setting in the series of the same name. To enter this system, one must drive on the road, take a left, then the road on the right, then a possible road on the left, repeat until they wind up somewhere new. The Road possesses supernatural attributes that alter and manipulate those who travel on it. Furthermore, unique locations are encountered that serve as fatal obstacles for the traveler, and in order to avoid them, the player of the game must follow specific rules lest they succumb and become another of the road's victims.

Description
The Left Right Game is best played within major cities with lots of networks or a grid of streets. Getting to a dead end before seeing the tunnel ends the game before it really starts.

The tunnel is the first indication the player is on the right path. It is also 'The point of no return' in a sense once through one's actions (turns) have dangerous and even deadly consequences. Turning back is always an option, however, one must retrace their steps, this means taking lefts then right until the player hits the tunnel at the beginning. Once back to the tunnel, one does not have to take rights then lefts and can be on their way.

As one travels The Road, each obstacle is always within the same place; for example, the hitchhiker is on the same stretch of road and after a certain number of turns. This makes mapping The Road possible and why the guide Rob Guthard refers to helps so much. Upon heading back and retracing the turns to get back to the tunnel, it is implied that the obstacles along the way will still be there, some more fixtures than others. When Alice asks Rob if the hitchhiker is there on the way back, his ambiguous response implies one may or may not see him heading back while the town of Jubilation would always be on the way back as the player has to go through it.

The further on The Road one gets, the more things seem to slow down while others speed up. Battery life and fuel usage seem to last longer. Healing is sped up though the pain is still present, hunger seems to be less of a concern the longer you stay on The Road as well.

Conversation heard within the series suggests The Road itself is some kind of entity. The Road can be considered a character within the series. It was thought that the more people who play The Left Right Game, the more dangerous and the more The Road seems to push back.