mechanics (Jenga, in this case) to drive that tension and escalating risk their RPG genres want, and expect any play group will know and share the tropes of horror and rom-com enough to easily make it up and be on the same page. and I ask cos your post seemed to assume that substantial
worldbuilding is fundamental to rpgs. And I wondered how much that was your assumption, or preference, and where this kind of thing (rpg taking boardgame mechanics not setting) would fit for you.
Whilst imho world building is needed for a ttrpg, that’s a personal pref. but for a board game being converted to a ttrpg I think it’s essential or what are you converting exactly. For Dread et al the jenga mechanic is fascinating, though I’d worry it would
Take over from immersion in the game/characters a bit.