How to Play Pandemonium Estate

About Pandemonium Estate, from BoardGameGeek:

Pandemonium Estate is an Otherworldly, Thematic Adventure board game for 2-5 players. Pandemonium Estate takes place in an interdimensional mansion that exists between world and time. The heart of the mansion, the Verge Portal, consumes objects and people from the many worlds it visits, trapping them in the mansion against their will. Players can choose to play one of three full-length, replayable thematic Storyline modes as one of eight playable characters with their own unique Traits. Regardless of the chosen Storyline, players must complete various tasks in order to gain enough Essence (Victory Points) to return to their home world. -description from the designer