The game appears to be intriguing. I have begun playing it, but as someone inexperienced with journaling games, I am unsure of how it will progress. I am blogging about my experience if anyone wishes to read: Blogger or RPGGeek.
Played a short (hour long) game using my own prompt list instead of the major arcana and a 52 card deck for the minors. I love how the secondary prompts shape the character and story beyond the questions, I ended up taking the game in a completely different direction than I would have because of certain prompts I got for the questions!
Very lovely, and a great addition to my collection ^-^
I’ve played through this a couple times with the 12-year old child of my best friend. He’s starting a novel and he’s using this game to help flesh out his main characters. He’s said that it’s helping him a lot as he starts to understand more about the characters as people and not just as props. He can’t wait for the next time we have a chance to play together! This game definitely gets a five star rating from me. If I knew where the rating system was!
I really loved playing Anamnesis as an exercise in helping me flesh out a character idea for an upcoming solo campaign. I made a post about it on my blog. Keep up the good work and excited to play more of your games! I actually started playing & writing about solo ttrpgs because of your fantastic TikTok posts.
I played Anamnesis over a period of more than two weeks, one entry at a time, as the game turned out to be quite an intense experience. There is something in thinking about lost and returned memories, that dredges out your own recollections of years long gone.
Anamnesis is a beautiful game that plays the theme of amnesia in a very smart way. In most of the games that I've played, you draw cards to establish a writing prompt, usually an inspiring question to answer. In Anamnesis you draw Minor Arcana to establish the question, and then you draw a Major Arcana card to establish the answer. The questions are listed in the game, but the interpretation of the Major Arcana is up to you – it can be the canonical meaning, visual inspiration, etc.
So, on one hand, you are not in control of what memory comes back, on the other, it is your decision, what the memory means. I really liked how it played out in my game. I felt like I was looking at scattered puzzles of my past life, never fully satisfied and always intrigued.
In contrast, in the fifth act, you don't draw a random card, but decide by yourself, what your future will be. It made the ending more meaningful – although I spent quite a time thinking about which card to choose.
Just came here after my first run through of the game. At the risk of oversharing, I've been working through some difficult emotional unpacking and healing lately and I think this game is actually going to be a powerful tool on my journey. It truly is a wonderful tool for self-reflection, as well as a story-telling engine that can be used for OCs, other RPGs, and more. Cannot recommend this enough for anyone wanting to do some self exploration and healing while also honing your own narrative instincts.
Anamnesis is about deciding who you are in spite of who you’ve been. Your memories, even if they’re forgotten or manufactured, aren’t as important as what you do with what time you still have. Your past is undoubtedly important, and it may follow you long after you’ve forgotten it. But it’s not some all-powerful force like gravity or destiny. With time, even the past can be re-written. And the good news is: you always have time to become someone new.
Eventually, I plan to do a recorded play through of this game. But for now, I took a VERY short look at the game for a Youtube Short.
OK, OK... I might just be posting this here now just to help Sam get a signal boost on this game, but hey... she didn't ask me to, I just think Sam deserves it for all the work she does to promote other people's games.
Found Anamnesis through the Sangfielle episode above, love it to bits. One question: at the end of each act, where it says "Shuffle the three Major Arcana back into the deck" -- shouldn't it say "Minor" Arcana?
To answer your question, major arcana is correct - putting them back into the deck allows the possibility of drawing the same major arcana cards in the next act. You can actually put the minor arcana aside at the end of the act because you won't be using them anymore. Hope that helps!
I really enjoyed this game! I love the incorporation of tarot card meanings, and I'm really excited to replay Anamnesis using different characters. (I initially played as a scumbag who has to confront his past, lmao). You can read a full review of my thoughts on this game on my blog.
I'm relatively new to solo journaling games and this is the first one I played that used the Tarot. This game was pretty cool and definitely has a lot of replay value. Going into it I wasn't sure how much each prompt should reveal, but once I just let go I fell into a pretty cool character (that ended up being spy x family inspired.)
Just finished playing through this with my Tarot of the Divine (Yoshi Yoshitani) deck, and let me tell you, it was such a cool experience. I went into this not planning on playing as my current D&D character, but my first pull matched so well and so did every pull afterwards. In the end, it basically acted as a huge in-character reflection for what my character's been through, and I enjoyed it so much that I shared the journal entries with my DM.
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The game appears to be intriguing. I have begun playing it, but as someone inexperienced with journaling games, I am unsure of how it will progress. I am blogging about my experience if anyone wishes to read: Blogger or RPGGeek.
Played a short (hour long) game using my own prompt list instead of the major arcana and a 52 card deck for the minors. I love how the secondary prompts shape the character and story beyond the questions, I ended up taking the game in a completely different direction than I would have because of certain prompts I got for the questions!
Very lovely, and a great addition to my collection ^-^
I’ve played through this a couple times with the 12-year old child of my best friend. He’s starting a novel and he’s using this game to help flesh out his main characters. He’s said that it’s helping him a lot as he starts to understand more about the characters as people and not just as props. He can’t wait for the next time we have a chance to play together! This game definitely gets a five star rating from me. If I knew where the rating system was!
I really loved playing Anamnesis as an exercise in helping me flesh out a character idea for an upcoming solo campaign. I made a post about it on my blog. Keep up the good work and excited to play more of your games! I actually started playing & writing about solo ttrpgs because of your fantastic TikTok posts.
I played Anamnesis over a period of more than two weeks, one entry at a time, as the game turned out to be quite an intense experience. There is something in thinking about lost and returned memories, that dredges out your own recollections of years long gone.
Anamnesis is a beautiful game that plays the theme of amnesia in a very smart way. In most of the games that I've played, you draw cards to establish a writing prompt, usually an inspiring question to answer. In Anamnesis you draw Minor Arcana to establish the question, and then you draw a Major Arcana card to establish the answer. The questions are listed in the game, but the interpretation of the Major Arcana is up to you – it can be the canonical meaning, visual inspiration, etc.
So, on one hand, you are not in control of what memory comes back, on the other, it is your decision, what the memory means. I really liked how it played out in my game. I felt like I was looking at scattered puzzles of my past life, never fully satisfied and always intrigued.
In contrast, in the fifth act, you don't draw a random card, but decide by yourself, what your future will be. It made the ending more meaningful – although I spent quite a time thinking about which card to choose.
All in all, it was a great experience.
You can find my playthrough here.
Just came here after my first run through of the game. At the risk of oversharing, I've been working through some difficult emotional unpacking and healing lately and I think this game is actually going to be a powerful tool on my journey. It truly is a wonderful tool for self-reflection, as well as a story-telling engine that can be used for OCs, other RPGs, and more. Cannot recommend this enough for anyone wanting to do some self exploration and healing while also honing your own narrative instincts.
Anamnesis is about deciding who you are in spite of who you’ve been. Your memories, even if they’re forgotten or manufactured, aren’t as important as what you do with what time you still have. Your past is undoubtedly important, and it may follow you long after you’ve forgotten it. But it’s not some all-powerful force like gravity or destiny. With time, even the past can be re-written. And the good news is: you always have time to become someone new.
Eventually, I plan to do a recorded play through of this game. But for now, I took a VERY short look at the game for a Youtube Short.
OK, OK... I might just be posting this here now just to help Sam get a signal boost on this game, but hey... she didn't ask me to, I just think Sam deserves it for all the work she does to promote other people's games.Found Anamnesis through the Sangfielle episode above, love it to bits. One question: at the end of each act, where it says "Shuffle the three Major Arcana back into the deck" -- shouldn't it say "Minor" Arcana?
I'm so glad you're enjoying it, thank you!
To answer your question, major arcana is correct - putting them back into the deck allows the possibility of drawing the same major arcana cards in the next act. You can actually put the minor arcana aside at the end of the act because you won't be using them anymore. Hope that helps!
Oh! Of course! That makes much more sense, thank you.
No problem! 😊
I really enjoyed this game! I love the incorporation of tarot card meanings, and I'm really excited to replay Anamnesis using different characters. (I initially played as a scumbag who has to confront his past, lmao). You can read a full review of my thoughts on this game on my blog.
I'm relatively new to solo journaling games and this is the first one I played that used the Tarot. This game was pretty cool and definitely has a lot of replay value. Going into it I wasn't sure how much each prompt should reveal, but once I just let go I fell into a pretty cool character (that ended up being spy x family inspired.)
Just finished playing through this with my Tarot of the Divine (Yoshi Yoshitani) deck, and let me tell you, it was such a cool experience. I went into this not planning on playing as my current D&D character, but my first pull matched so well and so did every pull afterwards. In the end, it basically acted as a huge in-character reflection for what my character's been through, and I enjoyed it so much that I shared the journal entries with my DM.
Fantastic game.
I also played with the Yoshi Yoshitani deck! It's perfect for this game - adds a lot to the storytelling aspect, and is visually very satisfying.