DESCRIPTION

Anamnesis is a solo journaling RPG about self-discovery, reflection, and identity.

Play as an individual who has woken up with memory loss. You do not remember who you are, where you are, or what you care about. As you draw tarot cards, you fill the blank spaces of your past and learn more about your present.

Anamnesis is 24 pages and can be played in approximately 2-4 hours. You do not need to be familiar with tarot to play.

Materials needed to play:
A deck of tarot cards
A way to record your thoughts

Digital files included:
PDF of Anamnesis
Designer's commentary version
Audiobook narrated by the designer
Optional character sheets
Plaintext versions (html, txt, epub)

Digital files will automatically be sent via email. If you do not receive a download link in your email within 24 hours, please check your spam folder, then email [email protected].

The designer's commentary version of Anamnesis was nominated for a 2022 ENNIE for Best Electronic Book.

Anamnesis has inspired many other games. Check out this collection of Anamnesis-based games and supplements.

No generative AI was used in the making of this game.

TESTIMONIALS

Anamnesis sent me down an eye-opening rabbit hole as far as what a TTRPG could be. Tender, personal, thought-provoking, moving, terrifying, raw.
Shawn Drake, Court of Blades

Anamnesis invites you to sway and stumble through a journey of Proustian discoveries. Dwelling in the quiet connections between loss, discovery, and renewal, the game guides you through the creation of a world that can bloom and welcome, overwhelm and frighten, asking with a quiet persistence: Who are you?
Sean Patrick Cain, Long Haul 1983

FEATURED IN

Friends at the Table - Sangfielle 52: Six Travelers: Lyke

Tin Can Audio - Anamnesis: An Audio Drama

Planet Arcana - Planet Arcana | Anamnesis

My First Dungeon - Anamnesis: An Improvised Radio Drama

CREDITS

Game Design: Samantha Leigh

Editing and plaintext layout: Marx Shepherd

Layout: Thomas Manuel

Art: Victor Winter

DISCOUNTED DAMAGED COPIES

Damaged copies are available at a discount. These copies might have bent corners, scratches on the front or back cover, odd coloration, and/or ink smudges. All are still readable and contain all pages.

PDF-ONLY

If you do not want a physical copy of Anamnesis and only want the PDF ($8), you can pick it up at itch.io.

FROM THE EU?

We currently do not ship directly to the EU. If you are from the EU, please instead order through The Lost Bay.