AnamnesiA — Psychological Horror RPG (Free Quickstart)

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AnamnesiA is a narrative tabletop RPG of psychological horror for 2–4 players. There is no traditional Game Master. Everyone collaborates to uncover a buried truth.

Your characters wake up with no memory of a traumatic event. Through ambiguous, painful fragments, you will discover together what happened. There is no victory. There is no defeat. There is only the story you create — and the price you pay to remember.

What Makes AnamnesiA Different

The Golden Rule. You don't interpret your own memories. The player to your right does. You never control your own narrative — and that's where the horror lives.

Stress & Echoes. A dual-track deterioration system. Stress is the weight of remembering — hard to reduce, always mounting. Echoes are permanent psychic scars from traumatic recalls. Together, they create a spiral where every attempt to remember brings you closer to Breakdown.

Fog → Connections → Revelations. The game unfolds across 5 cycles in three phases. Early memories are vague and sensory. By the end, the raw truth emerges — whether you want it to or not.

No prep. No GM. 90–150 minutes. One session. One truth. Four people who may never see each other the same way again.

What's in this Quickstart (FREE)

This is not a preview — it's a complete, playable game:

• Full rules (the Fragments & Dice system, Stress, Echoes, Breakdown)
• 4 Archetypes: The Survivor, The Witness, The Protector, The Catalyst
• 1 complete scenario: The Incident (with Hidden Truth, NPCs, phase-by-phase guide)
• 24 Fragment Cards (print & cut)
• Universal Fragment Tables (play without printed cards)
• 4 Character Sheets (print & fill)
• Session Zero guide with safety tools (X-Card, Lines & Veils, emotional check-ins)
• Quick Reference sheet
• 38 pages, A5 format, ready to print

Inspirations

If you love Trophy Dark, Ten Candles, Bluebeard's Bride, or Dread — this is for you. AnamnesiA lives in the same space: collaborative horror where the story matters more than survival. But here, the horror is intimate and psychological. No monsters. No supernatural threats. Just the unbearable weight of what you did — and what you chose to forget.

The Complete Edition (Zine)

This Quickstart contains everything for a full game night. The Complete Edition adds:

• Scenario: The Betrayal — A dinner among friends that ended in tragedy
• Expanded Memory Keeper Guide — 5 pages of narrative techniques
• Phase Complication Generators — d6 tables for Fog, Connections, and Revelations
• Game Variants — Keeperless Mode, Campaign Mode (3–5 sessions), Light Thriller Mode
• Complete Session Zero with post-game debrief

Coming to Kickstarter — ZineQuest 2026. Follow ilgiocointavolo on itch.io for updates.

About the Designer

Riccardo Scaringi is an Italian game designer, RPG writer for ioGioco magazine, and creator of the YouTube channel ilgiocointavolo. AnamnesiA is his first international release.

Content Warning

AnamnesiA deals with themes of trauma, guilt, loss, violence, and psychological distress. The game includes built-in safety tools (X-Card, Lines & Veils, emotional check-ins) and a mandatory Session Zero. Please use them.