A neat little supplement for Anamnesis that adds a reversed side to each card, giving twice the amount of prompts. Some of the reverse prompts feel a little wonky though, either not fitting their card or not fitting the act they're in. Still, you really can't complain about a free addon that adds a whole other level of depth and to our journaling. I think the original Anamnesis has enough prompts as it is, but this is a welcome addition.
The prompts were written with mostly one thing in mind -- they should not conflict or be redundant with the prompts from the original game. Take Queen of Pentacles (Act 1). You feel pain, where is it coming from? A pain could be from an injury. Or an ailment. You decide. For the reverse, I flipped it on its head. I -made- it an ailment. (But maybe you don't feel pain from it?) Now you describe what the ailment is. But you will never get these two prompts at the same time. Obviously, not all the prompts are like that, but I tried to arrange them where they might pair well with each other and the original prompts in the same act.
For new prompts within each act, I did try to think about the overarching question and about the various scenarios a person could face within that act. Some of them try to engage in a little world-building. The face of the card really had little in any impact in my deciding. Though, admittedly, some of them did feel awkward to me. I had to fill it in somehow. At any rate, thank you for taking the time to review. I do appreciate it. :)
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A neat little supplement for Anamnesis that adds a reversed side to each card, giving twice the amount of prompts. Some of the reverse prompts feel a little wonky though, either not fitting their card or not fitting the act they're in. Still, you really can't complain about a free addon that adds a whole other level of depth and to our journaling. I think the original Anamnesis has enough prompts as it is, but this is a welcome addition.
The prompts were written with mostly one thing in mind -- they should not conflict or be redundant with the prompts from the original game. Take Queen of Pentacles (Act 1). You feel pain, where is it coming from? A pain could be from an injury. Or an ailment. You decide. For the reverse, I flipped it on its head. I -made- it an ailment. (But maybe you don't feel pain from it?) Now you describe what the ailment is. But you will never get these two prompts at the same time. Obviously, not all the prompts are like that, but I tried to arrange them where they might pair well with each other and the original prompts in the same act.
For new prompts within each act, I did try to think about the overarching question and about the various scenarios a person could face within that act. Some of them try to engage in a little world-building. The face of the card really had little in any impact in my deciding. Though, admittedly, some of them did feel awkward to me. I had to fill it in somehow. At any rate, thank you for taking the time to review. I do appreciate it. :)
Love this concept!