Wonderful take on the "wraith" genre, with a whole setting to get lost into and a masterful fusion of storytelling and light-crunch. Pool based systems are all you need to keep things moving, along with these interesting in-game concepts, perfectly represented by the mechanics themselves. Never played it yet, but a campaign is coming. As a RPG enthusiast and critical system / game / design philosophy analyzer, I think this is a wonderful piece of art, not considering the awesome aesthetics, adding great value to the purchase.

"If you want to really explore who a character is, so much so that even you the player are only really meeting them for the first time over the course of the campaign, in a world that manages to be different from what you’ll find in almost any other game, than you should be giving this one a try. Afterlife makes randomized character creation fun and interesting (I’d say even for the holdouts), has simple mechanics that even newcomers will find easy to pick up, possesses a slew of interesting abilities and impressive powers, explores a fascinating world and the worlds within it, and gives you plenty upon plenty of meaningful choices."

Read the full CHG review/interview here: https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2019/11/19/the-independents-afterlife-wandering-souls/

Afterlife: Wandering Souls is one of my favorite games I've played. The setting is rich and mysterious and the character creation is compelling and engaging. The art is beautiful and strange. I've run this game for a number of folks now and consistantly they comment on how easy it was to pick up and how much they want to play it again.

The system that Angry Hamster developed for this game is simple, really stripped down to the core of what works. You can see elements of other games in it but the way those ingredients come together is, I think, something pretty unique and really fun to use.

If you're the type of person that likes to chop games up and mix them around, there's a lot of ideas you could easily lift out of Afterlife and use as inspiration for other games. The variety of types of gameplay possible is huge but its all unified by a central theme of discovery, adventure and reflection.

All in all, can't recommend this game enough.

Interesting concept and easy to understand game mechanics. The whole concept of being a character who tries to remember who they were and role playing discovering a history goes far in bringing to life and developing an investment in the game for good or bad. Definitely add a personal flair and make this game your own as the more you customize it, the more hard hitting the action becomes.