NOTE:  This is a free demo version of the full Homeward game currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter through March 3rd:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rejamison/homeward/ 

You were born in the After, you have never known a world full of people, but are daily reminded of Before by that strange world's artifacts strewn haphazardly across an endless wilderness.

A few, like you, remain...but feral.  Scratching for survival, as likely to offer a fist as an open hand.  

You do not know what came between the Before and After, does it haunt the world still?  Survival in the wilds is test enough...what else lurks?

Homeward is a one-player game played with the Zine book, a settlement sheet and a standard deck of playing cards.  It takes about 2 hours to play all the way through.

Core gameplay consists of 24 rounds that each represent a month in the world of Homeward. Each round you will:

• Explore by drawing a card and resolving the matching event in an evolving Discoveries table.  Be careful about what choices you make, these decisions will reverberate throughout your playthrough.
• Use the resources you scavenge to build tools and structures to feed, strengthen and protect yourself and your burgeoning settlement.  Luck alone will not be enough to overcome the challenges of Homeward. 
• Finally you will resolve events on your timeline where you may need to defend your home and allies against the dangers of the After.  The wake of your path through the world is sure to draw the attention of the desperate and malicious.  

Homeward’s story changes each time you play as the random events you discover or decisions you make open new events or block out others. The zine includes more than 200 events to discover and it's designed for multiple replays with unique allies, events and endings to unlock each time you play.