The recently deceased need someone to explain their current situation, and you're just the person for the job. As the local spiritual director, it's up to you to make sure the newcomers are able to exist comfortably until they are assigned their final resting places in heaven or hell. The real object of the game is to build an entire empire in which short-term visitors receive their sentences, and you do so by properly utilizing the 300 different building tiles. Dish out rewards and punishments, communicate with representatives from above and below, and much more.