The Shadow of Yesterday (2005 Anvilwerks edition)
This entry refers to any version of
The Shadow of Yesterday that combines both the rules and the setting books, including all the print versions. From the publisher's blurb:
Explore the world of Near! The Shadow of Yesterday is a pulpy, sweaty role-playing game set in a world climbing back from the edge of destruction, filled with adventure, love, poison, sex, and true friendship.
Setting influences include Fritz Leiber and Robert E. Howard; system uses FUDGE dice and was inspired by HeroQuest, Riddle of Steel, and Dying Earth, inter alia.
Notes on This Edition
A cleaned-up commercial second or revised edition of the eponymously titled game that won Best Free Game of the Year at the Indie RPG Awards. Published by Anvilwerks, later known as CRN Games. This is the first edition of the game that uses "Solar System" to refer to the ruleset.
Licensed under a Creative Commons License, the original HTML document of the revised edition is still available from the publisher's website (here), as the wikie of the author's continually updated, definitive version (here).
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