''The Shadow of Yesterday'' (or ''TSoY'') is a

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sword and sorcery (with optional elements of

heroic fantasy Heroic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy in which events occur in a world where magic is prevalent and modern technology is nonexistent. The setting may be entirely fictitious in nature or based upon Earth with some additions. Unlike dark fiction ...

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role-playing game, designed by Clinton R. Nixon and published by CRN Games.

Notable features

A large portion of the game content and its core mechanics, the "Solar System", have been released under a Creative Commons license, as well as being published using only Open Source tools. TSoY won Best Free Game of the Year at the 2004 Indie RPG Awards, and was a

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External links

A Slashdot article on TSoYAn interview with Clinton R. Nixon at Linux Journal''Menneisyyden Varjot'', the Finnish version''La Sombra del Ayer'', the Spanish versionThe World of Near by Eero TuovinenDocumentation on World of Near by Eero Tuovinen

The Polish version, also called ''The Shadow of Yesterday''
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