Shadows Over Sol Second Edition

Roleplaying in a future of hard sci-fi and horror

Shadows Over Sol is an award-winning sci-fi horror tabletop RPG where you and your team venture into the hungry void of outer space. You'll explore derelict spaceships, make deals with shady corporations and try to survive the indescribable horrors encroaching on your every move.

Dark Future

“Great setting with a ton of awesome info and backstory and cool art...”

—Jack M., DriveThruRPG

Two hundred years from now what should be the shining beacon of the future is instead cloaked in conspiracy and horror. Humankind has expanded throughout the solar system, and there it has discovered mysteries older than humanity.

The culture has shattered into myriad subcultures; nation-states are the hollow shells of what they once were. Corporations and other groups wage small-scale wars in the streets or in space. Bioengineered horrors left over from these conflicts stalk the hulls of ruined stations and abandoned colonies.

But for an enterprising team willing to brave the horrors, there's always a profit to be made.

The System

“Love the Saga Machine system... Going to adapt the system to other RPGs!”

—James C., DriveThruRPG

Shadows Over Sol combines the mystique of science fiction with the intensity and danger of the horror genre. The core system, Saga Machine, has been in use for over a decade, including publication in our other roleplaying games: Age of Ambition, Against the Dark Yogi and Dime Adventures. We have 4.9/5 stars on DriveThruRPG!

Gameplay highlights include:

• Support for a wide range of science fiction themes and tones.
• Campaign options specifically designed to adapt to different levels of horror. Easily dial your game down to survival horror or up to action horror!
• An engineering system for inventing or improving upon existing technology.
• A hacking system designed to engage all members of the party. No longer are the rest of your players going to sit and wait for one player to finish the hacking minigame!
• A combat system designed for tense and deadly confrontations.
• A wide selection of gear and bioengineered monstrosities to terrify your players!

What's New?

The first edition of the Shadows Over Sol core rulebook was published in 2016. Since then, dozens of adventures and supplements, including two full campaigns, have been published for the game line.

This version of the rules has been newly streamlined and playtested over the past two years, taking into account almost a decade of experience and feedback. So far, it has received widespread praise.

We now have the most complete, easy to understand and terror-inducing rules in the Sol system. Below is a quick summary of the changes:

• Streamlined Character Creation: Make a new player character in minutes using the new archetype system, or customize your character in glorious detail!
• Two Ways to Play: Choose between using a few d10's or a deck of playing cards to run the game, as best fits your group's playing style.
• Grave Wounds: More easily track the wounds that threaten your team with the inevitable specter of death.
• Improved GM Tools: Running the game is a breeze using a variety of new game mastering tools to keep your players on the edge of their seats! New options handle chases, downtime, spacecraft battles and improved rules for hacking.