Generic
Shadows
An all-ages storytelling game where each character has a troublesome invisible Shadow.
Directory entry · Zak Arntson
- Entry type
- Roleplaying game
- Rules family
- Generic
- Edition
- 2002
- Rules licence
- Restricted reuse
01
What is it about?
Zak Arntson’s inspected 2002 text survives in a third-party online reader. The old author domain is now expired; the reader’s platform licence label is not substituted for the author’s notice inside the document.
02
At the table
Describe a desired outcome and the Shadow’s trouble. Roll two differently coloured dice of equal size: Good wins ties. Give another player a token to force a reroll of either die before narration; never give tokens to yourself.
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Individual permission required
The inspected 2002 notice permits limited copying and requires explicit author permission for public use.
Conditions
Personal copying, educational use and review excerpts are permitted by the author’s notice. Public use, including publication or convention play, requires explicit author permission. No applicable CC BY grant was confirmed for this edition; the host’s different licence label is not proof. The surviving reader can restrict access or downloads; no complete newer edition is claimed.