Close
Close
Advanced Search

Shadow of the CenturyClick to magnify

Shadow of the Century

ADD TO WISHLIST >

Totally rad 1980s action... TO THE MAX!

Enter a world of 1980s action adventure with Shadow of the Century, a robust setting and supplement for Fate Core.

The year is 1984, and the Shadows run the world. The Century Club has been disbanded, the Spirits of yesteryear driven underground—only to rise up alongside new wave heroes to stick it to the man!

Fight the good fight in a gonzo game of underdog heroes set against the forces of oppression everywhere. Join kung fu masters, computer hackers, maverick cops, and more to right wrongs and prevent the darkest Shadows from ending reality as we know it.

Shadow of the Century requires Fate Core to play. In this 212 page supplement you’ll find:

  • A richly developed setting that continues and expands the pulp adventure world of Spirit of the Century
  • A detailed pitch session process that works with your group to create a story and characters that excite everyone
  • Character creation rules that focus on what roles your heroes play in the story, with plenty of stunts to pick from
  • Montage rules to make the most of teamwork and training
  • “Gonzo” stunts and other rules for dialing the weirdness and superheroics up or down to suit your group’s tastes

The fight for the fate of the century continues in Shadow of the Century!

pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
 
 Customers Who Bought this Title also Purchased
pixel_trans.gif
pixel_trans.gif
Reviews (0)
Discussions (2)
Customer avatar
Gilles D April 14, 2023 9:37 pm UTC
Is the game covering 1930's pulp? or I should go with Spirit of the Century?

thank you
Reply
Customer avatar
Derek F April 23, 2023 12:27 am UTC
'Spirit of the Century' is set in the '20s. For the '30s, you'll want to check out 'Strange Tales of the Century', which spans the time period between 'Spirit of the Century' ('20s) and 'Shadow of the Century' (mid '80s).
Reply
Customer avatar
Derek F April 23, 2023 1:50 am UTC
Oops, I goofed slightly. 'Strange Tales of the Century' goes to 1951
Reply
Customer avatar
Fred Hicks ( July 05, 2023 4:36 pm UTC
PUBLISHER
If you're talking about "does it cover setting set in the 1930s" it doesn't. If you're talking about "can I use the rules of this game to run a pulp game set in the 1930s" then yes.
Customer avatar
Yamil G March 20, 2019 12:02 pm UTC
Stick it to the man?? I think the writers are confusing 1984 with 1970. And oppression was a real ..... Behind the Iron Curtain, in Latin America and in Iran.

I was there.
Reply
Customer avatar
Fred Hicks ( March 20, 2019 2:38 pm UTC
PUBLISHER
Start from 1985's Turk 182 and work out from there. I was there ("there" as in the 1970s/80s — not sure how you meant it) too. But, admittedly, we are a USA based company and ShOTC is very much written from a soaked-in-America's-1980s-pop-culture perspective. The 70s definitely bled forward into the 80s in a variety of ways (which is part of why you see a hat-tip to Charlie's Angels in there, etc). A lot of genre entertainment at the time featured underdogs vs. big-power ("the man").
Narrow Results
$ to $
 Follow Your Favorites!
NotificationsSign in to get custom notifications of new products!
 Recent History















Product Information
Electrum seller
Rule System(s)
Pages
212
File Size:
11.61 MB
Format
Original electronic Click for more information
Scanned image
These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.

For PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.

For printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. Moiré patterns may develop in photos. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive.
pixel_trans.gif
Original electronic format
These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality.
File Last Updated:
February 12, 2019
This title was added to our catalog on February 12, 2019.