... before that is even released in print.
The german rpg forum Taneorn (http://tanelorn.net) ran a setting challenge in the month of may.
One of the contestants decided to use the Solar System rules as basis for his setting, Auf Staub gebaut (http://tanelorn.net/index.php/topic,47452.0.html) (Built on Dust in english). The design diary and the final product are linked here (http://tanelorn.net/index.php/topic,47837.msg920641.html#msg920641).
The 20 word synopsis is a world not entirely unlike the old egypt, where people mine for a powerful addictive drug that renders you immortal.
You get undead god-kings and queens in big chambers, reality warping dust mines, clairvoyant cats, a city of the dead, crocodile cults, ...
I'll throw in a link to the competition entry anyway, because it is so beautiful. Here it is (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ET08QZB).
It's gorgeous. And the cultures sound fantastic. Makes me wish I could read German.
Paul
I agree. Any chance of it being translated into English? :)
Also, did he win the challenge?
Paul
The jury just started the judging process.
As it stands, the setting misses a bit of mechanical scaffolding, but that is due to the word limit (5000 words, which is comparable to 3500-4000 words in english).
A translation is entirely possible.