# Shining South

Shining South is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2004
- **Categories:** Campaign Setting (game world)
- **Mechanics:** Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Dice (Primarily d20), Level Based (Earn XP and level up), Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay), Class Based (Pilot, Wizard, Scientist, etc), Dice (Various), Grid-based (uses square terrain for move/combat), Random Attribute Generation (during Character Creation)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Michael Donais, Thomas M. Reid

**Artists:** Jason Engle, Kate Irwin, Robert Raper, Ralph Horsley, Sam Wood, Carl Frank, Vince Locke, Christopher Rush, Wayne England, Chris Hawkes, Todd Gamble, Michael Dubisch, Richard Sardinha, Dee Barnett

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/shining-south)
- [Shining South in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/shining-south)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/45063)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-04. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._