Have any of you heard of Space: 1889?
by Liam Hankins
(United States)
Space: 1889 is a tabletop rpg that brings the Old Solar System to life. Old Mars, shaped again. The red deserts and canal cities of a falling Mars that is being faced with rebirth, brought by Earth-Men. Old Venus, a bit stereotypical, but the sweltering, dinosaur-infested jungles of Venus, inhabited by lizardmen- some tribal, some neolithic, is a sight to see. And a reimagined Old Mercury. 'Normal' life follows the World River, a river that winds its way across the entire planet, along the thin Twilight Zone. I'm surprised it's not mentioned anywhere here. If you want to dive straight into it, here's a link with a lot of the information on it. www.heliograph.com/space1889/
{comment from Zendexor: this is big, independent proof that our particular sub-genre of sf is really endemic in the human imagination!}