The World of Near, described in the The Shadow of Yesterday, is one setting for the game, but there are other possibilities. This page lists other settings for the game, either original or adapted from other sources.

• The Kindom of Ba -- T So Y Hotness in Ancient China
• Bokor - a land of a shadow Earth in the eighteenth century
• The City of Petrana -- Magical renaissance Clockpunk in a fantasy "italiante" city-state
• Civil War Supers
• The Fifth World
• Future Vision Ultra - A fairly generic space opera / traveller-esque setting.
• Land of the Diamond Throne - a fan adaptation of Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed.
• The Shadow of Dungeons and Dragons - a straightforward D&D conversion.
• The Shadow of Traveller, notes on using TSOY to run a game of Traveller.
• Shadowrun of Yesterday - a Shadowrun conversion
• TSoY Wushu Thoughts
• Voyage of the Golden Venture - A blend of The Pirates of Dark Water and Southeast Asia and China. Fun, fantastic swashbuckling adventure
• Aupothert: IndieRPG Toronto's original "decadent city and a mad scramble for treasure and fame" setting