The storytelling game, set in an imaginary universe populated by unusual species and beings inspired by myth from Antiquity, Africa and the East, featured qualitative game mechanisms using a card game and a d20 System conversion. The first professional printing of the game featured two 250-pages volumes, after initial electronic diffusion.
Les Chroniques d'Erdor was featured as the "best game of December 2003" by the French role-playing association Guide du Roliste Galactique:
A second edition was published in 2008 under the label.