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WeaverMount
post Aug 7 2007, 07:28 PM
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So I just can't get my hands on a the overwhelming bulk of shadowrun source material. There are a few top notch cashes online, but they aren't organize at all. The Sixth World wiki has a good structure, but is painfully shallow. Being new myself I'm not even sure what I don't know about eds 1-3 and the novels. Is there any chance of some sort of (semi) official compendium. Might a champion arise from the community to write micro reviews of the old books in terms of their relevance to a fourth ed game? Is anyone bribable? or are the whelps doomed to wonder the Sixth Word Wiki dreaming of what it could be...
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- WeaverMount   Bring the new comers up to speed   Aug 7 2007, 07:28 PM
- - fistandantilus3.0   Well I'm bribeable, but I don't think you ...   Aug 7 2007, 07:31 PM
- - Bira   You don't really need to know everything about...   Aug 7 2007, 07:34 PM
- - Doctor Funkenstein   I think he's more interested in source materia...   Aug 7 2007, 07:40 PM
- - imperialus   I dunno looking at some of the stuff in the 4th ed...   Aug 7 2007, 07:46 PM
- - Gelare   Stuff about Morgan and Megaera, which got nothing ...   Aug 7 2007, 08:10 PM
- - WeaverMount   The doctor got my request right. And Bira is right...   Aug 7 2007, 08:12 PM
- - Dashifen   1) Your best bet here is the book Sprawl Survival...   Aug 7 2007, 08:47 PM
- - imperialus   I'd also recommend Neo-Anarchists Guide to Rea...   Aug 7 2007, 09:06 PM
- - Dashifen   I often think of the Sprawl Survival Guide as the ...   Aug 7 2007, 09:10 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE (Dashifen) 2) There will be a book in SR4 c...   Aug 7 2007, 09:14 PM
- - Dashifen   Oh! Well, then. Ignore everything I said und...   Aug 7 2007, 09:15 PM
- - WeaverMount   Chicago and the Archology aer coved enough to run ...   Aug 8 2007, 01:31 AM
- - Ancient History   Ah! The Omega Order... Basically, the Corpora...   Aug 8 2007, 01:37 AM
- - WeaverMount   Thought you might poke your head in... thnx   Aug 8 2007, 01:54 AM
- - Wakshaani   Well, luckily, Dumpshock is FILLED with people who...   Aug 8 2007, 02:56 AM
- - Begby   My group pretty much plays it like this: If we h...   Aug 8 2007, 07:00 PM
- - Slash_Thompson   If you're looking for more information on the ...   Aug 8 2007, 07:58 PM
- - Dashifen   It should be noted that if you're going to be ...   Aug 8 2007, 08:02 PM
- - WeaverMount   @Ancient History: The Sixth World Wiki claims Art ...   Aug 8 2007, 08:08 PM
- - Ophis   An Omega Order is issued against a corporation not...   Aug 8 2007, 09:21 PM
- - otakusensei   The more I read these forums, the more it feel lik...   Aug 9 2007, 07:35 PM
- - James McMurray   QUOTE (Begby) My group pretty much plays it like t...   Aug 9 2007, 08:07 PM
- - WeaverMount   Otakusensei QUOTE In exchange though I suggest yo...   Aug 9 2007, 08:36 PM
- - Adarael   Updated it and cleaned up some random spelling/phr...   Aug 9 2007, 11:53 PM
- - otakusensei   Awesome, now just imagine if we all decent onto th...   Aug 10 2007, 01:03 AM
- - Fortune   There's a limit to what can be posted before ...   Aug 10 2007, 01:17 AM
- - otakusensei   What's the official word on out of print mater...   Aug 10 2007, 03:34 PM
- - fistandantilus3.0   QUOTE We can see here that it isn't just a bun...   Aug 10 2007, 05:55 PM
- - WeaverMount   1) Thanks for the clean-up on the Omega-Order wiki...   Aug 10 2007, 09:32 PM
- - Ancient History   Off the top of my head, I think it was roughly fiv...   Aug 10 2007, 09:40 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE (otakusensei) I assume Catalyst now owns the...   Aug 10 2007, 10:47 PM
- - Adarael   QUOTE 1st Edition: 2050-2055 2nd Edition: 2055-206...   Aug 10 2007, 10:51 PM
- - streetangelj   Actually 1st and 2nd both started their settings i...   Aug 10 2007, 11:01 PM
- - NightmareX   Actually, Adarael is almost correct. As implied b...   Aug 11 2007, 01:34 PM
- - otakusensei   QUOTE WizKids owns the Shadowrun IP, and Catalyst ...   Aug 11 2007, 03:06 PM
- - Fortune   What about that German plot / background type book...   Aug 11 2007, 06:50 PM
- - Adam   QUOTE What about republishing older material, poss...   Aug 11 2007, 07:01 PM
- - Draconis   A compendium isn't a bad idea. Oh and shado...   Aug 12 2007, 06:26 AM
- - WeaverMount   Hey all. This thread seems to have lots of respons...   Aug 12 2007, 10:33 AM
- - knasser   QUOTE (WeaverMount @ Aug 12 2007, 10:33 AM) H...   Aug 12 2007, 11:31 AM
- - Ophis   Well it was mostly a dump to begin with in SR (plu...   Aug 12 2007, 11:33 AM


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