 New Shadowrun RPG books?, Availability: 03.31.07 and 06.01.07 ??? |
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 Mar 3 2007, 02:06 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 27-July 03 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 5,043  |
An email I found in my inbox showed me that they had picked some things for me to look at, among these was Shadowrun Street Magic. I wondered what the current list price was and my eyes found that there were other books listed on the page I hadn't heard of and certainly hadn't seen listed on the FanPro: Shadowrun RPG site. Shadowrun: Arsenal (FPR26007) (Shadowrun) (Hardcover) The book preorder can be found here.
*Did a forum search to see if this was new or old info and didn't see any related topics on this, so sorry in advance if this is old news. |
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Mar 3 2007, 02:36 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
Take a look at the recent Release Dates Thread in the SR4 forum. These were just discussed there. ;)
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Mar 3 2007, 10:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
This thread of reasoning always leaves me thinking the same thing: I want to throw buckets of money at Fan Pro, they just need to bring some more stuff out.
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Mar 3 2007, 10:41 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,311 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 2,062 |
Hear, hear. I would throw oodles more dollars at FanPro, if only they provided a vehicle to do so.
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Mar 4 2007, 12:17 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Though I would prefer that vehicle be a porsche than a go-kart... ;-)
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Mar 4 2007, 12:34 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
A point well taken! If patience will deliver us a better product, than I'll learn patience. |
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Mar 4 2007, 04:57 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
There are two ways to throw buckets of money at them: 1) Buy multiple copies of everything. 2) Recruit new players, and get them to buy the books. :D I'm sure that if sales numbers substantially increased, the number of publications would also increase. |
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Mar 4 2007, 06:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
In answer to #1: Bagging a second copy of the BBB as soon as the latest printing rolls out. In answer to #2: I think I've got some buddies hooked enough that our local gaming store is going to have a record year if everything makes it to press. |
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Mar 8 2007, 06:02 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 10-May 06 From: Ohio Member No.: 8,545 |
It's nice to keep one copy to use and one copy as a collectible. I'm a SR diehard so to me it's worth it. ;)
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Mar 8 2007, 06:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
I actually own a first run copy of the Street Samurai catalog from first edition. Complete with the banned ammo and high-cap mags that were removed later on. |
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Mar 8 2007, 06:47 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 10-May 06 From: Ohio Member No.: 8,545 |
Very nice. I have a copy of the first edition Street Samurai catalog in great condition, but I'll have to recheck to see if it is a first run or not. I doubt it is, as I didn't get onboard until near the final days of the first edition. At some point, I would like to go back and try to get as much of a complete set of the first edition as possible though. |
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Mar 8 2007, 07:58 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I've got the same book, but like Jaymes I don't know the printing at the moment. That's one field that my catalog is currently lacking, pending my having time to add it.
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Mar 8 2007, 09:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 9-August 06 From: Holiday Florida Member No.: 9,055 |
You know what would make for a great book, that would sell like hotcakes if they made it?
A sort of compilation, or 'State of the Sixth World' book that would compile all of the minutae of the timeline thats scattered over litterally dozens of out of print books into one manual. A sort of "heres where were at as of Jan 1st 2070" book. I could honestly see blowing $50-75 bucks on it if they included a sort of 'Best of' Art section too. |
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Mar 8 2007, 09:33 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
I would throw my money at Fanpro for a book like that as well, it would be so worth it.
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Mar 8 2007, 09:55 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
I've been pushing for a "Sixth World Update" since 2004. Every time I bring it up, I'm told -- go hit Ancient History's Site. Now, nothing against AH -- that's a fantastic resource. But, I want it as a book (and PDF) too. I also think a book like that would be phenomenal for bringing folks who haven't followed the line for a couple of years back into the fold. |
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Mar 8 2007, 10:10 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,468 Joined: 5-December 06 From: Somewhere in the Flooding, CalFree Member No.: 10,215 |
It is also a great time to put it out with the start (still early in) of the new edition, as the history in the BBB just isn't enough for new players sometimes, and they shouldn't have to read all the various sourcebooks to catch up on the happenings of the sixth world (well they should, but it isn't practical). This book would be an amazing resource as well and I think most of us out there would gladly buy it. |
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Mar 9 2007, 12:11 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
Also great for referencing things you odn't want to dig through three different books to find. Example: The thread someone posted on the subjet of Saito's ousting. Assuming the deatils are given in one of the new books, that makes the references to Saito being in a total of .. lesse (1-assumed new book, 2- SOTA 64, 3-Threats 2, 4- system Failure, 5 -Year of the Comet) 5 books. Now how the hell is that pracitcal? If those books were all still actively printed, on the shelves, taht'd be one thing. But they aren't, and since we're on to a whole new edition, I doubt we'll see a whole lot of reprints. Hell a book like this would be fine either as IC like many of the books are, or even just as an encyclopedia. I'd be fine with just a "this is what happened, this was the bulk, this was the result" on the SRrpg page, but then they couldn't make any money selling it. So hell ya, give us a book. Couldn't be that hard to put together. It's not like they need new writers, they just need people that are essentially good at doing a good SR themed (and hopefully styled) book report. |
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Mar 9 2007, 12:13 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 10-May 06 From: Ohio Member No.: 8,545 |
You know what, the_dunner? Your post got me thinking that it would really cool of FanPro, given this age of technology and all, to allow you to download a PDF version of a sourcebook, if you have purchased the physical sourcebook. Maybe they can just put a card inside each copy with a one-time use code or something. Heck, I'd even be willing to pay a $5 premium to cover the bandwidth costs. |
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Mar 11 2007, 11:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 870 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Athens Ga Member No.: 9,517 |
here here. I wish they did the same (and bookmarked the hell out of it too!)
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