 The missing peices..., SR books that never saw release |
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 Jun 11 2007, 11:13 PM
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Street Doc  Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114  |
So I was putting my SR library back in order after a recent move. I finally picked up SoA, which completed my collection. 8)
Anyway I got to wondering about some of the gaps in the old catalog numbers Fasa used to use. Obviously there were some projects in the works that got scrapped. I figured someone around here (Adam? Freelancers?) might know a few tidbits about the books that never saw the light of day. For example the 7200 series included most of the location source books, but they jump from 7216 (New Seattle) to 7219 (Target: Matrix). Anybody know what happened to 7217 and 7218? Or the 7300 series, which included the published adventures, runs from 7320 (Harlequins Back) to 7322 (Super Tuesday) but there is no 7321? Just curious really... |
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Jun 11 2007, 11:15 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
I'm not really sure those lost numbers ever actually corresponded to planned books.
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Jun 12 2007, 12:36 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
They may have been books which were planned but scrapped or the numbers skipped over for other reasons -- possibly as simple as 7321 was an unlucky number to someone on the staff. The only book for Shadowrun that was planned but not released that I know of is Shadows of Latin America.
The Abstruse One |
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Jun 12 2007, 01:19 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
That reminds me, is there a future for SoLA? Netbook perhaps?
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Jun 12 2007, 04:30 PM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
I've heard talk that they may release SoLA as a netbook to promote the opening of HoloStreets. I'm sure its mentioned in a thread or two if you search around.
As far as the missing numbers, superstition and random gaps aside, doesn't it seem more reasonable that they had plans for books that were never released? Maybe the only people who would know were those working at FASA at the time... Maybe we will never know... :) |
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Jun 12 2007, 04:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 313 Joined: 26-February 02 From: UCAS Member No.: 1,015 |
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Jun 13 2007, 03:11 AM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
I'm really more interested in what the concept for this "dropped" book was. |
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Jun 13 2007, 03:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,625 |
I remeber once hearing about a kind of Horrors in the Shadows book that ended up having it's better parts (shedim) absorbed into Threats2 and the Comet stuff.
Ofcourse my memory on it is hazy, may have just been forum speculation or something. The Big Book of Boo Scary ring any bells for anyone? |
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Jun 13 2007, 04:55 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
I don't think The Boo Scary Book of the Shadowrun Night was ever assigned a stock number, as it was never even assigned a real name. :-)
IIRC, 7321 was going to be an adventure set called "Running Short," designed to be shorter 'runs to be inserted in a campaign when your entire gaming group couldn't get together. |
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Jun 13 2007, 05:58 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 517 Joined: 27-August 02 From: Queensland Member No.: 3,180 |
I think dwarf runners were to feature heavily in that book. :D |
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Jun 13 2007, 06:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,625 |
'The Boo Scary Book of the Shadowrun Night' isn't just a real name, it's one of the best names ever! :D |
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Jun 13 2007, 01:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 494 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Amazonia Member No.: 7,102 |
SO, I've been thinking about writing some Horrors conversions and storylines for SR. Maybe I'll eventually get around to that. If I do, I suppose I'll just have to title the book 'The Boo Scary Book of the Shadowrun Night'. ^-^
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Jun 13 2007, 06:08 PM
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Project Terminus: Soul Hunters Group: Members Posts: 1,052 Joined: 6-November 03 From: Casselberry, Florida U.S.A. Member No.: 5,798 |
This would be cool to have maybe they could do it for 4th? |
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Jun 16 2007, 02:16 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
I keep hearing SoLA will/is a netbook but that doesn't really help me. I like something in my hands.
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Jun 16 2007, 03:01 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
At this point, those of us freelancers who worked on SoLA (more than you'd think, actuall) still make reference to the material so that everything will be smooth and canonical when and if it ever sees the light of day. What that basically equates to is that a lot of the time you'll ask a freelancer about something and they'll say "Oh, yeah, that's in SoLA." Eventually, the myth of SoLA will be so great, the terrific book with all the answers, that if we ever release it the book would never live up to everyone's expectations.
But hey. At least none of the freelancers have completely embraced the idea that SoLA will never be released and started yankin' y'all's chains by claiming that there are answers in SoLA that don't actually exist. Building expectations for the book up even higher when they know you'll never see it. That would be mean. :vegm: |
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