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 Upcoming Books, gleened from the "What's up" GenCon |
 Aug 24 2007, 12:18 PM
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MechRigger Delux  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657  |
Actually the raw sound file from the Shadowrun session was 281 meg. But with mp3 compression (or ogg) and spliting it into 4 parts should make it a better download. Hopefully someone will have time to review it soon, but I know not everyone from Catalyst has made it home yet. At least it didn't clock in at 570+ meg like the Battletech one. That edit is gonna drive me insane... |
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Aug 24 2007, 12:25 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
impressive, just impressive :)
arsenal, unwired and runners companion is a must for my part. |
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Aug 24 2007, 12:27 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Perhaps it won't contain mostly filler material like interviews, short stories and similar trivial things. |
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Aug 24 2007, 12:45 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
From what little Rob said at the seminar, it likely will be a lot of that. It sounds like it's really a two part book... The first part being the almanac stuff, showing us in brief the entirety of the world. The second part being something of a "history of Shadowrun the RPG", with interviews and bios and the like with folks involved with the creation of the game and producing it through the years. Personally, I'm really excited about the latter there. I've always found the behind the scenes stuff fascinating. Same reason I like commentary tracks on DVD's, I guess. Bull |
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Aug 24 2007, 03:04 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yeah well, as I said, it has been in the works for a long time, and maybe the developers felt that those Critter-types fit better in that section of Augmentation. Or they are just a teaser. ;) |
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Aug 24 2007, 03:04 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Oh, and thanks Bull. :)
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Aug 24 2007, 05:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Reutlingen.de Member No.: 677 |
Since the German book only covers SR history up to the end of SR3, I could imagine the Catalyst SR almanac will also include SR4 history up to the point of publication. That alone should fill a few pages... |
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Aug 24 2007, 06:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 932 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 1,042 |
Damn, Running Wild is too far away...
But I am looking forward to Arsenal. |
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Aug 25 2007, 04:38 AM
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Tilting at Windmills Group: Members Posts: 1,636 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Amarillo, TX, CAS Member No.: 388 |
Yes and no. Personally, I'm glad there's still some time before I'm expected to rewrite/rework my portions of the book. I need to get a grasp on a few things first, and with an almost-two-year-old daughter, that's going to take some time I'm barely going to be able to squeeze in between classes and other obligations. But man, am I looking forward to getting that puppy out the door.... |
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Aug 25 2007, 05:02 AM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,868 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Any novels on the horizon?
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Aug 25 2007, 06:36 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,863 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
If by that , you mean fill in those missing 5 years, that would be awesome. |
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Aug 25 2007, 06:27 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
Loren COleman did ask the audience if novels were to come back, who they would like to work on the first one. That could be a good sign. (JM Hardy will now show up and berate me for not shouting his name...) |
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Aug 25 2007, 06:45 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Isn't that the truth. To me "<insert period where they build a full on wireless matrix infrastructure and the whole world just goes 'okay'>" doesn't quite cut it. It's workable, and if you are new to the game it almost certainly doesn't matter (at least unless you start reading older material for fun), but it is a bit of a "wha?". |
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Aug 25 2007, 11:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Reutlingen.de Member No.: 677 |
It's too early to tell what the almanac would contain. Again, I could imagine, that - if details on the time between 2065 and 2070 appear in the regular books down the road - these details might make it into the almanac history section.
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Aug 26 2007, 12:36 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
OK, let me toss in my $0.02....... Arsenal: YES! Corporate Enclaves: I'm hoping it will at least compare with previous Corporate-themed books. Ghost Cartels: another plot book? Let's hope there's more to it than that..... Unwired: YES! Feral Cities: Ooohh, sounds tasty..... Crime Time(?): huh? Needs a better sounding title, like "Crime.biz"? Or "Criminal Enterprises." Runners Companion "2.0": Tread carefully. Awakened Haunts: sounds like a locations/settings book. More info plz. Running Wild: Critters? Yay! Corporate Handbook "2.0": OK, I'm intregued.... The Johnson's Companion: OK, I can get into that.... "Unnamed plot book": Awww :( no fair teasing! "The 6th World Almanac": YES! |
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Aug 26 2007, 01:11 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Corporate Enclaves, Feral Cities, and Awakened Haunts are all sprawl books, similar in content and format to Runner Havens. Like Runner Havens focused on the sprawls of Hong Kong and Seattle, Corporate Enclaves will focus on Neo-Tokyo and Los Angeles. It's too early to say what the other two will focus on. |
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Aug 26 2007, 01:13 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
It's going to be a location book, similar to Runner Havens. Not a Corp book in the vein of Corporate Shadowfiles. Corporate Handbook 2.0 (blah!) is probably more like the one you want. :) |
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Aug 26 2007, 01:20 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
As Sprite said at the seminar and Caine also re-posted, several of the titles, including "Crime Time," are just placeholders.
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Aug 26 2007, 01:38 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Yeah I know. Just chiming in with my opinion, whether it is wanted or not ... as usual. :)
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Aug 26 2007, 12:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,002 |
Audio?
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Aug 27 2007, 03:11 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
I'm sure they'll upload it one day.... |
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Aug 27 2007, 03:31 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Hopefully this isn't just a place holder name but means that it'll be about the actual Ghost Cartels and what they're up to in South America and beyond. Which would be very cool since they're one of my favourite organised crime groups. :D Of course if it is to do with them and South America then I'd guess that SoLA might be a rather useful accompaniment, so fingers crossed and all that. ;) |
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Aug 27 2007, 03:34 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
I'm quite surprised by this name which was supposed to be kept secret before emergence so as not to spoil anything...
But I don't see how "Ghost Cartel" can spoil anything in Emergence... :? |
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Aug 27 2007, 04:28 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
maybe it didn't used to be called ghost cartel as it's placeholder. and maybe it's ghost, in the sense of "ghost in the machine" (that is, AIs) although i kinda hope not... too much focus on the matrix in the metaplot leaves the rest of the world kinda blah. |
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Aug 27 2007, 08:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 697 Joined: 18-August 07 Member No.: 12,735 |
I'm hoping that arsenal is like augmentation in that I can get the PDF long before it goes to print... :) As much as I HATE reading a PDF... I can always use it as source material in PDF form... and buy the hardcopy for a straight readthrough when it comes out.
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