 Who's running where?, What cities are you basing your games i? |
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 Aug 30 2007, 07:21 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 30-April 07 From: Edge of the Redmond Barrens, Borderline NAN. Runnin' the border for literal milk runs. Member No.: 11,565  |
*laughs* Sorry Kzt, I meant Shadowrun source material. *grin* I have plenty of RL material.
One thing I have a fun time doing, is I go to AAA and load up on area maps. Then I can mark them up to my hearts content (yeah unlimmited free maps!), and my players actually can see where their going. (Also fun for road races, so they can plot their own routes). - Angel |
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Aug 30 2007, 08:01 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, but you never invite me. :) :D |
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Aug 30 2007, 08:05 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 |
There are two old Shadowrun books you might find helpful for New Orleans ... Target: Smuggler's Havens and CyberPirates!. |
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Aug 30 2007, 02:38 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Currently in Seattle, but if I find a copy of NAGTNA I'll move it to Baltimore. I mean come on, a city with the nickname 'Mobtown' is made for Shadowrun. As opposed to Seattle, "The Emerald City" or "City of Dreams". I mentioned I'm moving to Charm City and someone who actually lives in Washington (state) said it sounds like a place where you pop down to Starbuck's for coffee while antiquing. Come on, we're just short of a murder a day here!
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Aug 30 2007, 03:02 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...according to the TT sourcebook I live in a AAA neighbourhood (Laurelhurst) which has a lot of old and very expensive houses and a very nice old park. In the campaign I set here. the park was the estate of one of my major NPCs. |
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Aug 30 2007, 03:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 8,301 |
We play out of Tacoma specifically. My game assumes that Tacoma is quite a bit bigger than it probably actually is, but I like the character of Tacoma (poverty-stricken, post-industrial city). And since we stick mostly to to Tacoma, dealing with organized crime, it's a bit more special to them when they have to venture out to such different places as Snohomish and Downtown Seattle (which they're not likely to do again soon, since last time it happened, one of them got thrown off of the Space Needle).
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Aug 30 2007, 05:02 PM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
I've got a New Orleans game concerning the mafia going on as well. If you need game informatino, pick up Target:Smuggler Havens. Has a huge chapter on it. |
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Aug 30 2007, 05:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
New Orleans around in the 2070's? Wow, you are an optimist aren't you? ;) |
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Aug 30 2007, 05:25 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...it's still on the map.
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Aug 30 2007, 05:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Yes, I was joking. Well slightly. In our game "New Orleans" is actually Alexandria, LA. New Orleans is actually nicely under several feet of water. Alexandria was renamed after the exodus of people inland. |
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Aug 30 2007, 05:43 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
So they renamed Alexandria as New New Orleans, but that took too long to say so they shortened it to New Orleans? :-) |
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Aug 30 2007, 05:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Ya Neo was taken by Tokyo. ;) |
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Aug 30 2007, 05:46 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,150 |
Seattle for me. Always played in games set there, and now that I'm running I like to bring in old PCs as NPCs now and again.
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Aug 30 2007, 06:58 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I actually lived in NO for a while up on Napoleon just off of St Charles. |
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Aug 30 2007, 10:19 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Glad you like it! When I get a spare moment, one thing I have planned to work on is doing up a Google Earth overlay for Hong Kong that maps out all the locales in Runner Havens. I know where they all are, so it's just a matter of sitting down and putting the pushpins in Google Earth. I figure that might be handy for groups that use the Hong Kong Runner Havens material. |
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Aug 30 2007, 10:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Ah Google Earth. Greatest program ever. I play with it like a cat does with string. Sounds cool, so I can find noodleboy on the streets? Our rigger just bought sunshine island for a vehicle facility after I google unearthed it. |
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Aug 30 2007, 11:13 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Noodleboy is on the corner of Portland Street and Changsha Street in Yau Tsim Mong. I have a good print map here, but this online map will do the trick for finding where that is. Just use the Street search category on the left and enter Portland Street or Changsha Street. |
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Aug 30 2007, 11:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
"Map Data not find!" It seriously just told me that. That just made my day. :) Great now I'm distracted by Ko's house. |
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Aug 31 2007, 12:02 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Haha, yeah, that pop-up will come up when you click certain things on the map. But it should be able to find the street!
EDIT: Oh hey, Google Maps has Hong Kong now. Here you go!! |
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Aug 31 2007, 12:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Ah much better "Map Data Find!". Hmmm he's apparently a big green arrow. Thanks. Knowing is half the battle and all. |
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Aug 31 2007, 12:11 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
Until I get that Google Earth overlay done, you can find the street addresses of the Hong Kong Runner Havens locales here.
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Aug 31 2007, 02:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 19-June 07 From: Florida Member No.: 11,950 |
I'm preparing a campaign for San Juan, Puerto Rico.
It's actually based more on the twisted version of San Juan that HST describes in the Rum Diary. That book made an impact on me. |
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Aug 31 2007, 03:58 PM
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Snakehandler Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,454 Joined: 28-April 06 From: London, England Member No.: 8,508 |
The game I'm running right now started in Washington DC, New York, Boston, London, Belfast, and Seattle. But now everything's converged on Seattle. I used to live there, plus it's the location of the best location support book ever put out for SR (way back in 1990).
(Though in my humble opinion, Denver and Bug City were quite good as well.) |
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Aug 31 2007, 04:54 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...loved Bug City, my players hated it. in RL I used to live in Milwaukee and made numerous trips to Chicago so the basic setting is very familiar ground for me.
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Sep 1 2007, 01:48 AM
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Snakehandler Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,454 Joined: 28-April 06 From: London, England Member No.: 8,508 |
Yeah -
Bug City - Tom Dowd (all honor to his name) - I still rank first Seattle book number one for all-round, all-the-time usefulness and wealth of detail, but for a single campaign, Bug City stands as a masterpiece. A couple of us had our ongoing characters load up on medical supplies and just HALOed in, set ourselves up for some general do-gooding, and of course were soon swept up in the various political intrigues among the factions - fighting bugs all the while. My brother ran a GREAT campaign there. I think I'm tearing up a little. <<sniffle>> |
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