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 Aug 20 2009, 02:51 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313  |
So any lucky souls who got there hands on one feel like a review/spoilers? We know that page 3 is blank? Missing text or just an extra page? How's the art? Content? I hear the maps are nice.
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Aug 20 2009, 08:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
Anybody feel like scalping me a copy of the book that picked it up from the con? I'm the impatient sort and I'd like to incorporate some of the plot stuff into the end of Kerenshara's current story arc since it sounds like it's already a pretty close fit.
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Aug 20 2009, 08:53 PM
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Man Behind the Curtain Group: Admin Posts: 14,871 Joined: 2-July 89 From: End of the Yellow-Brick Road Member No.: 3 |
Page #3 was the second page of the table of contents.
The layout is the same as SR4a, which I'm really liking. Many short stories, almost one per district, and lots of blurbs about places to be. I miss the security ratings/neighborhoods from Seattle Sourcebook, but those have been missing a while. I love the index in the back that indexes the address (and quick descriptions) of the various sites discussed. |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:09 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,228 Joined: 24-July 07 From: Canada Member No.: 12,350 |
QUOTE (Redjack @ Aug 20 2009, 02:53 PM)  Page #3 was the second page of the table of contents. The layout is the same as SR4a, which I'm really liking. Many short stories, almost one per district, and lots of blurbs about places to be. I miss the security ratings/neighborhoods from Seattle Sourcebook, but those have been missing a while. I love the index in the back that indexes the address (and quick descriptions) of the various sites discussed. Do you have any favourites from the fiction? |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 350 Joined: 20-August 06 Member No.: 9,176 |
QUOTE (Redjack @ Aug 20 2009, 03:53 PM) Page #3 was the second page of the table of contents. The layout is the same as SR4a, which I'm really liking. Many short stories, almost one per district, and lots of blurbs about places to be. I miss the security ratings/neighborhoods from Seattle Sourcebook, but those have been missing a while. I love the index in the back that indexes the address (and quick descriptions) of the various sites discussed. Oh, it sounds like CGL could semi-remedy that easy enough by jsut posting the second table of contents page online for people to download.  It's not like anyone could use that page to actually play SR4 for "free" and it could even spur some people into buying hte book if they could see the subjects ahead of  time. This is the first book (other than the core rulebooks) that I am actually excited about.  I gots me a soft spot for Seattle and all but one of my campaigns (the Denver one) use that as the base setting. It should be mandatory that each edition have one book soley dedicated to Seattle. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) So, any word on the release date of Shadows of Latin America?  *ducks* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Vlad |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 17-August 09 From: Northern California Member No.: 17,510 |
Unfortunately for me, I AM the patient sort. Or maybe the broke sort. Either way, I gotta wait. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)
Well, what to do. Anyone have any inkling of the release date (I know they don't like giving it out, but a guess is as good as anything...) |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:45 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (vladski @ Aug 20 2009, 05:41 PM) Oh, it sounds like CGL could semi-remedy that easy enough by jsut posting the second table of contents page online for people to download. We almost always post the TOC of our books anyway as a preview -- this will be done. |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:47 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (Bugfoxmaster @ Aug 20 2009, 05:45 PM) Well, what to do. Anyone have any inkling of the release date (I know they don't like giving it out, but a guess is as good as anything...) No. We don't give out dates before we have a street date. |
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Aug 20 2009, 09:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 17-August 09 From: Northern California Member No.: 17,510 |
Hurray!
I'm really looking forward to this book too, since I'm in a game in Seattle starting next month... |
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Aug 20 2009, 10:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 689 Joined: 16-September 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 5,623 |
Running a game in seattle right now. Have drawn from the older books and moved forward. Gonna have to see how I can fit the new book info into my exsisting game. Will still buy it of course (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Aug 20 2009, 10:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: 6-March 07 From: Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 11,168 |
Very cool. I've been running with the little info in Runner Havens, sticking it together with the old source books info, and rolling it all up in a jumbled mess with my personal knowledge of Seattle to try and make a legit layout and set of hangouts, etc for Seattle in 2072. Being able to pull some of that guess work on how things have evolved and actually having it all in a nice cohesive bow ought to really cut down the guess work time I put into some of my story arc ideas.
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Aug 20 2009, 11:16 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
*grumble* and I still gotta wait until I see a print date.....
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Aug 23 2009, 08:57 AM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
What exactly is meant by hardcopy currency in the book? If it's not credsticks, it sounds like a major quirk when it comes to Nuyen...
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Aug 23 2009, 03:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 932 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 1,042 |
Shadowrun4.com says the PDF is available now.
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Aug 23 2009, 06:12 PM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
QUOTE (Zen Shooter01 @ Aug 23 2009, 04:29 PM) Shadowrun4.com says the PDF is available now. Slow off the mark. I got it around 9:00am. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) It's glossy. The artwork is mostly excellent and the presentation and layout is good with nice fiction inserts. A lot of it is a re-print and padding out of the material in Runner Havens. For example the low-down on the Mafia is mostly the same information with a sprinkle of extra plot-points. A good chunk of it seems to be a kind of tour book blast through the various districts. Clubs, restaurants and businesses. There's a sizeable history section which would be good for new players and GMs. A kind of medicine for the increasing problem of the game's ever expanding back story. Useful padding on the little things, like air-traffic control and border crossing, etc. And then a side dish of little morsels of politics, society, the future etc. These are good. Ten pages of politics can go quite a long way. If you don't have Runner Havens or previous books on Seattle, then this is almost a must if you're setting your game there. If you have Runner Havens, then this is a bit like Runner Havens Deluxe edition. It's 200 pages and Runner Havens's Seattle section is 59 pages, so I really do mean the Deluxe version. But nontheless, from my initial skimming, that's how it feels. Still, I may not be doing it enough justice as I haven't had much time today to read it. It tastes good, so far. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) K. |
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Aug 23 2009, 06:29 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,756 Joined: 11-December 02 From: France Member No.: 3,723 |
Nonsense, all nonsense !!!!
DocWagon, Lone Star, PacRim Communications are megacorporations and are not Seattle corps. This table of contents makes no sense ! *move on, mumbling for himself* |
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Aug 23 2009, 07:54 PM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
You forget to shake your fists. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Aug 23 2009, 09:30 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
Has MicroDeck changed there name to MircoComm?
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Aug 23 2009, 09:56 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Will any of the Seattle 206x stuff that didn't get published Adam get put out in any way?
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Aug 23 2009, 10:00 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (Paul @ Aug 23 2009, 05:56 PM) Will any of the Seattle 206x stuff that didn't get published Adam get put out in any way? None of that fan material appears in the book, of course. Bull and some others are ramping up a Shadowrun magazine -- there's a few threads about it already. You should totally send it over to him! |
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Aug 23 2009, 10:44 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
I wasn't expecting any of it to make it into the book, but I figured people could use the locations, no matter what the setting or time line. The basic reason I can't send it to Bull is that I don't have it. After I sent it to you I suffered several Computer Crashes. I sent you a PM, but you were busy so I never got a reply. If you have it send it to me, and I'll send it to him, or skip the middle man and just give it to him. If it's gone, well I guess I'll have to start over!
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Aug 23 2009, 10:49 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
I'm pretty sure I have it backed up somewhere; I burnt some archive DVDs a couple years ago when I knew that I would not have the time to work on it anymore. I'll pull them out this week and pass them over to Bull.
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Aug 23 2009, 10:55 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
With many thanks. I appreciate it. We tried saving it all, but...well let's say my Gremlins flaw has only upgraded over recent years.
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Aug 27 2009, 10:05 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
When did Lone Star lose the security contract for Seattle?
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Aug 27 2009, 04:07 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
Just after Ghost Cartels.
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