 Japanese Shadowrun, The Group SNE "Fantasy File" |
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 Apr 14 2004, 07:02 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 746 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 459  |
-- This is a little booklet (in dimensions, it's pretty thick at 350 pages!) that, from I can tell, introduces the Shadowrun RPG for Japanese gamers on a budget (650 yen). It has smattered art that frankly is better then a lot of the SR1 and SR2 stuff despite there not being much.
-- Perhaps the most amusing things are the mini-mangas explaining mechanics like the dice pool (pic of manga guy pulling dice out of a plastic water pool), drain (mage nuking a guy then with swirly eyes), rolling to hit, etc. etc. Has anyone else seen this? Andy Kitkowski got it for me in Japan (along with "On Your Mind" the Al Shard supplement) and I've never heard of it before. -- As soon as I can get to a scanner I'll post a few of the mangas ;) |
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Apr 14 2004, 03:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 312 Joined: 9-October 02 Member No.: 3,430 |
The name rings a bell.
I think Adam once said he had a copy when he posted in the collectibles thread. I'd like to take a gander at it when you get the scanner up and running. |
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Apr 15 2004, 03:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 328 Joined: 1-October 03 Member No.: 5,667 |
Just thought I'd add that when I was last in Japan I managed to pick up a copy of the Japan sourcebook for Shadowrun - my GM can speak Japanese (having lived there for a year), but has difficulty reading it so hasn't been able to translate it. . .
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Apr 20 2004, 06:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 265 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bangkok (sometimes Paris) Member No.: 332 |
IIRC, this sourcebook was described as very far from canon Japan. Anti-Metas laws and racism was played down or ignored, for the most important difference.
There was a web amateur sourcebook on Japan much closer to canon, but it was sparse and the english was poor to say the least. A decent canon treatment of Japan is really needed. And with luck it will be in Shadows of Asia. |
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Apr 20 2004, 11:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 973 Joined: 3-October 03 Member No.: 5,677 |
Hmm...I still plan on making my own Japan sourcebook sometime. In my opinion, 2060s Japan is Blade Runner meets Akira meets a few other things. But not Ghost in the Shell. GitS just seemed pretentious and too optimistic to me, and besides, Masamune Shirow is weird... |
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Apr 20 2004, 11:11 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
is it wrong to imagine japanese shadowrunners doing the Godzilla dance as they run from a dragon?
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