 Shadows of Latin America, It's official - what will be in it? |
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 Oct 3 2004, 09:09 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 26-July 04 From: Arhus, Denmark & Paris, France Member No.: 6,516  |
Since it's coming out next year according to Rob himself, can anybody shed some light on which countries will be in it ?
Man I'm looking forward to getting more info on Amazonia. |
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Oct 3 2004, 09:34 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 is? News to me, but then I'm old and senile...and a little out-of-touch lately. Hmmm...
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Oct 3 2004, 09:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 26-July 04 From: Arhus, Denmark & Paris, France Member No.: 6,516 |
Yeah... Rob responded to an email of mine regarding future releases, and stated that Shadows of Latin America & Shadows of Asia, are coming out next year.
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Oct 3 2004, 10:54 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Rob actually mentioned Shadows of Latin America at this year's GenCon "What's Up With Shadowrun" conference. It is slated for sometime next year and like SoE it should involve locals. Shadows of Asia is currently being developed for early next year and both books should follow the Shadows of format (note there are 2 other books written and slated for release before that Loose Alliances and Running Wild).
According to the GenCon announcement Shadows of Latin America should include Aztlan, Amazonia and the rest of South and Central America (hence Latin America). |
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Oct 3 2004, 10:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 897 Joined: 26-February 02 From: TIME OUT Member No.: 1,989 |
yea you really need to stop calling me billy, and telling me about the war, and how hotdogs used to cost a nickle. this is the first shodows of title i've been interested in, but then again i like smuggler campaigns, and all the good stuff comes from latin amercia. its the american way |
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Oct 3 2004, 01:12 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 |
I knew it was being worked on...hell, it started here. I just didn't know that it was actually on the agenda. That's great. I've been waiting for info on Amazonia forever.
Fygg: When I was your age, I had to walk 14 miles through glass-littered snow piled up to my armpits to get to my unheated, one-room school house just so that I could all share a book with 483 other kids. Did I mention I had to do this all barefoot? ;) |
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Oct 3 2004, 03:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,144 Joined: 22-September 04 Member No.: 6,690 |
Pah, you pansy. I had to do all of that while walking uphill both ways., and it wasn't through armpit deep snow, but ninjas!
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Oct 3 2004, 04:13 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I had to replicate by division until one iteration of me evolved legs before I could walk to school.
~J |
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Oct 4 2004, 01:37 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 31-July 03 Member No.: 5,185 |
I am sure someone from the Shadow of Latin America group will post something on this thread.
And why are you all so interested in Amazonia? I mean there is nothing to see down there; nothing at all. :twidles thumbs: I mean with all this attention and expectations, you might just make the Amazonia writer nervous. |
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Oct 4 2004, 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 |
Since I first began to run Shadowrun (back in the day of variable weapon staging), I have had players pleading with me for more details (preferably official) on the Amazon, and Amazonia. The adventure in Harlequin was a less than satisfactory, and the other various hints and clues since then have been just a tease. The advent of shapeshifters as PCs only served to pour fuel on an already almost unquenchable fire.
Of course, I don't have players at the moment, but I'm still driven by the same burning frustration engendered by my former players' vain quest for information. Pressure? Bah! Think of all the hope and dreams of all the Shadowrun GMs and players down through the years as you write...as you edit the history...as you brainstorm about the underlying motivations of the big players. Think of all the long years of anticipation, of laying awake at night dreaming that FASA, and then Wizkids would finally grant their fondest wish...an official write up of the most mysterious magical environment in the Sixth World. What pressure? |
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Oct 4 2004, 02:38 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 13-January 04 Member No.: 5,975 |
I have GM both the Har & SOTF Amazonia Adventures (love the man eating tree's). I also ran one supplemental adventure after that. I tried to get some of the feel of the WW Rage book. I have also seen awakened vines, jaguars, shapeshifters, mean protective shamans, Man Eating "goblins", and of course your occasional man eating dinosaur.(another gm, but the "raptor" were nasty! |
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Oct 4 2004, 02:57 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 yeah! But I want the juicy bits. ;)
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Oct 4 2004, 05:52 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 15-August 04 From: Columbia, PA Member No.: 6,562 |
Except that the rest of Central America *is* Aztlan. |
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Oct 4 2004, 07:58 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Not entirely true. For example, the Panama Canal is a Pan-Corporate Zone managed by the Corporate Court (and no, there is not a singly Aztlaner soldier in sight ;)). Besides, who said things were stable in Central America, anyway? |
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Oct 4 2004, 08:16 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 31-July 03 Member No.: 5,185 |
See told you someone from the LASB project would show up. From the old thread about the LASB, here's the list of countries that might be covered (per JongWK):
Fortune: Just out of curiosity, what would you like to see covered in the Amazonia chapter? And I probably wouldn't want to be the writer, I mean poor soul if he screws up. |
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Oct 4 2004, 08:35 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Put the Carib League as a "maybe."
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Oct 4 2004, 11:02 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 |
Yes please. :) |
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Oct 4 2004, 11:50 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 |
I'm a Metaplot Junkie, so I wouldn't mind the official skinny on just who is doing what to whom...and maybe even a couple of hints as to why. I have enough of an imagination to figure out what jungles would be like, given the advent of the Awakening. I can pretty easily extrapolate any geographical changes to the area. I can create a whole variety of critters, both Awakened and not to inhabit the environment. I can even fake my way through the cultural, social, and even lifestyle differences as compared to Seattle if I really have to. I want local legends, both well-known and obscure, that are inter-woven into the fabric of Shadowrun's history and unique magic system. I want to know the motivations of the movers and shakers of the Sixth World, especially when it involves large-scale magical mysteries and phenomena. I want more IE/GD shadowtalk. I want hints and tidbits that will go towards solving some of the various unknowns in Shadowrun. I want new controversies and conspiracies to argue over. I want Amazonia! :D |
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Oct 5 2004, 12:58 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Well if they go ahead with the re-publishing of old books through the internet then this would have to get a resounding no from me. The place got half a book or so in Cyberpirates, why give up word count and space when you've go a whole continent that hasn't been covered at all. Maybe a brief mention and a quick update but not any serious space, save that for South America itself in my opinion. |
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Oct 5 2004, 01:23 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 |
I guess I have to agree with FlakJacket, although a mention would be nice. :)
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Oct 5 2004, 03:00 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 31-July 03 Member No.: 5,185 |
Boy you don't want much do you? I will venture a guess and say that most of what you want will be covered, but I wouldn't bet on IE/GD talk. Based on what I read in SoE you will probably have a lot of new stuff to debate over. |
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Oct 5 2004, 03:11 AM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Amazonia can have all the IE's and dragons it wants, that's going to be their little banana republic. But please, for the love of god don't turn the whole continent into metaplot land. Sure have Amazonia and Aztlan be slightly weird, but how about we just leave the rest of the countries as normal scheming bastards for a change eh? ;)
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Oct 5 2004, 03:14 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 |
I'm sure I won't be disappointed, no matter what. I don't think I'm asking too much though. It isn't like I'm asking for everything on a silver platter. Just that the writers (and Rob) take this golden opportunity to advance the magical metaplot in this age of back-to-the-street mentality with hints and clues and riddles. It's things like these that keep the Sixth World fresh and vibrant for me, and quite a few other die-hard fans.
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Oct 5 2004, 03:19 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 |
I don't think were at odds in our views Flak. I certainly don't want an entire continent of Awakened stuff, or IE plots, or GD secret hide-aways. I do want was has been hinted and alluded to over the years fleshed out though. Like I said, not everything has to be all laid out in black and white (where's the fun in that?). I just hope that the writers don't totally ignore the opportunity to plants further seeds while (hopefully) expanding on prior canon as logically as possible.
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Oct 5 2004, 04:07 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'm not sure there would reasonably be much else. Aztlan has probably taken over the US's old role of keeping the entire place destabilized. ~J |
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