 books of shadowrunning, the best and the worst |
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 Feb 1 2005, 05:20 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 20-October 04 Member No.: 6,774  |
What shadowrun sourcebooks are your favs. and why
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Feb 1 2005, 05:30 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
For pure usefulness: New Seattle for me (since my group is in Seattle for now)
when things get more broad, the Shadows over NA works great. For pure evilness: Renraku Arcology: Shutdown Year of the Comet is good too - lots of material to use for runs. |
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Feb 1 2005, 05:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
Rigger 3. You never know what that drone you see is carrying, how much armor it has, or even if it is smarter than you are.
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Feb 1 2005, 05:37 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 20-October 04 Member No.: 6,774 |
what's in the "shutdown" book
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Feb 1 2005, 05:38 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
As a player, my favorites are Cannon Companion, Magic in the Shadows, and Man and Machine. As a GM, you gotta love Corporate Download, Mob War, and New Seattle. Soooooo many evil ideas just waiting to be inflicted.
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Feb 1 2005, 05:45 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,088 Joined: 8-October 04 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 6,734 |
Shutdown is about the beginnings of the Deus plotline - is continued in "Brainscan" which is a campaign. Basically Deus is an AI that becomes aware in the Renraku arcology - and seals the arcology to experiment on mankind.
Okay, so that is massively dumbed down explanation...but you get the gist. I know I was avoiding the M&M, CC, and MitS books because I consider them to be core books rather than source books. I know, that's what they are, but still. |
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Feb 1 2005, 05:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 22-March 04 Member No.: 6,183 |
My favorite books to read through were RAS and DOTSW.
As for my favorite book for the game, I'm going to have to go with Rigger 3. I :love: that book. |
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Feb 1 2005, 06:07 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,032 Joined: 6-August 04 Member No.: 6,543 |
the most useful source books are Man and Machine Magic in the Shadows.
I have never made a character without using either of those books. I have never used the rigger book at all. But that is just me,I am not one who really cares about cars, they tend to way to costly and expendable to really get all happy go luck about. |
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Feb 1 2005, 06:18 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Use obviously being in the eye of the beholder here.
My favorites? Universal Brotherhood and Bug city, with the novel Burning Bright as a tie in. The first book I bought six copies of? Street Samurai's catalouge. I now have eight copies of it. Second book to make six copies? Fields of Fire. Most useful as a gamemaster for me? I have to say it's a tie between the Sprawl Survival Guide, in my opinion the best book written since Bug City, and Corporate Shadowfiles. Books I use frequently? What I call my core books: 3rd edition Main Book, SR Companion, R3R, CC, MM, MiTS, and SSG. I sometimes add SOTA2063 to that list, as well as a location book or two fo whatever setting I am using currently. (California for anyone interested.) Least favorite? New Seattle. It's a pale shade of the Seattle Sourcebook. I just don't like it. I also am not too pleased with having bought Brainscan or Cyberpirates. (How I have two of that book is beyond me.) Hope that satisfies your curiousity. [Edit]Forgot M&M. |
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Feb 1 2005, 06:41 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Corporate Download and Shadowbeat.
~J |
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Feb 1 2005, 07:23 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
I hate you. You and your "Dude, listen to THIS...!" |
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Feb 1 2005, 07:27 AM
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Bug City.
It is the best book. It is the most well-written, most coherently voiced, most appropriately connecting art and text, and just the most intense slap across the face of anyone who reads it, especially if you read it when it first came out and it really was, as the Game Information chapter begins, the biggest event to happen to SR since it began. It deserves all the awards and praise heaped upon it. [edit] Oops. Forgot... NO ESCAPE |
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Feb 1 2005, 11:58 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,587 Joined: 25-January 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 7,014 |
Best pictures and explanatory text: Shadowtech; there never has been a sourcebook to match the quality and value of this book, save for the BBB.
Most useful: Fields of Fire (the comprehensive list of EVERYTHING). On some occasions, FoF would be the only sourcebook we would bring. |
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Feb 1 2005, 01:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: 3-December 04 Member No.: 6,863 |
Magic in the Shadows and Man in the Machine are great books to have.
Also with my group I found Underwold Sourcebook very helpful for the PC so they had a better understanding of what Organization does what. |
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Feb 1 2005, 02:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,918 |
Cannon Companion, Fields of Fire, Street Samurai's Catalog (except for that horrible cover-art), and Target: Matrix.
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Feb 1 2005, 03:06 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Corporate Shadowfiles (the one before corp download) and Shadows of North America
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Feb 1 2005, 07:10 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
SOTA:64. i like the adeptery. behind that, probably Matrix, despite all the madness it contains.
grifter, you've gotta use a better quote than the crap they put in the CCG. |
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Feb 1 2005, 07:54 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,129 Joined: 11-June 03 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 4,712 |
I like the SOTA books for current tech/magic flavor in my game. I've been using SoE a lot lately as my group is holed up in that area now. Of course the 4 I always use:
Cannon Companion Magic in the Shadows Man & Machine Rigger 3 Least used is probably Matrix and Target: Matrix. |
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Feb 1 2005, 08:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 384 Joined: 18-August 03 From: North VA Member No.: 5,519 |
Oh man, I was in love with the Renraku Arcology Shutdown as soon as I started reading it.
Still haven't actually done a campaign in there. Man, what a trip... Bug City and Universal Brotherhood are classics. Fields of Fire was good too, as was YOTC and Target: Wastelands. Also a big fan of Target: Matrix and Target: Awakened Lands. |
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Feb 1 2005, 09:35 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
Cyberpirates because I'm biased.
RA: Shutdown because you can't beat a good horror/survival story. |
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Feb 2 2005, 01:20 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,751 Joined: 8-August 03 From: Neighbor of the Beast Member No.: 5,375 |
Sprawl Sites. It has maps. 8)
After that, UB and Bug City. IMO, some of the best SR wirting there is can be found in the UB book. I like 2XS as the tie in novel better. :) |
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Feb 2 2005, 01:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 865 Joined: 31-December 03 From: Shadows of Britain Member No.: 5,944 |
I must admit to being very fond of DotSW. Havent untilised it yet in anything but i find the book somewhat entertaining.
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Feb 3 2005, 12:43 AM
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I have to amend my position. UB was a great book which gave me a real feeling of dread reading it even though I knew about the Bugs, but as this book was unfolding it was just... amazing. As fiction, it is by far the best.
But I still think Bug City is the best SB. UB is practically on top of it for the spot, though. |
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Feb 3 2005, 11:02 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 |
UB was really cool, i really enjoyed it. I think Atzlan was cool too, but all the immoral elves and dragons chatting in it are really boring.
My favourite book after all is still Cyberpirates - i love the Africa-chapter :D |
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Feb 3 2005, 11:45 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
Now see for me, because I can't speak for you, Aztlan was like wow! At the time nobody knew who these people were, sure we speculated-but there was a mystery to it. And that was what kept me hooked buying SR.
I remember when the Seattle SOurcebook came out, and I was just like WOW! What game did this? Same for the Street Sam's catalouge. Now a days we get a little cynical I think. We've seen so much, so it's harder to shock us. |
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