Shadows of Asia PDF preview, TOC & Introduction |
Shadows of Asia PDF preview, TOC & Introduction |
Aug 6 2005, 02:58 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
For those who are interested in knowing what's in SoA, Drivethru has a free pdf preview available:
PDF Link It's roughly 1 Mb. Contents: Back cover, internal cover, table of contents, credits and introduction. |
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Aug 6 2005, 03:20 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
INTRODUCTION 5
LOOKING TOWARD THE RISING SUN 6 NEO-ASIA 7 The Corporate East 7 Japan. Inc. 7 Pacific Prosperity Group 8 The Asia Twenty 8 Eastern Spirituality 15 Buddhism 16 Confucianism 16 Daoism 17 Hinduism 18 Islam 19 Shamanism 19 Shinto 20 Zoroastrianism 20 CHINESE PUZZLE 21 Fall of the House of Mao 21 The Republic Civil War 22 The Nationalist War 22 The Canton Confederation: East Meets West 24 Macao 27 Zhurong Peak 27 South China Sea 28 Neighbors 28 Hong Kong Free Enterprise Zone 29 Victoria Harbor 31 Aberdeen 31 Kowloon 32 Lantau 32 The New Territories 32 Manchuria: Power of the People 32 Shen Yao-Xiang and the Three Wise Men 33 Spirits of the People 33 The Ta’ren 34 Manchuria and Extraterritoriality 34 Shaanxi: Great Underground Empire 35 Monarchs to Behold the Swelling Scene 35 And Rouse at the Name of Shaanxi 36 A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act 36 Occasions and Causes in All Things 37 A Peopled Kingdom 37 Beijing: Mandate of Heaven 39 Emperor of Heaven and Earth 40 The Forbidden City 40 Tiananmen Square 41 Tan Tien Corporation 41 The Republic of China: Rump State 42 Henan: Great Leap Backward 42 The Little Red Book (2064 Edition) 42 The Bourgeoisie 43 Champions of the Workers 43 Party Apparatchiks 43 Song Shan 44 Sichuan: Warring State 44 The Barrel of a Gun 44 Magical Meritocracy 45 Atomic Enlightenment 46 Locations of Interest 46 Other Splinter States 47 Coastal Provinces: Made in China 47 Western China: Wild, Wild West 48 INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 50 Indian Union: Spice of Life 50 Chaos Resplendent 52 Urban Chakras 56 New Delhi: Political Capitol 57 Calcutta: Economic Powerhouse 58 The MBC Axis: Open Heart 59 Bombay: Bollywood Melodrama 59 Crime Pays 60 Land of Wonder 61 Indian Pilgrimage 62 Bangla Commonwealth 64 Khalistan 65 Kashmir Wastes 66 Nepal 66 Pakistan 67 Sri Lanka 68 Tibet 68 The Maya Cloud 69 The Roof of the World 70 The Search for the Dalai Lama 71 The Stewards of Tibet 72 |
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Aug 6 2005, 03:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
I'm cutting and pasting ths from the preview, so bear with me if I take a few minutes.
JAPAN 73 Empire at Large 73 Rise of the Japanacorps 74 The Downward Spiral 76 Ring of Fire, Sea of Ash 77 Iron Triangle: The Powers That Be 79 Emperor Yasuhito 79 Taro Yonekura 79 Hitomi Shiawase 80 The Wraith 80 The National Diet 81 Japanacorps 81 Ryumyo 82 Shinto and the Kami 82 In the Shadows 83 Yakuza 83 Ninja Societies 84 Koga 84 Oni-do 85 Code of the Salaryman 85 Japan: An Outsider’s View 86 Japan: An Insider’s View 87 Pop Culture Gone Wild 88 Idoru 88 Moe Obsessions 88 Robots 90 Places of Note 90 The Nippon Matrix 90 Neo-Tokyo 91 Ise Jingu 92 Nagasaki 92 THE MIDDLE EAST 93 The Arabian Caliphate 96 Blending In 96 Culture Gap 97 Tribal Allegiances 98 Tools of the Trade 98 Underworld Among the Dunes 101 Sand Castles 101 Iran and Iraq: Saints and Sinners 102 The Islamic Republic of Iran 102 The Federal Republic of Iraq 105 Israel, Palestine and Jerusalem 107 Olive Trees and Nuclear Warheads 107 Kings, Prophets and Thieves 109 Merchants 110 Land of Milk and Honey 110 Turkey 112 Islam vs. Secularism 112 History 113 The Secular Republic of Turkey (West Turkey) 114 Free City of Constantinople (Istanbul) 115 East Anatolia (East Turkey) 116 Other Middle East Countries 117 Afghanistan 117 Cyprus 119 Kurdish Autonomous Zone 119 Syria 119 Update 120 RED STORM RISING 121 Of Mice and Men 121 Russian Roulette 122 Ultra-Nationalism 122 National Supreme Soviet 124 The Red Army 125 The GRU 126 Spetsnaz 126 The UGB 126 Russian Orthodox Church 127 The MVD 128 The Vory 129 Saeder-Krupp 130 Zeta-ImpChem 131 Yamatetsu 132 Cross Applied Technologies 133 The Human Nation 134 Across the Rodina 134 Moscow 134 St. Petersburg 135 Kronstadt 136 Nizhniy Novgorod 136 Volgograd 137 Novosibirsk 138 Irkutsk 138 Vladivostok 138 Petropavlosk-Kamchatsky 139 Svobodniy 139 Yakut: Call of the Wild 140 Revolution Gone Awry 140 Freedom Rock 141 Spiritual Civil War 141 The Savage Land 143 SOUTHEAST ASIA 145 Indochina 145 Generalities 145 Society 146 The Underworld 148 Indochinese Urban Centers 149 Burma: Corrupted Dream 151 Cambodia: Coveted Ruins 152 The Kashin State: The Green Dove 153 Laos: Shaking the Leash 154 Pattani Islamic Republic: Smuggling Haven 154 The Shan State: The Neverending Fight 154 Thailand: Little Japan 155 Vietnam: Apocalypse Now 156 Yunnan: The Druglords’ Garden157 Shattered Indonesia 157 Breaking Apart 158 Indonesian Islamism vs. Awakened Animism 158 The Javanese Republic 159 The Sumatran Alliance 161 The Enlightened Kingdom of Bali & Lombok 162 The Dayak Council of Borneo & Sulawesi 163 The Remaining Malay Archipelago 163 Independent State of New Guinea 164 Mompracen—The Floating Market 165 Malaysia 166 Politics 167 Malaysia Online 168 Banking 169 The Triads 170 Kuala Lumpur 170 Singapore, Inc. 170 The Strait of Malacca 172 The Philippines 172 Land of Broken Promises 172 The Hukbo Ng Bayan Laban Sa Hapon 176 The Imperial Prefecture 178 Kaingineros 179 Typhoons of Change 180 Breeding in the Shadows 180 THE REST OF ASIA 181 Republic of Korea 181 Riding the Tiger 182 Regime Change, Korean Style 184 Dynamic Korea 185 Places to Go, People to Frag 187 Mongolia 189 The Mongols 189 The Corps 190 Oceania 190 Islands on the Edge of Tomorrow 191 Melanesia—The “Black Islands” 192 Micronesia: The “Small Islands”193 Polynesia: The “Many Islands” 194 The Kingdom of Hawai’i 195 Aotearoa-New Zealand 197 Transcaucasian Federation 199 The Caspian Sea 200 Azerbaijan 200 Georgia 200 Armenia 201 Turkestan: Crossroads Of Asia 201 The Turkic Peoples 202 The Nomadic Hordes 202 Citizens of the Sprawl 203 Power and Conflicts 205 Saeder-Krupp 205 The Mining Wars 206 Project Endgame 206 |
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Aug 6 2005, 03:41 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
GAME INFORMATION 207
Traditions within Traditions 207 Buddhism 207 Confucianism 208 Hinduism 208 Islam 208 Eastern Shamanism 208 Shinto 208 Daoism 208 Zoroastrianism 210 China 210 Getting In/Out 210 Running In China 210 Hong Kong Wild Magic 211 Manchurian Magic 211 The Five Sacred Mountains 211 Background Count In Western China 212 Indian Subcontinent 212 Getting In/Out 212 Atmoshere 212 Current Affairs 212 The Ganges 213 The Orissa Network and the Jyotirlinga 214 Tibet 214 Japan 216 Getting In/Out 216 Visas and Landing Permission 218 The Nippon Matrix 218 Running In Japan 218 Japanese Magic 218 Middle East 218 Getting In/Out 218 Running In the Middle East 219 Middle East Adventure Ideas 220 Russia and Yakut 221 Russia 221 Yakut 221 Southeast Asia 222 Getting In/Out 223 Running In Indochina 223 Running In Malaysia 224 Running In the Philippines 224 The Rest of Asia 225 Korea 225 Mongolia 225 Oceania 226 Turkestan 226 Border Crossing 227 |
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Aug 6 2005, 06:05 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Good lord I' going to have a lot of reading to do
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Aug 6 2005, 11:03 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
They're not serious, are they? |
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Aug 7 2005, 04:14 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
How many pages is that running again?
Plus the 360 something of SR4? The Sys Fail and SoLA.. yeah, be buried in books for a while Oh happy day! |
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Aug 7 2005, 04:37 AM
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Prime Runner Group: Retired Admins Posts: 3,929 Joined: 26-February 02 From: .ca Member No.: 51 |
Shadows of Asia is 232 pages; SR4 is 352.
I hope to put up a larger preview of SOA this week -- I actually didn't mean for DTRPG to automatically build one, but it's cool that they did. |
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Aug 7 2005, 08:59 AM
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Uncle Fisty Group: Admin Posts: 13,891 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Next To Her Member No.: 6,928 |
thanks Adam, now I can plan my next two months better.
good times, good times |
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