 System Failure: Adventure or Sourcebook? |
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 Aug 25 2005, 08:47 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 23-August 05 From: C.A.S. Member No.: 7,601  |
So I have a question about the AWOL System Failure. Of all the descriptions I've read on fanpro's site, and others, as well as this forum, I'm not quite clear on what exactly it's supposed to be...
Is it a sourcebook with adventure ideas like Renraku: Shutdown and Year of the Comet? Or is it a full blown adventure like Brainscan? Or does anybody know? Winter |
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Aug 25 2005, 09:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Usually under a cat Member No.: 864 |
Neither, exactly. It's more like a combination of Mob War and Year of the Comet--it's got three tracks, each of which covers a different aspect of the events around the System Failure. Each one contains the framework of an adventure plus more seeds to help GMs come up with their own games, but it doesn't have completely-written-out adventures like Brainscan did. It's a tracked adventure series with sourcebook-type information and tons of plot hooks.
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Aug 25 2005, 09:50 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
All this winter stuff makes me chilly. Brr.
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Aug 25 2005, 09:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Usually under a cat Member No.: 864 |
Now all we need is for WinterRat to show up and we'll have the trifecta. :) |
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Aug 26 2005, 12:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 23-August 05 From: C.A.S. Member No.: 7,601 |
Hmm. Ok, got it. I never played Mob War, and didn't care too much for Year of the Comet, but the tracked adventure approach definitely sounds useful--both open ended enough for a game to be unique, yet detailed enough to give a clear path. Sounds potentially useful. Thanks.
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Aug 26 2005, 12:23 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67 |
If you ever saw Blood in the Boardroom, a track style is used in that book too.
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Aug 26 2005, 07:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 23-August 05 From: C.A.S. Member No.: 7,601 |
Ooh, Blood in the Boardroom. Fun stuff. :)
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Aug 26 2005, 10:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 1-July 02 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,921 |
Only three tracks? Boo! Then again, I suppose it doesn't matter. I can't claim to have used even 1% of the material in all of the books I own. |
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Aug 27 2005, 06:30 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
The book also contains significant amounts of fiction which build up a patchwork quilt of the in game events as they unfold. These start long before System Failure and some play off material that's been slipped into several books since DotSW.
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Aug 27 2005, 08:10 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 |
Sounds promising :)
Nice to see you back, Synner. Haven't read posts of you in the last time. Or missed them all, which is not unlikely ;) |
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Aug 28 2005, 12:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 188 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 7,622 |
I cannot wait for this book to come out. The background story in SR4 was pretty lacking. I hope this fills in the details.
Any info besides what is on the website? tweak |
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