ThreeGee
Jan 20 2008, 02:58 PM
Apologies Fortune you are correct. Someone get the stocks and rotten veg ready...
Kalvan
Jan 20 2008, 03:38 PM
QUOTE (ThreeGee) |
Was the London Sourcebook written by a Brit? I'd be surprised to find out if it was. I only ask because some people seem to have some very odd ideas about the British class system, ideas that seem to derive from Edwardian costume drama and 1940's BW movies. |
Personally it reminded me certain British cyberpunk and other Dystopian SF. It's not so much a literal return to it so much as a cruel parody caused by it's reestablishers lack of attention to the details. The best possible analogy would be the difference between Medieval Serfdom and the Feudal/Manorial system and American Southern Plantation life, or Company Towns.
Synner
Jan 20 2008, 03:45 PM
With a liberal amount of Thatcherism thrown in...
Nath
Jan 20 2008, 04:45 PM
With regards to the
London Sourcebook, both Marc Gascoigne and Carl Sargeant are British, as undoubtly proven by the way they pictured French in their works (remember that scene with the fork in Black Madonna ?

). More precisely, Gascoigne is English, Sargent is Welsh, from no other place than Caerleon.
martindv
Jan 20 2008, 05:04 PM
The fork? Please explain.
Nath
Jan 20 2008, 06:36 PM
In Black Madonna, the team (Sutherland, Geraint, Serrin, the SAS elve and co) goes to southern France. As they approach the secret headquarters of the Priory of Sion, in a small village, a group of peasants blocks them. Sargent and Gascoigne make a great deal of the pitchfork their "leader" holds.
fistandantilus4.0
Jan 20 2008, 10:19 PM
QUOTE (Synner) |
super-duper-secret campaign book |
Oh please
God let that be the title you stick with!
Fortune
Jan 20 2008, 10:22 PM
Yep. That title gets my vote.
Kyoto Kid
Jan 20 2008, 10:32 PM
...I used a a lot of the cultural fluff from the
LS in my
Rhapsody in Shadow Campaign and it worked quite well. For the political situation and current events (it was 2062), I used the material from
SoE.

[Edit: Non sequitur]
QUOTE (Stahlseele) |
must . . resist . . urge to . . comment . . on fortune . . being whipped . . also have to stop writing like shatner talked <.< |
..I thought it was more Homer Simpson.
...must...resist...using...grinbig...smiley...

DOH!
martindv
Jan 20 2008, 10:39 PM
QUOTE (Nath @ Jan 20 2008, 01:36 PM) |
In Black Madonna, the team (Sutherland, Geraint, Serrin, the SAS elve and co) goes to southern France. As they approach the secret headquarters of the Priory of Sion, in a small village, a group of peasants blocks them. Sargent and Gascoigne make a great deal of the pitchfork their "leader" holds. |
I'm sorry. I seem to have blacked out after reaching "Priory of Sion".
Kalvan
Jan 21 2008, 12:21 AM
QUOTE (Synner) |
Feral Cities has been assigned as currently in development.
(snip.)
We are still accepting submissions for Runner's Companion (though those will be closed soon). After that come:- Crime Time aka the Underworld sb (working title),
- Corp Guide (working title),
- Awakened Haunts,
- Running Wild,
- super-duper-secret campaign book
- Cities of Intrigue,
- Strange Places (extreme locations such as space stations, Mars bases, Antarctic arcologies, undersea cities).
|
So, where do Arsenal, Motor Pool, and Unwired fit in?
Kalvan
Jan 21 2008, 12:31 AM
BTW, Here are places I would like to see in Awakened Haunts
1. Boston
2. New Orleans
3. Metropole (Since it includes Rio de Janeiro)
4. Snowdownia County, Wales and/or the Scottish Wild Zone
5. Transylvania, Especially Southern Transylvania
6. Aden City
7. Ayuddha, Thailand
8. Ankgor Wat
9. Nan Matol
Ryu
Jan 21 2008, 12:36 AM
QUOTE (Kalvan) |
QUOTE (Synner @ Jan 18 2008, 03:09 PM) | Feral Cities has been assigned as currently in development.
(snip.)
We are still accepting submissions for Runner's Companion (though those will be closed soon). After that come:
- Crime Time aka the Underworld sb (working title),
- Corp Guide (working title),
- Awakened Haunts,
- Running Wild,
- super-duper-secret campaign book
- Cities of Intrigue,
- Strange Places (extreme locations such as space stations, Mars bases, Antarctic arcologies, undersea cities).
|
So, where do Arsenal, Motor Pool, and Unwired fit in?
|
Into "Accepting Submissions"? Not at all. I don´t know what you mean by "motor pool", but vehicles are in Arsenal.
Fortune
Jan 21 2008, 12:36 AM
QUOTE (Kalvan @ Jan 21 2008, 10:21 AM) |
So, where do Arsenal, Motor Pool, and Unwired fit in? |
Arsenal is at the printers, and will be the next book released. Soon!â„¢
There is no Motor Pool book! Vehicles and drones will be covered in the aforementioned Arsenal.
Unwired is the next core supplement, scheduled to be released some time after Arsenal, but hopefully in 2008.
This thread was specifically dealing with the location books, and submission guidelines for future releases. As writing has been completed for the two valid books you mentioned (or if not in the case of Unwired, at least the Authors have been selected), it was not deemed necessary to list them as requiring submissions.
Adam
Jan 21 2008, 12:42 AM
Arsenal is at the printers. A street date will be posted when we have one.
Unwired is in development. More news when it goes to press and then when we have a street date.
I have no idea what "Motor Pool" refers to; we've never used this name to refer to any books in progress that I can remember.
[Edit: Well, guess I shouldn't have paused to get a cup of tea before finishing my post...

]
knasser
Jan 21 2008, 06:14 PM
QUOTE (Adam) |
Arsenal is at the printers. A street date will be posted when we have one. |
Surely that means we at least get a preview, you merciless bastard!
knasser
Jan 21 2008, 06:15 PM
QUOTE (knasser) |
QUOTE (Adam @ Jan 21 2008, 12:42 AM) | Arsenal is at the printers. A street date will be posted when we have one. |
Surely that means we at least get a preview, you merciless bastard!
|
I mean... you're not really a bastard. You're a great bloke, I meant to say.
knasser
Jan 21 2008, 06:15 PM
QUOTE (knasser) |
QUOTE (knasser @ Jan 21 2008, 06:14 PM) | QUOTE (Adam @ Jan 21 2008, 12:42 AM) | Arsenal is at the printers. A street date will be posted when we have one. |
Surely that means we at least get a preview, you merciless bastard!
|
I mean... you're not really a bastard. You're a great bloke, I meant to say.
|
GIVE US A PREVIEW! :_(
fistandantilus4.0
Jan 21 2008, 06:17 PM
Just when you think you've hit bottom .... someone throws you a shovel.
martindv
Jan 21 2008, 06:38 PM
Ah... Someone tosses you a shovel and you double-time digging the hole.
bibliophile20
Jan 22 2008, 03:11 PM
QUOTE (knasser) |
QUOTE (knasser @ Jan 21 2008, 06:15 PM) | QUOTE (knasser @ Jan 21 2008, 06:14 PM) | QUOTE (Adam @ Jan 21 2008, 12:42 AM) | Arsenal is at the printers. A street date will be posted when we have one. |
Surely that means we at least get a preview, you merciless bastard!
|
I mean... you're not really a bastard. You're a great bloke, I meant to say.
|
GIVE US A PREVIEW! :_(
|
*starts chanting* Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview! Preview!
Stahlseele
Jan 22 2008, 03:40 PM
anybody get the "Manatech" part of that one bit of Shadowtalk in Corporate Enclaves?
seems like it will be in there
Ezeckial
Jan 22 2008, 03:43 PM
Yah, I didn't need anything else to pique my interest, and yet they somehow managed to do it.
Ancient History
Jan 22 2008, 04:43 PM
QUOTE (Stahlseele) |
anybody get the "Manatech" part of that one bit of Shadowtalk in Corporate Enclaves? seems like it will be in there |
We've told you before there would be manatech in Arsenal. Heck, it was first mentioned in Street Magic.
Synner
Jan 22 2008, 04:49 PM
QUOTE (Stahlseele) |
anybody get the "Manatech" part of that one bit of Shadowtalk in Corporate Enclaves? seems like it will be in there |
As I mentioned elsewhere, there will be 3-4 pages devoted to "Manatech" in Arsenal - and just so you don't all start going off on wild tangents, none of this technology is coming out of the blue, we're including updates of stuff previously seen in SR3, some stuff that's already been mentioned in Street Magic, as well as quite a few entirely new surprises (I'm kinda partial to the "Petite Brume").
Stahlseele
Jan 22 2008, 05:03 PM
QUOTE (Ancient History) |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jan 22 2008, 03:40 PM) | anybody get the "Manatech" part of that one bit of Shadowtalk in Corporate Enclaves? seems like it will be in there |
We've told you before there would be manatech in Arsenal. Heck, it was first mentioned in Street Magic.
|
it was?
damn it . . now i will have to reread that . . AGAIN <.< . . .
Fortune
Jan 22 2008, 05:39 PM
QUOTE (Synner) |
I'm kinda partial to the "Petite Brume" |
Little fog?
Synner
Jan 22 2008, 09:39 PM
Ancient History
Jan 22 2008, 10:48 PM
Syn continues to surprise me.
Daier Mune
Feb 3 2008, 07:13 PM
hey, sorry for the thread necromancy here, but i was unable to comment on this when it was a current topic.
Considering the fact that Detroit is (mostly) a feral city in modern day, i'd really like to see what happens to it over the course of seventy years of chaos. you want a place that's gone to the dogs? my brother can tell you a story about his van being chased down the street by a roving pack of wild dogs. there are people in other countries, who have never set foot in Detroit, who study the city as the textbook case of urban decay. and hell, i would think the Michigan Militia would have a few things to say about all the political upheaval in the UCAS and the social upheaval of metahumanity.
Fortune
Feb 3 2008, 09:58 PM
Detroit is 2070 is pretty much owned lock, stock and barrel by Ares, and would probably no longer qualify as a 'feral' city.
Daier Mune
Feb 3 2008, 10:07 PM
QUOTE (Fortune @ Feb 3 2008, 04:58 PM)

Detroit is 2070 is pretty much owned lock, stock and barrel by Ares, and would probably no longer qualify as a 'feral' city.
really? hmm. are there any sourcebooks that talk about Detroit? i don't recall anything in the corebook about it. i mean...i certainly didn't read everything in the history chapter, so i might have missed it.
Ancient History
Feb 3 2008, 10:12 PM
Target: UCAS
Draca
Feb 19 2008, 10:27 AM
Hi
I h've only came pass an art preview to arsenal. I know it is already in the electronic shelves, but no pdf preview jet.
martindv
Feb 19 2008, 10:50 AM
So I read the official transcript.
What's the timeline on Cities of Intrigue's location list being finalized?
Synner
Feb 19 2008, 01:10 PM
QUOTE (Draca @ Feb 19 2008, 10:27 AM)

I have only came pass an art preview to arsenal. I know it is already in the electronic shelves, but no pdf preview jet.
Further previews will be released in the next few weeks building up to the street date.
QUOTE (martindv)
What's the timeline on Cities of Intrigue's location list being finalized?
Cities of Intrigue is still a fair way down the line. It's slotted for a 2009 street date with development kicking off later this year. I wouldn't expect the final locations to be selected for several months yet, and they will be at least partially contingent on the proposals (and quality thereof) we recieve in the coming months. That said, we do already have a few submissions on file that we will be reviewing and we do have a short list for which sprawls we'd like to see get the spotlight.
martindv
Feb 19 2008, 05:15 PM
Sounds good.
Method
Feb 19 2008, 07:32 PM
Did anybody happen to watch
Life After People on the History Channel recently? There was some great inspiration in there for Feral Cities...
martindv
Feb 19 2008, 08:26 PM
I bet if I compared Tamatave and Fort Dauphin in Madagascar, they'd be pretty close.
I liked the part where it seemed like there was still life and electricity in the buildings, but then as you get closer you realize that it's just fires being burned for heat/warmth inside abandoned office buildings, or reflecting off the glass from the ground below.
mfb
Feb 20 2008, 01:56 AM
i'm really hoping Athens (Greece in general, really) made the cut. the low-level warfare that's apparently been smoldering in the region for the last several decades would make it work for a feral city, i think, and the fact that the area's impact on the magic of the sixth world is second only to that of the NAN--it's home to three metavariants--makes it a crime to have not covered yet.
Synner
Feb 20 2008, 08:35 AM
Athens will not be in Feral Cities, which is turning out very nicely indeed, but is likely to make the cut in one of the next books.
martindv
Feb 20 2008, 08:49 AM
I have a twenty says that it ends up in Awakened Haunts.
mfb
Feb 20 2008, 09:42 AM
that'd work.
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