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CanRay
"Wait a minute... This network server says 'Fuchi' on it. Who the frag is Fuchi?" "I don't know, probably one of the local gangs so that people know not to mess with it."
hobgoblin
Fuchi?! crap crap crap! Oh, never mind silly.gif
Prime Mover
Ahhh good ole Fuchi. They were my nemesis corp when i ran 1st edition. Seeing their name crop up in 4th would give my vet players a little shiver.
Prime Mover
Any reviews for Fistful of Credsticks up anywhere yet?
CanRay
QUOTE (Prime Mover @ Apr 8 2011, 09:27 AM) *
Ahhh good ole Fuchi. They were my nemesis corp when i ran 1st edition. Seeing their name crop up in 4th would give my vet players a little shiver.

*Chuckles* There's a small part of Fuchi that specializes in "Black Matrix Service Provider" services. Legally. nyahnyah.gif
hobgoblin
Iirc, that came about thanks to some grandfather clauses once fuchi got ripped to shreds...
CanRay
QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Apr 8 2011, 09:36 AM) *
Iirc, that came about thanks to some grandfather clauses once fuchi got ripped to shreds...

Yes. And, having previously worked in the media provider service industry (I was tech support/billing for a New York Cable TV Company), I can tell you those Grandfathered Contracts are a major pain in the...

Ahem.

Anyhow, they swap the contracts around to new people through a loophole in the rules that allows them to do so, and, in fact, they have to do so in order to keep the contracts alive so they don't close up shop.
JM Hardy
QUOTE (Prime Mover @ Apr 8 2011, 09:29 AM) *
Any reviews for Fistful of Credsticks up anywhere yet?


There's one at Drivethrurpg.

Jason H.
CanRay
Looks positive. Too bad my group really hates LA now.

And have been told if they ever go back to California they'll die horrible, painful deaths at the hands of people who are paid to shoot them anywhere but the face for money.
JM Hardy
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 8 2011, 09:54 AM) *
Looks positive. Too bad my group really hates LA now.

And have been told if they ever go back to California they'll die horrible, painful deaths at the hands of people who are paid to shoot them anywhere but the face for money.


Hey, LA is in the PCC, so they're fine! Except for that hating LA part.

Jason H.
CanRay
QUOTE (JM Hardy @ Apr 8 2011, 11:36 AM) *
Hey, LA is in the PCC, so they're fine! Except for that hating LA part.

Jason H.

They're close enough to California, and the price is big enough, that they could be dragged to CFS, and beaten to death.

See what happens when you impersonate nobility from The Black Forest Troll Kingdom?
JM Hardy
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 8 2011, 12:48 PM) *
They're close enough to California, and the price is big enough, that they could be dragged to CFS, and beaten to death.

See what happens when you impersonate nobility from The Black Forest Troll Kingdom?


At least they learned an Important Life Lesson.

Jason H.
Brazilian_Shinobi
QUOTE (JM Hardy @ Apr 8 2011, 03:13 PM) *
At least they learned an Important Life Lesson.

Jason H.


Don't pretend you are Baron Von Troll?
JM Hardy
QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Apr 8 2011, 02:42 PM) *
Don't pretend you are Baron Von Troll?


Only once a year.

Jason H.
Doc Chase
QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Apr 8 2011, 07:42 PM) *
Don't pretend you are Baron Von Troll?


I just had a horrible, vicious idea for Gencon this year.
Xahn Borealis
Why am I imagining a guy with an accent halfway between Stereotypical Transylvanian Vampire and Marvin The Martian?
Doc Chase
QUOTE (Xahn Borealis @ Apr 8 2011, 07:50 PM) *
Why am I imagining a guy with an accent halfway between Stereotypical Transylvanian Vampire and Marvin The Martian?


Because I can't do accents for shit, that's why.
Brazilian_Shinobi
QUOTE (JM Hardy @ Apr 8 2011, 04:47 PM) *
Only once a year.

Jason H.


Because one guy dressed as a german noble troll it is just weird, but when many guys dressed like this gather around it is a convention smile.gif
CanRay
QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Apr 8 2011, 02:42 PM) *
Don't pretend you are Baron Von Troll?

Baron Von Vanderpluffe is an Ork, but, yes, that is an important life lesson.

The other life lesson they haven't learned is research/legwork, or else they'd know why not to mess with him. All they know about him so far is that his castle has severed heads impaled on spikes. And a human servant named Deiter.
Sengir
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 8 2011, 02:54 PM) *
Looks positive.

Well, considering that the only downside this guy mentions in his review of W! is the inclusion of profanity, I'd take his opinion with a grain of salt wink.gif
CanRay
QUOTE (Sengir @ Apr 9 2011, 07:39 AM) *
Well, considering that the only downside this guy mentions in his review of W! is the inclusion of profanity, I'd take his opinion with a grain of salt wink.gif

...

Apparently he's never read a Shadowrun anything before. Damn.

OK, anyone got a review from a credible source now? (No offense, Jason, but if this guy is complaining about swearing in Shadowrun, he doesn't know his hoop from his slot!).
Sengir
I consider buying and plundering it for plot ideas (cf. TJ's sig biggrin.gif), since my group has decided to stay in LA for a little longer...if my curiosity gets the better of me I'll post a short review.
Bira
So, I decided to take the plunge and buy both this and "Hiding in the Dark", the newest Missions adventure.

A Fistful of Credsticks is a decent adventure, but not a truly great one. It does a good job of exposing your shadowrunners to the Sixth World celebrity scene, but despite being labeled as a "Horizon Adventure" the part of it that actually has anything to do with Horizon is a bit contrived. It feels like it was added later, and so this book suffers from a somewhat attenuated form of the problem First Run had. The first half of it is a perfectly fine series of shadowruns, with no relation to Horizon. Getting the second part to happen takes a lot of railroading on the part of the GM, or some work to make it better. It does give those who thought Horizon was "too clean" something to chew on, though. A spoilery review follows:

[ Spoiler ]
Pepsi Jedi
QUOTE (Bira @ Apr 18 2011, 10:48 AM) *
So, I decided to take the plunge and buy both this and "Hiding in the Dark", the newest Missions adventure.

A Fistful of Credsticks is a decent adventure, but not a truly great one. It does a good job of exposing your shadowrunners to the Sixth World celebrity scene, but despite being labeled as a "Horizon Adventure" the part of it that actually has anything to do with Horizon is a bit contrived. It feels like it was added later, and so this book suffers from a somewhat attenuated form of the problem First Run had. The first half of it is a perfectly fine series of shadowruns, with no relation to Horizon. Getting the second part to happen takes a lot of railroading on the part of the GM, or some work to make it better. It does give those who thought Horizon was "too clean" something to chew on, though. A spoilery review follows:

[ Spoiler ]


Excellent review. Thank you!
Bira
Thanks!
Prime Mover
Nice review. It definitely brings up memories of older edition adventures along the lines of Dreamchipper.
Grinder
Anyone else who wants to give us a review of the book?
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