Euskal Herria

According to Fanpro's Fantasy Shop newsletter Shadows over Europe is "out now" in the US.

"Schatten über Europa"(the German translation) is in the layout process and nearly on its way to the printers.

note: F-Shop information is 3/4-official

Hey, Sirdoom.

Oddly enough, it's listed as out of print at Amazon, but having been released on June 1st.

Don

Kinda like how the Pentium 4 was "out" and "available" but no store hasd one in stock for 6 months after "release"

Let's just agree that the first person to actually lay their mitts on it posts confirmation here... the timing seems about right though.

Ok when the main name on the product doesn't know where it is, we have a problem.

I looked at stiggybaby, nothing and they're usually pretty good.

Is there something to the rumor I read that Russia will be covered in Shadows of Asia?

Um... I highly doubt it. Most of Russia, thanks to the Yakutians, is west of the Urals so classed as European. They do have land in the far east like Vladivostok but that got covered in Target: Smuggler Havens so I don't think they'll waste wordcount repeating it. If they ever did a Target: Eastern Europe maybe, but not in the Asia one.

Flashpoint: Balkans War fever spreads across the Ukraine and beyond as a brutal warlord with corporate ties begins a conquest to unite the Eastern Bloc. Caught between old loyalties and new money, then PCs must subvert the military might of three nations to survive. Can they overcome the rising tide of hatred, or will they become its next victims? Flashpoint: Balkans takes the characters and players to the world of 2064 throughout Eastern Europe in three dark adventures about loyalty, professionalism, and nuyen. An adventure set for experienced and beginner Shadowrun players.

Coming in 2064.

So expect it late '66 then?

I would have classed Turkey as near-east and the Arabian Peninsular and Iran as the middle east. Anything east of that is asia IMO.

Ah well, that probably explains why I got such lousy marks for geography.

I bet you can't wait for it to come out; so you can stop answering these where the H is it questions instead of pride for the work you've done and getting it published.

So... is it time for a Shadows of Europe subforum yet?

As some of you will have seen by now (thanks Bull) Shadows of Europe is now available at Origins. It should make its way into stores over the next coupla weeks. I can't wait till we start getting reviews!

Yay, we get our own forum. Now let's see what people really want to know about SoE...

Where's the elf porn?

Er, no wait a moment. That was just the April Fools Day stuff over on FanPro's SR homepage wasn't it?

Oh well, open the gates and let the games (and criticism) commence!

(Psst, Synner. You run for the shelters and I'll cover you OK?)

"Ooo, Look! Is that Lofwyr and Maria Mercurial's lovechild over there..."

Quickly receeding hoofsteps...

Oh, and just to answer the original question there...

As Synner states its one of the largest chapters in SoE (would have been far bigger but heck, we didn't have the space). Now we tried to cover as much as we could, but realise that the chapter was written as an introduction to the UK for people who have never lived there (IE: American shadowrunners). In this regard it isn't as detailed as the information originally given in the London Sourcebook. Not really surprising when you have to write into an existing history, explain a new country, catch up on over ten years of Sixth world events and how they affected the UK and still manage to squeeze some original new plotlines in there. All whilst bringing over the "feel" of the country to the reader (and mainly to the GM so they can impart that atmosphere to the players).

However, I think we managed it quite nicely considering the wordcount limitations. There was far more written that had to be painfully chopped out (heh, just talk to Synner the Scalpel wielder), and hopefully some of those ideas and paragraphs will manifest in other products. I know that I'll be using them were I can. Take heed all you UK convention goers - you have been forewarned!

PS> I'm not the one to blame about calling football soccer - its so the Americans wouldn't get confused with their nice armoured take-a-break-every-five-seconds version of a real man's sport like Rugby.

Rugby isn't a sport, it's a bar brawl (probably started over a football match) that someone slapped a few rules on

~J

I bought shadows of europe from the fanpro booth at origins the moment they made it available!.

Do I win the bought first contest?.


Aside from that..its...huge =/. I sadly spent most the con reading through it as opposed to playing games!..sad..so sad.

I don't feel qualified to give much additional feedback other then its good and worth the buy ^^.

Darus, even first impressions would be appreciated at this point.

Not much to say other then I really like it..my only complaint is the first two chapters which seem really bland for some reason(just my opinion).

Rest was exicitng to read and learn about.

(Sorry..Im horrible critquer..just an avid fan..^^)

ARGH! Bland he says!

Looks like your a REAL freelancer now huh Synner?

First one down! Repeat, first one down! Mayday, mayday... damm, the radio is blown!

I think he already got some critics on his Lofwyr chapter in Dragons of the Sixth World. Me, on the other hand, is first in line with the Eurocorps. And it's in the first chapter (unless he meant 'section' by 'chapter', then it comes third).

Nothing on Stiggy baby, Amazon said it's sold out.

no. the worst thing a freelancer could do to you would be to quote you, and put Bung's name on it.

Always another possiblity. And we haven't even begun to explore the possibilities offered by Jon's Freelancer Crack...

Using Jon's Freelancer Crack would be way too mean.

Nevermind... Posted it in the wrong thread.

Heh. Reading you developer guys posts is like the real world equivalent of happening upon the "Laughing Man" handle in Shadowland. I feel so silly saying that...

It's ok, most of us are ordinary human beings....

The large majority of us are humans...

and for the rest.....


Adhoc

We typically appreciate it more if you just buy us drinks.

I guess I'm in the minority (again), then. I'd hate to see my name in any of the books and roll my eyes every time I see a name from here, one of the lists, or elsewhere in them. Even moreso when its a handle used by the person writing the entry (and almost every time I've seen that, they were the definitive expert on the subject -- oy).

What I get a kick out of is when they come up with a really creative or witty handle for someone and breath some life into it with equally creative or witty commentary by that character. That's what roleplaying is all about. Copying someone's screen name just pales in comparison, especially considering the rather blase and uninspired handles a lot of people (myself included which is one of the reasons I jump so frequently... haven't found one that 'sings' to me yet) come up with online.

The vaguely nepotistic way in which Shadowtalk handles are drafted is something that goes back to the very beginning. Not saying that's a good quality though; I agree with Misfit Toy, it's kind of silly.

Misfit Toy, is there any time you're not deathly serious about this game?

If preferring creative writing over unimaginitive chatter makes me "deathly serious," I suppose not.