From: | NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com |
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Subject: | Maps in Shadowrun |
Date: | Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:43:41 -0500 |
matter what I did with it... so if it comes across with HTML, I apologize
now...
From: <JLantrip@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Source Vs. Rule
> This is kinda veering away from what I've seen along this topic
> (though I don't see what's wrong with suggesting someone get a map.
> Although, there's a neat one in "New Seattle". I usually pick up a map for
> whatever city I've gm'd in, even if I live[d] there...)...
Most GM's do wind up doing similar things to this.
> I had asked this question to Shadowrun@****.com, but, well, they're
> pretty busy people. Has anyone ever talked to the FASA group about
> "digitizing" the old and OOP sourcebooks? Stuff that they aren't ever
going
> to reprint. Warner Doles talked to Brian/Randall about it for the old
House
> books for Battletech, and that seemed to fly pretty well. (Of course, with
> B-tech...they've gotta remove all the "Unseen" most likely...but no such
> problems in SR)
I know that we not only asked about it, but we did digitization of the maps
through a scanner... played with settings to see how well something would
look.... and even sent the copies of such to Mike at his request. I don't
know if anything will ever come of it.
Maybe when the FASA website is redone (chuckle/mirth/laugh)
> I know that a lot of the material from the older books is getting
> updated in newer ones, but why let it all slide into "Out-of-Print Hell"?
> I'd hate to see all of those older (source)books disappear (even if the
> stats are in 1st/2d edition stuff...I can convert).
>
> Anyone know the odds of getting FASA's approval for this?
Approval for what?
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