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Message no. 1
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 14:51:29 -0700
Lehlan Decker wrote:
/
/ Maybe we sould alter the thread and point out our least favorites.

<changes subject heading>

Done.

Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?

-David
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Message no. 2
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:57:17 -0500
On Thu, Dec 11, 1997 at 02:51:29PM -0700, David Buehrer wrote:
> Lehlan Decker wrote:
> /
> / Maybe we sould alter the thread and point out our least favorites.
>
> <changes subject heading>
>
> Done.
>
> Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?
>

Heh..Ok, my current favorite is cyberpirates. I'm a water
person by nature, and I've been waiting for this book awhile.
(I'm not impatiently waiting Smugglers Haven).

Least Favorite....tough call. I'll go with the Corp Sec book.
It didn't really do much for me, and on top of that introduced
rules (sec riggers etc) that weren't totally fleshed out,
leaving me fustrated. Should have bought that one used.

I'll have to dig back through my collection when I get home to be sure
I didn't forget anything. :)
5 PM, do you know where your meat bod is? Yes I do, its on its
way home from work to study for an exam.


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Message no. 3
From: Barbie <barbie@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:56:02 +0100
At 11-Dez-97 wrote David Buehrer:



>Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?

Rigger 2.
To much conceptual errors and an overall bad feeling.
And at last it didn`t help the rigger character.
Comes maybe from playing a rigger for over six years, who knows?
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Message no. 4
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 15:52:18 -0700
At 14:51 12/11/97 -0700, you wrote:

>Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?

London: It was just so blah. Glad I didn't pay full price for it.

Shadowtech: Nothing wrong with the info, but I thought the book has
horribly laid out. One piece of gear per page, big picture, shadowcomments
wrapping between pages, lots of black spots with white text, ICK.

-Adam J


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Message no. 5
From: Deosyne <deosyne@*********.NET>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:35:00 -0500
> Lehlan Decker wrote:
> /
> / Maybe we sould alter the thread and point out our least favorites.
>
> <changes subject heading>
>
> Done.
>
> Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?
>

Prime Runners. Like I really need to blow a twenty on a bunch of NPC's.

Shawn

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Message no. 6
From: "Simon T. Sailer" <Simon.Sailer@****.AC.AT>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 08:41:09 +0100
> >Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?
>
> Shadowtech: Nothing wrong with the info, but I thought the book has
> horribly laid out. One piece of gear per page, big picture, shadowcomments
> wrapping between pages, lots of black spots with white text, ICK.
>
> -Adam J

Strange- Shadowtech is my favourite... It introduced legality
ratings, which is a really good move, did LOTS of explanations on
some topics that needed to be explained badly (cybwerware and bioware
implantation procedure, crime, bioware developement...). It is
further a book with a really big impact on the game- gives the
gamemaster and the players lots of new possibilities...
I also liked the semi-scientific comments to each item...
And to top the whole thing, the shadow-comments were quite amusing
and useful... unlike many other books.

ss
Message no. 7
From: William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:08:14 +0100
The sourcebook the most pleasant to read was Aztlan sourcebook. The most
important for playing is, well... The grimoire. If you don't count such
books, lets say Threats for all the stuff contained in it.
The least favorite is sprawl sites, which is of no use and do give stupid
plots of small adventures. Oh, I forgot to say that I didn't like street
sam catalog II because it was the same as the first, it had some pages with
a big BANNED on it and because some stats were for the first ed !!!


Cobra.

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Message no. 8
From: William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:15:12 +0100
>Prime Runners. Like I really need to blow a twenty on a bunch of NPC's.

Yep. I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had described
the famous shadowrunners we hear about in the novels : Fastjack, Argent,
Sam ...

Cobra.

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Message no. 9
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:53:29 +0100
David Buehrer said on 14:51/11 Dec 97...

> Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?

There's not a single or whole sourcebook that I'd say is my least
favorite. I don't like certain parts of some sourcebooks, but I do like
other parts of those same books. Sprawl Sites is a good example: the maps
are okay (though they could be better, but at least they're useful), and
the archetypes and contacts are handy, but the encounters are almost
worthless, IMHO. Every time I've tried using the encounter tables I've had
to roll half a dozen times before I came up with something remotely
usable.

The Companion I have similar gripes with. Many of the new rules assume
too much or don't mesh with existing rules all that well. I'm not overly
fond of the new races either, mostly because they don't really make sense
(in as far as fantasy has to make sense, of course).

Corporate Security falls somewhere in the middle between liking and no
liking. On the one hand it's a good primer for how to decently defend a
corp's building, but it also suffers from being mostly redundant if the GM
just uses common sense.

Bug City -- cool info about Chicago, but hardly anything about running
campaigns in the CZ. All it does is give some facts and important people,
and then leaves you in the dark as to what kind of adventures to create
with them. Some more info about getting in and out would have been useful
as well.


As for sourcebooks I do like for the most part, one is Corporate
Shadowfiles, even though it doesn't do much for the actual game. Good
background on how corps actually work. Lone Star is also one of my
favorites -- every GM should have it, if only to make the players scared
of the Law ;) I like Shadowtech too, mostly because of the new toys and
the explanations behind them. Without Shadowtech, it's mostly "How does
your cybereware work? Well, erm, it just does."

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Message no. 10
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 07:53:35 -0700
David Buehrer wrote:
/
/ Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?

R2.

This is not meant as a slam to Mr. Szeto. Jon, you did a great job
writing R2 and you have my respect and admiration.

R2 was a let down because I had such high expectations. I wanted a
simple and quick vehicle combat system that wasn't abstract. I
wanted a vehicle modification/design system with twice as many
options as in RBB. I wanted a long list of vehicles to play with. I
wanted good and realistic pictures (in the RBB there is a picture of
a plane that can't possible fly).

In all fairness to Jon and FASA I'm going to wait a few more weeks
and then try to read R2 without any preconcieved notions of what it
should be. So my opinion may change :)

(Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)

-David
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Message no. 11
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 09:54:29 -0500
On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 10:15:12AM +0100, William Gallas wrote:
> >Prime Runners. Like I really need to blow a twenty on a bunch of NPC's.
>
> Yep. I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had described
> the famous shadowrunners we hear about in the novels : Fastjack, Argent,
> Sam ...
>
I'll agree, but I'm kinda glad they didn't.
The moment you give something stats, you can either kill it, or surpass it. Legends can do
whatever you want them to do. (Ghost and Salley have
made guest appearances in my game, so has FJ).

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Message no. 12
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:08:25 -0500
On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:53:35AM -0700, David Buehrer wrote:
> David Buehrer wrote:
> /
> / Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?
>
> R2.
>
> This is not meant as a slam to Mr. Szeto. Jon, you did a great job
> writing R2 and you have my respect and admiration.
>
> R2 was a let down because I had such high expectations. I wanted a
> simple and quick vehicle combat system that wasn't abstract. I
> wanted a vehicle modification/design system with twice as many
> options as in RBB. I wanted a long list of vehicles to play with. I
> wanted good and realistic pictures (in the RBB there is a picture of
> a plane that can't possible fly).
>
> In all fairness to Jon and FASA I'm going to wait a few more weeks
> and then try to read R2 without any preconcieved notions of what it
> should be. So my opinion may change :)
>
> (Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
> with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
> vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)
>

Excellent idea. I'd be willing to shell out another $15 for
more detail. I'm sure there are many people on the list who
could email ideas, suggestions, etc. :)
If not, it sounds like an idea for netbook. :)



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Message no. 13
From: William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:17:18 +0100
>> Yep. I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had described
>> the famous shadowrunners we hear about in the novels : Fastjack, Argent,
>> Sam ...
>>
>I'll agree, but I'm kinda glad they didn't.
>The moment you give something stats, you can either kill it, or surpass
it. Legends can do whatever you want them to do. (Ghost and Salley have
>made guest appearances in my game, so has FJ).

So, we'll have to ask FASA to make a Prime Runner sourcebook with the
legendary runners from the novels, their stories, scenarii ideas and no stats.


Cobra.

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Message no. 14
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:23:29 -0500
On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 04:17:18PM +0100, William Gallas wrote:
> >> Yep. I think it would have been a lot more interesting if it had described
> >> the famous shadowrunners we hear about in the novels : Fastjack, Argent,
> >> Sam ...
> >>
> >I'll agree, but I'm kinda glad they didn't.
> >The moment you give something stats, you can either kill it, or surpass
> it. Legends can do whatever you want them to do. (Ghost and Salley have
> >made guest appearances in my game, so has FJ).
>
> So, we'll have to ask FASA to make a Prime Runner sourcebook with the
> legendary runners from the novels, their stories, scenarii ideas and no stats.
>
>
That might be cool. Although that might kill some of the
shadowtalk in the books. I look foward to each new book, who
will be in it, and what they will say. (Ex Hangfire being
a former company man, FJ revealing his age etc).


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Message no. 15
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:56:11 -0500
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:17:18 +0100 William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
writes:

>So, we'll have to ask FASA to make a Prime Runner sourcebook with the
>legendary runners from the novels, their stories, scenarii ideas and
>no stats.


Maybe they could bundle it with the Contacts/archetypes book that will
almost certainly be included with the SR3 GM's screen?



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Message no. 16
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:48:12 -0700
At 10:08 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:53:35AM -0700, David Buehrer wrote:
>> (Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
>> with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
>> vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)

>Excellent idea. I'd be willing to shell out another $15 for
>more detail. I'm sure there are many people on the list who
>could email ideas, suggestions, etc. :)
>If not, it sounds like an idea for netbook. :)

*cough*
TSS-06
*cough*

I hope..

-Adam J

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Message no. 17
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:51:32 -0500
On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 12:48:12PM -0700, Adam J wrote:
> At 10:08 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:53:35AM -0700, David Buehrer wrote:
> >> (Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
> >> with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
> >> vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)
>
> >Excellent idea. I'd be willing to shell out another $15 for
> >more detail. I'm sure there are many people on the list who
> >could email ideas, suggestions, etc. :)
> >If not, it sounds like an idea for netbook. :)
>
> *cough*
> TSS-06
> *cough*
>
> I hope..
>

Heh..that was subtle. :)

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Message no. 18
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:02:13 -0700
Adam J wrote:
/
/ At 10:08 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
/ >On Fri, Dec 12, 1997 at 07:53:35AM -0700, David Buehrer wrote:
/ >> (Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
/ >> with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
/ >> vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)
/
/ >Excellent idea. I'd be willing to shell out another $15 for
/ >more detail. I'm sure there are many people on the list who
/ >could email ideas, suggestions, etc. :)
/ >If not, it sounds like an idea for netbook. :)
/
/ *cough*
/ TSS-06
/ *cough*
/
/ I hope..

...oh yeah. Sorry Adam. I completely forgot.

-David
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Message no. 19
From: Zixx <t_berghoff@*********.NETSURF.DE>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:12:31 +0000
On 11 Dec 97 at 16:57, Lehlan Decker wrote:


> Least Favorite....tough call. I'll go with the Corp Sec book.
> It didn't really do much for me, and on top of that introduced
> rules (sec riggers etc) that weren't totally fleshed out,
> leaving me fustrated. Should have bought that one used.

Funny, I like the CSH quite a lot. It gives quite a good feel for the
security systems of 205x. Sure, most wasn't completely fleshed out, but
that was mostly stuff you could create on the fly.

My least favorite ATM is the Seattle Sourcebook, as it's completely useless
during games: No index and no way to figure out what kind of bars are where
you are now. And LOTS of useless stuff that just takes up space.
From the parts I read of it, Tir Na Nog has pretty good chances on
taking that place. I onlyt read parts of the history part and
nearly vomited a few times (Yeah, the IRA performes magic before
12/24/2011, but Ehran can't....)


Tobias Berghoff a.k.a Zixx a.k.a. Charon, your friendly werepanther physad.

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Message no. 20
From: Zixx <t_berghoff@*********.NETSURF.DE>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 00:12:31 +0000
On 11 Dec 97 at 22:56, Barbie wrote:

> At 11-Dez-97 wrote David Buehrer:
>
>
>
> >Which sourcebook is your *least* favorite, and why?
>
> Rigger 2.
> To much conceptual errors and an overall bad feeling.
> And at last it didn`t help the rigger character.
> Comes maybe from playing a rigger for over six years, who knows?

I guess you invented your own rigger type during those years and it's not
really compatible with FASA's. I really like that book and all the
rigger-players in my group just don't want to give it back to me.



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Message no. 21
From: Glenn Robb <GLENNROBB@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:08:42 -0700
If there was a least favorite shadowrun book in my shadowrun library, it would
be Awakenings, although I haven't read it. Since I haven't read any except for
Shadowrun II, the Street Samurai Catalog, and Shadowtech; I can't make a
decision. Sorry.

As for Awakenings being my least favorite: I've been working on a Shadowrun to
Rolemaster conversion lately, and one of my favorite things to do to Rolemaster
is to customize it. The last major customization that I did was convert AD&D
psionics to Rolemaster.

Since the people behind Awakenings say that Magicians are practically walking
Homo Sapiens Superior (psychically or telepathically active humans); it kind of
blows the mystique off the whole possibility of a new meta-type (Homo Sapiens
Superior).

— Elton Robb
Message no. 22
From: Jeremiah Stevens <jeremiah@********.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 19:14:38 -0500
On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Zixx wrote:

> On 11 Dec 97 at 16:57, Lehlan Decker wrote:
>
>
> > Least Favorite....tough call. I'll go with the Corp Sec book.
> > It didn't really do much for me, and on top of that introduced
> > rules (sec riggers etc) that weren't totally fleshed out,
> > leaving me fustrated. Should have bought that one used.
>
> Funny, I like the CSH quite a lot. It gives quite a good feel for the
> security systems of 205x. Sure, most wasn't completely fleshed out, but
> that was mostly stuff you could create on the fly.
>
> My least favorite ATM is the Seattle Sourcebook, as it's completely useless
> during games: No index and no way to figure out what kind of bars are where
> you are now. And LOTS of useless stuff that just takes up space.
> From the parts I read of it, Tir Na Nog has pretty good chances on
> taking that place. I onlyt read parts of the history part and
> nearly vomited a few times (Yeah, the IRA performes magic before
> 12/24/2011, but Ehran can't....)

I would agree there. just read the traditional Irish/Celtic mythology for
the historical aspects, some biographys of major figures from the IRA,
like Michael Collins and Eamon DeValera, for the politics and a good
travel guide for the culture. Otherwise, the Tir na NoG was pretty
useless. The Ways and Paths are nice, but not earth-shattering and the
future history was okay, but has some unbelievable parts (like the IRA
magic use).
Message no. 23
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:50:00 +0100
Lehlan Decker said on 10:23/12 Dec 97...

> FJ revealing his age etc).

That's easy: he was born in 1999.

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Message no. 24
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 17:35:20 +0000
In article <3.0.5.32.19971211155218.00830670@****.lis.ab.ca>, Adam J
<fro@***.AB.CA> writes
>London: It was just so blah. Glad I didn't pay full price for it.

Allegedly, the authors live here. It's hard to tell. That book is
really, really bad.

One example: a Conservative government devolves power to the regions. To
an American this might be no big deal, but it's the equivalent of Bob
Dole and Newt Gingritch pushing the "Cash Handouts to Drug Addicted
Single Mothers" Bill through Congress.

It suffers from the usual FASA problem of "let's wipe out most of
Scotland so we don't have to write anything about it", too...

(Must stop! Cease ranting!)

It's bad. Leave it at that :)

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praiseworthy...

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Message no. 25
From: Barbie <barbie@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:00:56 +0100
At 13-Dez-97 wrote Zixx:

>

>I guess you invented your own rigger type during those years and it's not
>really compatible with FASA's. I really like that book and all the
>rigger-players in my group just don't want to give it back to me.


Strangely, noone in my town whats to use this book.
And we havn`t chaged much, just drop this position test, modified recoil
anf a few more options added.

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Message no. 26
From: JonSzeto <JonSzeto@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 00:57:12 EST
In a message dated 97-12-12 10:32:35 EST, David Buehrer writes:

> (Hey Jon, have you ever considered writing a companion for R2? One
> with optional vehicle combat rules, more design options, more
> vehicles, and thumbnail pictures of the vehicles? :)
>

Neither FASA nor I have any plans to do a "Vehicle Catalog" sourcebook in the
near future, but we certainly won't rule out the possibility.

-- Jon
Message no. 27
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Least Favorite Sourcebook
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 07:48:33 -0500
On Sat, Dec 13, 1997 at 11:50:00AM +0100, Gurth wrote:
> Lehlan Decker said on 10:23/12 Dec 97...
>
> > FJ revealing his age etc).
>
> That's easy: he was born in 1999.
>

Exactly, but that was revealed to us through his Shadowtalk.
I'd much rather find out interesting tidbits via that method, then
just a sourcebook with his biography in it. (Speaking of
another Prime Runners)
Now a novel is a different story. :)


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