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Message no. 1
From: mbroadwa@*******.glenayre.com (Mike Broadwater)
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:12:17 -0500
> Does anybody know if FASA has done anything official regarding
>New Orleans?
> Has anybody done anything unoffically?
>
> I'm currently writing a way cool(IMHO), way unofficial module regarding
>the lovely and always magical city of New Orleans. It should be finished
>in a week or two. I`ve sent off for some touristy info and maps which
>I'll have to adapt to the 21'st century. If people are interested I`ll
>post the stuff that I have generated for the players to read regarding
>the Big Easy

FASA doesn't have anything official, and the closest that anything has come
was some articles published in White Wolf magazine a couple years ago. Most
of it was about voodoo, but there was some good New Orleans info in it.

Mike Broadwater
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon
"You only need two things in this world. WD40 to make things go, and duct
tape to make them stop."
Message no. 2
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:48:07 -0500
>I did enjoy
>the treatment voodoun got however, now if we just had New Orleans
>sourcebook to go with it <hint hint, grin>

White Wolf did a series on that years ago I believe issues 31 to 35 if my
memory serves. Atleast that's the info I use for my campaign.

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Is it in the "mysterious employer credo" that these little rendezvous always
have to be in exotic locales.

I mean just once wouldn't you like to sit down at a Denny's and plan
an assassination over a French Slam Breakfest?

"Deadpool #1"

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Message no. 3
From: Denzil Kruse <dkruse@***.AZ05.BULL.COM>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:42:00 MST
>>I did enjoy
>>the treatment voodoun got however, now if we just had New Orleans
>>sourcebook to go with it <hint hint, grin>
>
>White Wolf did a series on that years ago I believe issues 31 to 35 if my
>memory serves. Atleast that's the info I use for my campaign.

I have one of those issues, the one with a short adventure in it. Short and
very deadly. The npc nemesis is way out of hand, I guess he is supposed to
get away and be a reacurring theme, because he would chew up any
shadowrunning team I've ever been in. New Orleans was/is/will be a very
interesting city, and I would love to see some info on it. I didn't realize
the White Wolf issue I have was part of a series...I just bought it for the
shadowrun adventure and the pic of the cool chica on the cover.

Denzil Kruse
d.kruse@****.com
Message no. 4
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:09:51 -0500
>I have one of those issues, the one with a short adventure in it. Short and
>very deadly. The npc nemesis is way out of hand, I guess he is supposed to
>get away and be a reacurring theme, because he would chew up any
>shadowrunning team I've ever been in. New Orleans was/is/will be a very
>interesting city, and I would love to see some info on it. I didn't realize
>the White Wolf issue I have was part of a series...I just bought it for the
>shadowrun adventure and the pic of the cool chica on the cover.
>
>Denzil Kruse
>d.kruse@****.com

I'd heartly advise getting ahold of the rest of the issues. Your best bet is
to directly call White Wolf and see if they still have the back issues. I
talk to Mike McDounough(Sp?) and got copies for nothing. So they do tend to
support the gaming society. Maybe you can con someone else into typing them
up for you.
The articles included a list of archetypes unique to the area "Natives of
the Big Easy", two adventures "The Darkest Shadow" and "Party
Crashers", A
article on voodoo predating the awakenings book "Magic over Bourbon St"
with a much simplier system for houngans which I like alot and finally the
general article "Shadows Across the Big Easy"

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Is it in the "mysterious employer credo" that these little rendezvous always
have to be in exotic locales.

I mean just once wouldn't you like to sit down at a Denny's and plan
an assassination over a French Slam Breakfest?

"Deadpool #1"

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Message no. 5
From: Faux Pas <thomas@********.COM>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:10:31 -0600
At 12:42 PM 1/28/97 MST, you wrote:
>>>I did enjoy
>>>the treatment voodoun got however, now if we just had New Orleans
>>>sourcebook to go with it <hint hint, grin>
>>
>>White Wolf did a series on that years ago I believe issues 31 to 35 if my
>>memory serves. Atleast that's the info I use for my campaign.
>
>I have one of those issues, the one with a short adventure in it. Short and
>very deadly. The npc nemesis is way out of hand, I guess he is supposed to
>get away and be a reacurring theme, because he would chew up any
>shadowrunning team I've ever been in. New Orleans was/is/will be a very
>interesting city, and I would love to see some info on it.

Bill Ashe did a take on New Orleans. The file is over on Paolo's Archives,
under places as "Shadowtourist's Guide to New Orleans".


-Thomas Deeny
telltale.hart.org

"Yes."
-Tamara [soon-to-be] Deeny
Message no. 6
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:39:04 -0500
At 03:10 PM 1/28/97 -0600, Faux Pas babbled:
>Bill Ashe did a take on New Orleans. The file is over on Paolo's Archives,
>under places as "Shadowtourist's Guide to New Orleans".
>
There was also a three part article done in White Wolf (Or was it
Challenge? One of those) Magazine on New Orleans that was done several
years ago... I can't tell you issue numbers off hand, though...

>
>-Thomas Deeny
>telltale.hart.org
>
>"Yes."
> -Tamara [soon-to-be] Deeny
>
Ummmm... Sounds like congratulations are in order, Thomas...

Congrats...

Bull
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Message no. 7
From: Ashelock <woneal@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:44:22 -0005
On 28 Jan 97 at 12:48, NightLife wrote:

> >I did enjoy
> >the treatment voodoun got however, now if we just had New Orleans
> >sourcebook to go with it <hint hint, grin>
>
> White Wolf did a series on that years ago I believe issues 31 to 35 if my
> memory serves. Atleast that's the info I use for my campaign.
>
Thanks for the info... I'll have to see if I can get copies.
--

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Message no. 8
From: Tim Cooper <tpcooper@***.CSUPOMONA.EDU>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:54:17 -0800
On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Ashelock wrote:

> On 28 Jan 97 at 12:48, NightLife wrote:
>
> > >I did enjoy
> > >the treatment voodoun got however, now if we just had New Orleans
> > >sourcebook to go with it <hint hint, grin>
> >
> > White Wolf did a series on that years ago I believe issues 31 to 35 if my
> > memory serves. Atleast that's the info I use for my campaign.
> >
> Thanks for the info... I'll have to see if I can get copies.
> --
>
> Ashelock

You know what's really annoying? Having the latter half of the set and
not being able to find (anywhere) the first - and vastly more usefull 3
issues or so...

~Tim
Message no. 9
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:03:47 -0500
>You know what's really annoying? Having the latter half of the set and
>not being able to find (anywhere) the first - and vastly more usefull 3
>issues or so...
>
> ~Tim

Give White Wolf a call that how I got my second set of the mags. Just make
sure to ask for somebody in charge like Mike Mcdoungh(Sp?).

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Nightlife Inc.
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Is it in the "mysterious employer credo" that these little rendezvous always
have to be in exotic locales.

I mean just once wouldn't you like to sit down at a Denny's and plan
an assassination over a French Slam Breakfest?

"Deadpool #1"

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Message no. 10
From: Tim P Cooper <z-i-m@****.COM>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:19:24 EST
On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:03:47 -0500 NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
writes:
>>You know what's really annoying? Having the latter half of the set
>and
>>not being able to find (anywhere) the first - and vastly more usefull
>3
>>issues or so...
>>
>> ~Tim
>
>Give White Wolf a call that how I got my second set of the mags. Just
>make
>sure to ask for somebody in charge like Mike Mcdoungh(Sp?).
>
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Nightlife Inc.

You mean like:
"Hello? White Wolf games? Uh, yeah... could I speak to Mike please?"
:-)

~Tim
Message no. 11
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: New Orleans
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 00:36:38 -0500
>You mean like:
>"Hello? White Wolf games? Uh, yeah... could I speak to Mike please?"
>:-)
>
>~Tim
>
Something like that. If you want via private e-mail I can send you the
number on the card I've got bear in mind its an old one. Although I did goof
on the first name it's Chris McDonough not Mike my mistake.

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Nightlife Inc.
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Is it in the "mysterious employer credo" that these little rendezvous always
have to be in exotic locales.

I mean just once wouldn't you like to sit down at a Denny's and plan
an assassination over a French Slam Breakfest?

"Deadpool #1"

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Message no. 12
From: Pepe Barbe a19960615@****.edu.pe
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 19:12:37 -0500
Hello everyone,

The GM's work knows not the concept of weekends or festivities. :) So here
I go with another enquiry. I have a White Wolf magazine I got somewhere,
dated from 1992, that has an article about New Orleans for SR. Since my PCs
are about to have a small adventure there I wondered if the NO setting in
Target: Smuggler's Heaven was something alike (I don't have it). For those
who have never seen that article, some of the White Wolf's New Orleans
chracteristics are:

- Zulu Nation: A district of African PPL that has its own jurisdiction
- Ork Town: A district of metahuman, mostly Orks and trolls.
- Lots of vampiric activities.

Pepe
Message no. 13
From: Dan Grabon djmoose@******.kornet.net
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 15:54:09 +0900
On 12/25/00 9:12 AM, Pepe Barbe at a19960615@****.edu.pe wrote:

> The GM's work knows not the concept of weekends or festivities. :) So here
> I go with another enquiry. I have a White Wolf magazine I got somewhere,
> dated from 1992, that has an article about New Orleans for SR. Since my PCs
> are about to have a small adventure there I wondered if the NO setting in
> Target: Smuggler's Heaven was something alike (I don't have it). For those
> who have never seen that article, some of the White Wolf's New Orleans
> chracteristics are:
>
> - Zulu Nation: A district of African PPL that has its own jurisdiction
> - Ork Town: A district of metahuman, mostly Orks and trolls.
> - Lots of vampiric activities.

Wow... I think I had that exact same issue of White Wolf. The *only* one I
had. Also had a quick-and-dirty barely-any-rules LRPG in that issue, right?

Anyway, no, the description of New Orleans in Smuggler Havens doesn't
mention any of those as such, although it does talk a lot about the 'undead'
(incl. ghouls and plenty of zombies). It also mentions that most metahumans
(esp. orks and trolls) have been pushed to outlying areas of the city. But
hey, there isn't much that contradicts the WW stuff, so you could combine
the ideas pretty easily.

Oh, happy holidays everyone, especially to the good folks at FASA. They
zipped me an order that was supposed to take 10 weeks and took about 2
instead. Got here right on Christmas Eve, in fact.

-moose

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Dan "Moose" Grabon - djmoose@******.kornet.net
Things never go wrong. They just don't always go according to plan.
Message no. 14
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 11:18:26 +0100
According to Pepe Barbe, on Mon, 25 Dec 2000 the word on the street was...

> The GM's work knows not the concept of weekends or festivities. :)

Not to mention there are those of us who don't care about all this
Christmas crap in the first place...

> So here I go with another enquiry. I have a White Wolf magazine I got
> somewhere, dated from 1992, that has an article about New Orleans for
> SR.

That would be issue 31, 32, 33, 34 or 35; they ran a series of articles
about voodoo and New Orleans in those.

> Since my PCs are about to have a small adventure there I wondered
> if the NO setting in Target: Smuggler's Heaven was something alike (I
> don't have it).

The two are very different, from what I've seen (I have two of the WWM
issues and Target: Smuggler Havens) and not very compatible, AFAIK. If you
want to run an adventure in New Orleans, you'll have to decide whether you
want to go with the WW version, or buy T:SH and use that instead. If the
idea is to do a single adventure there, and then never get back to the area
again, using WW's material seems like the better choice to me, unless
you've got a need for the other material in T:SH.

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Message no. 15
From: J. Keith Henry neojudas@******************.com
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 05:45:37 -0500
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
Subject: Re: New Orleans


> > Since my PCs are about to have a small adventure there I wondered
> > if the NO setting in Target: Smuggler's Heaven was something alike (I
> > don't have it).
>
> The two are very different, from what I've seen (I have two of the WWM
> issues and Target: Smuggler Havens) and not very compatible, AFAIK. If you
> want to run an adventure in New Orleans, you'll have to decide whether you
> want to go with the WW version, or buy T:SH and use that instead. If the
> idea is to do a single adventure there, and then never get back to the
area
> again, using WW's material seems like the better choice to me, unless
> you've got a need for the other material in T:SH.

And since neither version are very accurate/up-to-snuff with the real
world's issues (Nutria and Platial Depressions) you may as well come up with
something almost completely your own anyway.

What are the two I mentioned?

At the current rate of sinkage, by the year 2060, the city of New Orleans
will be numerous feet under water. No, I'm not kidding. Its a current
"outlook project" for the Army Corp of Engineers.

Nutria... I was stunned at the stuff on these little buggers... okay,
cutesie little furry rodents that eat any kind of vegetation they can get
their hands (and have webbed feet to boot), have webbed feet and reproduce
at a rate that make salmon and rabbits jealous and seeking Viagra
supplements. The problem with them is they are literally devouring whole
sections of the lowlands/bayou's, and as the matte of peat-like vegation is
destroyed along the surface, it is becoming more and more susceptible to
erosion/weather-related damage. Hence, the bayou's are also vanishing.

Has given me tons of ideas for games in just those two little tidbits of
factoids. (Awakened Nutria and a barge-like "Bourbon Street" to start).
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
J. Keith Henry ("K", "NeoJudas")
Hoosier Hacker House (www.hoosierhackerhouse.com)
Message no. 16
From: Mark C Farrington alareth@*********.net
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:38:33 -0500
> Nutria... I was stunned at the stuff on these little buggers... okay,
> cutesie little furry rodents that eat any kind of vegetation they can get
> their hands (and have webbed feet to boot), have webbed feet and reproduce
> at a rate that make salmon and rabbits jealous and seeking Viagra
> supplements. The problem with them is they are literally devouring whole
> sections of the lowlands/bayou's, and as the matte of peat-like
> vegation is
> destroyed along the surface, it is becoming more and more susceptible to
> erosion/weather-related damage. Hence, the bayou's are also vanishing.

And Nutria aren't even originally from the US, they are from South
America. They arrived on a cargo ship in Louisiana during the early
settlement period.

Alareth

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Message no. 17
From: Phil Smith phil_urbanhell@*******.com
Subject: New Orleans
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:34:35 -0000
>From: Pepe Barbe <a19960615@****.edu.pe>
>For those
>who have never seen that article, some of the White Wolf's New Orleans
>chracteristics are:
>
>- Zulu Nation: A district of African PPL that has its own jurisdiction

Nope

>- Ork Town: A district of metahuman, mostly Orks and trolls.

Nope

>- Lots of vampiric activities.

Nope, well, not amazingly high.

T:TH's NO went;

-Less megacorporate activity.
-Lots of mafia activity.
-Lots of Voodoo magic.
-Great love of parties.

Not that the above should stop you from using the WW NO or even your own.

Phil

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