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Message no. 1
From: Matthew M. Teixeira mteixei1@*****.rr.com
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 20:51:06 -0400
Hail Chummers!

Have some cash to spend on Shadowrun materials and I'm curious as to waht
you all recommend to a returning player (last played first edition). I have
3rd Ed. Rules, Grimoire (1st), Sprawl Sites(1st), London Sourcebook(1st),
CyberTechnology and Fields of Fire. I have a few old adventures and the new
First Run.

Anything that I should buy? I am GM'ing an online game and playing
(hopefully in a PBeM). Appreciate the help.

Matthew M. Teixeira
dgmaster@*****.rr.com
Message no. 2
From: Starrngr@***.com Starrngr@***.com
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:37:38 EDT
In a message dated 6/3/99 5:46:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mteixei1@*****.rr.com writes:

> Anything that I should buy? I am GM'ing an online game and playing
> (hopefully in a PBeM). Appreciate the help.
>

Magic in the Streets. The magic system has changed enough that the
information in the Grimore you have won't work well anymore.
Message no. 3
From: Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 19:58:55 -0500
Starrngr@***.com wrote:
/In a message dated 6/3/99 5:46:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
/mteixei1@*****.rr.com writes:
/
/> Anything that I should buy? I am GM'ing an online game and playing
/> (hopefully in a PBeM). Appreciate the help.
/>
/
/Magic in the Streets. The magic system has changed enough that the
/information in the Grimore you have won't work well anymore.

That's Magic in the Shadows :)
Message no. 4
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:05:35 +0200
According to Matthew M. Teixeira, at 20:51 on 3 Jun 99, the word on
the street was...

> Have some cash to spend on Shadowrun materials and I'm curious as to waht
> you all recommend to a returning player (last played first edition). I have
> 3rd Ed. Rules, Grimoire (1st), Sprawl Sites(1st), London Sourcebook(1st),
> CyberTechnology and Fields of Fire. I have a few old adventures and the new
> First Run.

Take a look at http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/shadowrun for a virtually
complete list of reviews of SR products (except for the latest release,
Magic in the Shadows), plus my recommendations for what you might want to
get next.

Certainly, if I were you I wouldn't use the first-edition Grimoire
anymore, as it's badly outdated. If you want an advanced magic book, buy
Magic in the Shadows, but if I were you I'd wait with that until you've
gotten used to the basic system from the SR3 rulebook.

--
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Message no. 5
From: Geoffrey Haacke knight_errant30@*******.com
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 12:07:41 CST
>From: "Matthew M. Teixeira" <mteixei1@*****.rr.com>

>Hail Chummers!
>
>Have some cash to spend on Shadowrun materials and I'm curious as to waht
>you all recommend to a returning player (last played first edition). I have
>3rd Ed. Rules, Grimoire (1st), Sprawl Sites(1st), London Sourcebook(1st),
>CyberTechnology and Fields of Fire. I have a few old adventures and the new
>First Run.
>
>Anything that I should buy? I am GM'ing an online game and playing
>(hopefully in a PBeM). Appreciate the help.
>

Well, I've heard good things about the other SR3 stuff (Magic in the
Shadows, et al). I've always been a fan of Fields of Fire (SR2 but some
interesting gear and insights into the merc mentality) and Awakenings (the
stuff on pysads is cool, but it mat be in MitS). Shadowrun Comanion is also
good. Other than that, it depends on what style of game you want to play
and where you want to play it. Check out FASA's site. They list a lot of
their products there.

>Matthew M. Teixeira
>dgmaster@*****.rr.com
>
>


Geoff Haacke
"if you not part of the solution then you are part of the precipitate."


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Message no. 6
From: Logan Graves logan1@*****.intercom.net
Subject: Product Recommendations for a newbie
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 11:24:21 -0400
In our last episode, "Matthew M. Teixeira" wrote:
>
> Have some cash to spend on Shadowrun materials and I'm curious as to waht
> you all recommend to a returning player
<snip>
>
> Anything that I should buy? I am GM'ing an online game and playing
> (hopefully in a PBeM). Appreciate the help.

There're a couple of pages on our site, which claims to do just that.
(Did I mention the fact that you can order from there too?)

The GM's List (with short commentary):
http://BigKnobiKlub.virtualAve.net/store4.htm

The Player's Lists (based on char type):
http://BigKnobiKlub.virtualAve.net/store5.htm

Hope this helps,
--Fenris
______________________________________________________logan1@*****.intercom.net
(>) Opinions expressed herein are not only correct,
they're mine. Nyeahh!
(>) Fen

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