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Message no. 1
From: "Steven A. Tinner" <bluewizard@*****.COM>
Subject: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:44:51 -0400
WTF is this?
OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall what
Running Short is.

Is the book out?

I'm thumbing through High Tech & Low Life, and there's the cover art, sure
as shit.
Did I miss a book?

Steven A. Tinner
bluewizard@*****.com
http://www.ncweb.com/users/bluewizard
"I'm happier than a carp in a septic tank!"
Message no. 2
From: NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:58:15 -0400
At 01:44 AM 8/27/97 -0400, you wrote:
> WTF is this?
>OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
>I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall what
>Running Short is.
>
>Is the book out?
>
>I'm thumbing through High Tech & Low Life, and there's the cover art, sure
>as shit.
>Did I miss a book?
>

No Running Short is memory serves was/is supposed to be a book designed for
small groups for you guessed it SR.

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Message no. 3
From: "M. Sean Martinez" <ElBandit@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:00:23 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-27 01:43:51 EDT, you write:

<< OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall what
Running Short is.

Is the book out?
>>

Greetings!!!

Since FASA scrapped the project some time ago, I doubt we will ever see it. I
personally was looking forward to it.

-Bandit
Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:25:14 +0100
| WTF is this?
|OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
|I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall what
|Running Short is.

IIRC, it's a book of quicky adventures for one or two characters, and a GM
of course.

|Is the book out?

It's been planned for YEARS. I remember seeing it in the coming soon bit of
the FASA flyer that contained the Harlequin's Back teaser "Voices from the
past"

|I'm thumbing through High Tech & Low Life, and there's the cover art, sure
|as shit.
|Did I miss a book?

If you did, I think we all must have....
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Message no. 5
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:53:45 EDT
On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 01:44:51 -0400 "Steven A. Tinner"
<bluewizard@*****.COM> writes:
> WTF is this?
>OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
>I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall
>what
>Running Short is.
>
>Is the book out?
>
>I'm thumbing through High Tech & Low Life, and there's the cover art,
>sure
>as shit.
>Did I miss a book?


IIRC, there was some discussion on the list, oh, 9 or 10 months ago
concerning 'Running Short' and the RBB2. I think that Running Short wound
up being turned into the RBB2. I think.


/ John Pederson aka Lyle Canthros, shapeshifter-mage \
| I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud |
< and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. >
| --Francis Bacon /----------------------|
\ http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 |lobo1@****.com /
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Message no. 6
From: Michael Broadwater <mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:30:27 -0500
At 10:53 AM 8/27/97 EDT, John E Pederson wrote:
>
>IIRC, there was some discussion on the list, oh, 9 or 10 months ago
>concerning 'Running Short' and the RBB2. I think that Running Short wound
>up being turned into the RBB2. I think.
>
Huh? How do you figure that? Running short was a bunch of runs for 1 or 2
players, how'd it become a vehicle book? I believe that "Running Short"
became "Missions".


Rasputin-the-no-fancy-middle-name-in-dashes-right-now-magekin
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The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be
when you kill them. -- William Clayton
Message no. 7
From: "M. Sean Martinez" <ElBandit@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 11:33:17 -0400
In a message dated 97-08-27 11:31:50 EDT, you write:

<< Huh? How do you figure that? Running short was a bunch of runs for 1 or
2
players, how'd it become a vehicle book? I believe that "Running Short"
became "Missions". >>

No. Missions is in no way related to running short. Running short was canned
before it really got started.

-Bandit
Message no. 8
From: John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:07:28 EDT
On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:30:27 -0500 Michael Broadwater
<mbroadwa@*******.GLENAYRE.COM> writes:

>Huh? How do you figure that? Running short was a bunch of runs for 1
>or 2
>players, how'd it become a vehicle book? I believe that "Running
>Short"
>became "Missions".


I did say 'if' I recall correctly. Apparently, I did not (never having
actually seen the catalog/ad/whatever Running Short was mentioned and
described in). Ah, well, back to the drawing board.


/ John Pederson aka Lyle Canthros, shapeshifter-mage \
| I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud |
< and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. >
| --Francis Bacon /----------------------|
\ http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/4864 |lobo1@****.com /
Message no. 9
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Short?
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 20:50:54 -0700
---"Steven A. Tinner" wrote:
>
> WTF is this?
> OK, so I'm an anal fanboy obsessed with collecting ALL SR products.
> I've heard this name before, but for the life of me, I can't recall
what
> Running Short is.
>
> Is the book out?
>
> I'm thumbing through High Tech & Low Life, and there's the cover
art, sure
> as shit.
> Did I miss a book?

IIRC it was to be a collection of mini-runs to throw in amongst the
bigger modules/campaigns. It was brought up briefly during one of the
FASA seminars and Mike pretty much said the idea fell by the wayside.
I think it was one of the products that took a hit during the time of
swapping developers.

Anyways, no it's never been released. Trust me, I'm an anal GM who
goes for having everything in my library as well. I also have players
that comb the game stores and keep me up to date as I award karma
equal to the dollar value of sourcebooks when donated to my library.

===
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