| From: | Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Shadows underworld : was Re: Chicago questions. |
| Date: | Mon, 14 Oct 1996 11:13:16 GMT |
> <gurth@******.NL> writes
> >Paolo Marcucci said on 8:51/11 Oct 96...
> >
> >> BTW, if anyone read shadows of the underworld, is the book talking about
> >> organized crime? and how?
> >
> >I believe it's just a collection of adventures, like Super Tuesday. There
> >was a review on ShadowGM a few months ago.
>
> Blurb from the back of the book:-
>
> Shadows of the Underworld is a collection of five Shadowrun adventurs
> set against the chaos of the United Canadian and American States
> Presidential election of 2057. The runners get entangled with
> everything from political agents to fanatical cults, from a gun fight
> ont he top of New York's most famous building to the secret world of
> Oakland's metahuman underground.
>
It is a lot less directly linked up than the Super Tuesday set though
as you might expect most of the runs have something to do with the
various election campains.
> Aside from dealing with corruption, it has nothing to do with Mafia,
> Yakuza, Triads or Seoulpa. Hope that clears the picture up a bit.
> Hey, am I the only one with a copy around here. :)
>
I have now run the first three adventures form it, four and 5 will
have to await throwing a bit more karma about :)
There are more terrorists than organised crime but the book does make
a good change from the standard corp sponsored stuff
There is no extra info on organised crime in the book and unlike
Super Tuesday it doesn't have around 15 pages of Shadowland handouts
in it.
Mark
