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Message no. 1
From: Zachariah Hoffman zhoffman@*.arizona.edu
Subject: Starting point
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:28:40 -0700
I am interested in getting into Shadowrun and was wondering what the
recommended sourcebooks are? I picked up SR3 and FirstRun, but would a
little more to play around with. I have been out of gaming for 15
years, but after playing the Shadowrun card game I am itching to get
back in. I was also wondering if there are any play-by-email games
going on that I might be able to lurk and get a feel for the game?

Thanks,
Zach
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Message no. 2
From: Michael Berman jberman@*****.com
Subject: Starting point
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 19:01:09 -0400
\I am interested in getting into Shadowrun and was wondering what the
\recommended sourcebooks are? I picked up SR3 and FirstRun, but would a
\little more to play around with. I have been out of gaming for 15
\years, but after playing the Shadowrun card game I am itching to get
\back in. I was also wondering if there are any play-by-email games
\going on that I might be able to lurk and get a feel for the game?

\Thanks,
\Zach

Well, SR3 isnt very devloped yet
i refuse to update all my stuff until more books for SR3 come out
as far as online games, the next time i start an IRC campaign your welcome
to join

"Live by the Sword die by the Sword is an addage that'll get you killed."

P.S. im rerouting my stuff to a new account because my mail is getting to
cluttered so i may be off the list for a couple hours
Message no. 3
From: Josh strago@***.com
Subject: Starting point
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 19:08:36 -0400
Zachariah Hoffman wrote:

> I am interested in getting into Shadowrun and was wondering what the
> recommended sourcebooks are? I picked up SR3 and FirstRun, but would a
> little more to play around with. I have been out of gaming for 15
> years, but after playing the Shadowrun card game I am itching to get
> back in. I was also wondering if there are any play-by-email games
> going on that I might be able to lurk and get a feel for the game?
>
> Thanks,
> Zach

I'm not too sure about PBEM, but I know that there are a lot of
sourcebooks that you could get to play SR with. As to which ones, Behind
the Scenes is, in my opinion, a must-buy. Depending on what type of
character you want to play, the Street Sam Catalog, Grimoire, Virtual
Reality, Rigger 2, or Awakenings are all good books to have. In my group,
we still use SRII rules, and I haven't seen SR3 yet, so I don't know too
much about it. There might be stuff in SR3 which makes these books
irrelevant.
Message no. 4
From: dghost@****.com dghost@****.com
Subject: Starting point
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:16:28 -0500
On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:28:40 -0700 Zachariah Hoffman
<zhoffman@*.arizona.edu> writes:
>I am interested in getting into Shadowrun and was wondering what the
>recommended sourcebooks are? I picked up SR3 and FirstRun, but would a
>little more to play around with. I have been out of gaming for 15
>years, but after playing the Shadowrun card game I am itching to get
>back in. I was also wondering if there are any play-by-email games
>going on that I might be able to lurk and get a feel for the game?

Well, if you tell me what you like (Mages, Deckers, Riggers, Street Sams,
etc), I can tell you what to pick up. The problem is that many of the
books will be having replacemnts printed sometime in next year.

Advance Rules:
Shadowrun Companion (for 3rd Edition)

Magic:
Grimoire (being replaced soon by Magic in the Shadows)
Awakenings (being replaced soon by Magic in the Shadows)

Riggers:
Rigger 2

Deckers:
Virtual Realities

Street Sams/Mercs/etc:
Neo-Anarchist's Guide to Real Life (hard to find)
Shadowbeat (hard to find; very miscellaneous stuff that not everyone
finds immediately useful.)
Fields of Fire (Guns and gear plus optional rules; being replaced [soon?]
by Canon Companion)
Street Samurai's Catalog (being replaced [soon?] by Man and Machine and
Canon Companion)
Shadowtech (being replaced [soon?] by Man and Machine)
Cybertechnology (being replaced [soon?] by Man and Machine)

The rest are mainly place books I think ... Pick up what you think you'll
use or at least enjoy reading. I picked up Bug City partly because it is
the definative source for Bugs (Magic in the Shadows will update the info
but Bug City will still be the single largest source of info on Bug
Spirits.)

Hope that helps :)

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Message no. 5
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Starting point
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:12:32 +0200
According to Zachariah Hoffman, at 15:28 on 5 Apr 99, the word on
the street was...

> I am interested in getting into Shadowrun and was wondering what the
> recommended sourcebooks are? I picked up SR3 and FirstRun, but would a
> little more to play around with.

Good first choices, IMHO. Check out http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/shadowrun/
for reviews (including stuff about usefulness) for nearly all Shadowrun
books published by FASA, as well as some net.books.

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