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Message no. 1
From: John Penta <johndevil@****.COM>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:39:52 -0400
Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't worth
$15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL. was
only like 40 pages. Whaddabout T:Smugglers Havens? Is it actually worth
$15-18? How useful is it for a newbie GM?

John

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Message no. 2
From: Iridios <iridios@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:11:22 -0400
John Penta wrote:
Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:39:52 -0400

> Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't worth
> $15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL. was
> only like 40 pages. Whaddabout T:Smugglers Havens? Is it actually worth
> $15-18? How useful is it for a newbie GM?

40 pages? Did you get a dud copy? Mine's got 104, ok 102 if you discount
the index and useless maps.

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Message no. 3
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:20:19 -0600
At 12:39 11/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't worth
>$15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL. was
>only like 40 pages.

I hope you're trying to be flip -- T:UCAS was 104 pages, which was small,
but it wasn't 40 pages by any means.

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Message no. 4
From: Wiebke & Birger Timm <WiebkeT@********.DE>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 22:16:43 +0200
John Penta wrote:

> Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't worth
> $15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL. was
> only like 40 pages. Whaddabout T:Smugglers Havens? Is it actually worth
> $15-18? How useful is it for a newbie GM?
>
> John

Yeah, that's right. Most books that have to do with roleplay (that is not
only Shadowrun) are too expensive IMHO (unless you earn that much money
that it doesn't matter how much anything is...).

Blix
Message no. 5
From: John Penta <johndevil@****.COM>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:47:01 -0400
On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:20:19 -0600 Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA> writes:
>At 12:39 11/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't
>worth
>>$15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL.
>was
>>only like 40 pages.
>
>I hope you're trying to be flip -- T:UCAS was 104 pages, which was
>small,
>but it wasn't 40 pages by any means.
>
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OK. I goofed. Either way...it *was* kinda useless, not to mention
inauccurate.

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Message no. 6
From: John Penta <johndevil@****.COM>
Subject: Re: The target books
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 11:45:41 -0400
On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:11:22 -0400 Iridios <iridios@*********.COM>
writes:
>John Penta wrote:
>Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:39:52 -0400
>
>> Yeah, they're great for organization...problem though:they aren't
>worth
>> $15-18 as a base, let alone with sales tax. T:UCAS was THIN as HELL.
>was
>> only like 40 pages. Whaddabout T:Smugglers Havens? Is it actually
>worth
>> $15-18? How useful is it for a newbie GM?
>
>40 pages? Did you get a dud copy? Mine's got 104, ok 102 if you
>discount
>the index and useless maps.
>
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<snip sig>
OK. I didn't count. but either way. in comparison to the normal size of
SR books....this is thin. and basically useless.

John

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