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Message no. 1
From: Adam Lewis <adamswork@*****.COM>
Subject: Uh oh....Blue Planet vs. Shadowrun
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:16:16 -0700
Hey fellas,

As most of you know I just picked up Shadowrun and have been
experimenting with the games concepts.

I also just bought Blue Planet. I must say I'm at a loss.

I like the Shadowrun setting, to a certain degree, but I don't
like the PC generation. Also, if i'm going to play a cyber-punk game I
don't want elves, trolls and orks in it. Not to mention magic.

However, these things are very much intertwined in the setting. I
don't think I'll be playing any Shadowrun in the near future. However,
there are a few ideas that I would like to expand on and I think I
will use the SR world in some short fiction.

If you have the time, and the $$, check out Blue Planet.





==
AdamL

"The good die first."
"But most of us are morally ambiguous, which explains our random dying
patterns."



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Message no. 2
From: Randy Nickel <LrdDrgn@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Uh oh....Blue Planet vs. Shadowrun
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:18:25 EDT
In a message dated 8/17/98 8:23:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
adamswork@*****.COM writes:

> I like the Shadowrun setting, to a certain degree, but I don't
> like the PC generation. Also, if i'm going to play a cyber-punk game I
> don't want elves, trolls and orks in it. Not to mention magic.
>

Then you likely would want to play Cyberpunk. However, I do not find the
system as great as Shadowrun.

>>snip<<

> If you have the time, and the $$, check out Blue Planet.
>

Got it. It looks pretty good.

Otter
Message no. 3
From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: Re: Uh oh....Blue Planet vs. Shadowrun
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 12:57:20 -0400
Randy Nickel wrote:
> > I like the Shadowrun setting, to a certain degree, but I don't
> > like the PC generation. Also, if i'm going to play a cyber-punk
> game I
> > don't want elves, trolls and orks in it. Not to mention magic.
>
> Then you likely would want to play Cyberpunk. However, I do not find
> the
> system as great as Shadowrun.
>
Well, systems are a dime a dozen - so are settings. The problem is
either finding a pair that you like or jury-rigging one to fit the
other.

Shadowrun has a unique blend of cyber and magic which lets it stand
out from the crowd...

> > If you have the time, and the $$, check out Blue Planet.
> >
>
> Got it. It looks pretty good.
>
Some other cyber-punkish/apocalyptic-type games are:
Bubblegum Crisis (Fuzion system)
Cyberpunk (Interlock system, moving to Fuzion)
Millenium's End (kind of Mission Impossible/Shadowrunning in the near
future)
Silhouette games (Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Tribe 8 - these
settings aren't *really* cyberpunk, but they've got a clean system
and some of the Heavy Gear RPG stuff could be used)

Any other suggestions?

James Ojaste
Message no. 4
From: Adam J <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Uh oh....Blue Planet vs. Shadowrun
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 11:22:14 -0600
At 08:16 8/17/98 -0700, you wrote:

> I like the Shadowrun setting, to a certain degree, but I don't
>like the PC generation. Also, if i'm going to play a cyber-punk game I
>don't want elves, trolls and orks in it. Not to mention magic.

Then play _Cyberpunk_ by Ral Talsorian Games, or pick up _GURPS_ and
_GURPS: Cyberpunk_. If you're really desperate you could find ICE's
_Cyberspace_ used, but it's not worth the 5 bucks I spent on it.

If you go the GURPS route, you get to build your own entire world from
scratch just how you want it.

-Adam J
Coming soon -- GURPS: Pro Wrestling and GURPS: Downward Spiral
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Message no. 5
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Uh oh....Blue Planet vs. Shadowrun
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:11:15 -0400
Once upon a time, Adam J wrote;

>-Adam J
>Coming soon -- GURPS: Pro Wrestling and GURPS: Downward Spiral

Wouldn't it be GURPS: Rasslin' and aren't you writing it?
B>]#

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