| From: | Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New list? |
| Date: | Wed, 2 Aug 1995 01:13:16 GMT |
SHADOWRN@*****.nic.surfnet.nl writes:
> I think this would be a great idea. I'm starting a new campaign set in
> Bug City. It would be great to have some 'live' rumours about what's
> happening inside there while I'm running it.
>
> I have limited time to bring the rest of the SR world to life. And as a
> result things tend to only happen when the PCs get involved. Making it
> seem that the world revolves around them.
SPOILER SPACE FOLLOWS FOR ANY OF PAUL CUMMINGS' PLAYERS
Thank you. Sorry, for everyone else who is still with me.
I forget the title, but there was an excellent BBC drama a few months ago
set in a future Germany plagued by illegal immigration from a massive
civil war in Europe.
There was "EUPol", a big-budget high-ticket police force, keeping the
immigrants at bay in a containment zone against the border. The hero,
investigating a gruesome murder (the only clue was the victim had a
bundle of postcards from various unknown people, saying "We made it, we're
fine") ended up following a "Russian Mafia" (insert evil criminal of
choice,
in my game Seoulpa) escape route.
All seemed well until they reached a rest stop...where they were told to
fill out postcards for their relatives to say they had arrived.
Shades of Auschwitz, anyone? Of course the criminals were simply killing the
immigrants and stealing everything of value they had. Whether EUPol were in
on it, passively glad the immigration problem was less severe, or horrified
at this mass murder (a shot of a vast cave full of corpses still haunts me,
and it was only a TV drama) was left to the viewer.
The possibilities for either Denver or Chicago are left for the GM to explore.
Further details by E-mail if necessary.
--
When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him.
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
