From:	"Faux Pas (Thomas)" <thomas@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: World Map
Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 1997 10:01:07 -0600

On 10:42 AM 4/2/97 +0100, Gurth screamed at the world:
>Glenn Robertson said on 11:37/ 1 Apr 97...
>
>> However, a simple map-and-history of the world up to Shadowrun times
>> would be a much bigger hit than the average sourcebooks.
>
>I think so too. IMHO there are two things that would be a tremendous help
>to the typical SR GM: a map, and regular updates on what's happening in
>the world. In games set in a fixed time, all that's necessary is one good
>book that deals with a region, and that's it. Shadowrun, however, is
>constantly moving forward, and you can't expect that everything from a
>sourcebook dealing with North America in 2051/52 (the NAGNA) is still true
>in 2058, for example.

Such a project was discussed at FASA and shelved before Mike became DLoH.
Over a year ago, I e-mailed him some points that someone else on the list
wanted to have in a Sixth World Almanac. Mike's response was something on
the line of "Where did you hear about that project?" Those were the first
time we on the list heard about the "Flash Points" project, now known as
the Target: Series of books.


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