From:	Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject:	SR Future Products and Such
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:09:18 EDT

In a message dated 8/14/99 11:54:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, remo@***.net
writes:

> > >He thinks SR should be very focused on the business of shadowrunning only
> >
> > And yet one the the earlier books under his watch was the Companion
> > which presented alterante campaigns. I don't think your statement
> > completely holds up.
>
> To amplify that, he's on record (I think in the very pages of the book
> itself) as saying that one of the books he's most proud of is the
Companion.
> If anything, he's pulled the focus at times *away* from shadowruns, with
> books like CYBERPIRATES and UNDERWORLD (both of which, incidentally, I
> thought gave the game all sorts of atmosphere).


Cyberpirates and Underworld in fact both prove the point. Both are books
dedicated to commiting crimes, which is the definition of a shadowrun. The
Companion has only a very brief section listed at the end for alternate
campaigns. More likely Mike was proud of the rules expansion as a whole.



-Twist