From:	Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject:	SR Future Products and Such
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:30:38 -0500

> > What I fear with the lack of atmosphere books is that new players will
> come
> > to the game thinking of it as just "We're criminals and we like to
> commit
> > crimes" instead of understanding the business of shadowrunning in the
> > context of the rich gestalt that the Shadowrun world presents us.
>
> I guess I'm not seeing the lack of atmosphere. If anything, the
> atmosphere
> is getting richer from where I'm sitting. Please clarify how there's a
> lack
> of atmosphere in the recent (say, the last two years or so) crop of
> material.
>
I don't think it's a question of no atmosphere. You couldn't very well have
a game with elves and guns and trolls and magic and decking without some
atmosphere. I think the comparison lies in the 'lessening' of atmosphere.