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From: Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject: SR Future Products and Such
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:31:50 -0500
> >From: "Matt Teixeira" <MTeixeira@*******.com>
> (THE BIGGEST SNIP tm)
>
> Matt does make a good point. However, I've been the new person who had to
>
> figure out what was what in the SR universe by myself. However, I
> managed.
> Know why? THE NOVELS. They've fleshed stuff out tremendously.
> Personally,
> I hate it when the company gives out too much detail on what the world is.
>
> IMO FASA (and a lot of other rpg compainies) have hit the nail on the head
>
> with the idea of using novels to flesh out the world.
>
Fleshing out the world is nice in novels, but not all of us buy them. That
leaves some of us in the dirt. And I don't think anyone's asking for extreme
detail (I doubt the average shadowrunner cares what a wage slave eats for
breakfast), but some additional info would be nice.

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