From:	Christopher Pratt valen@*******.com
Subject:	SR Narrowing of focus
Date:	Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:22:05 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: Arcady <arcady@***.net>
To: <shadowrn@*********.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:13 PM
Subject: RE: SR Narrowing of focus


> >At 18:20 17/08/99 -0700 Rand Ratinac wrote
> >>And, of course, EVERYONE would like to see some of the older books
> >>reprinted. Can anyone tell me why FASA doesn't do that?
> >
> >Well can anyone tell me why the hell they _are_ reprinting
> >Tir Na Nog? I would have preferred a sourcebook be reprinted
> >that is at least relevant. Tir Tairngire would be good, as too
> >would Lone Star.
>
> They are?
>
> Probably a sales issue. Isn't Tir Na nOg supposed to be a munchkin feast?
It
> needs to be updated to have it's magic work like it was described in MitS
(or
> just strip out the magic sections and say "see page X of MitS").
>
> Lone Star info wise is a good choice, but I hear it sold poorly. Probably
because
> only GMs bought it. Though it makes a good player book as well if you want
to
> run cops. But I don't think the average Shadowrun player saw it that way.

But Lone Star had that really cool "top ten resons not to be a perp"

>
> But for Tir Na nOg; Palladium has proven to the market that players love
to
> buy munchkin books. After all RIFTS is the number two selling RPG product
on
> the market (behind the White Wolf line).
>
> Arcady WebRPG Magistrate http://townhall.webrpg.com <0){{{{><
> elfwood.lysator.liu.se/lothlorien/artists/brianfw/brianfw.html
> /.)\ Projects: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Portal/1865/
> \(@/ Homepage: http://www.jps.net/arcady/

"Windows 95: 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to
an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition." -
Unknown
Christopher Pratt
valen@*******.com