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Shadowrun 94-95 Release Schedule

by FASA Mike <FASA [M--e] at [aol.com]>

[This is the latest news from FASA, posted on America Online a couple three weeks ago. Aroooo]

Here is the Shadowrun schedule through 1995. This line-up is really strong on source material with two new rule books, 3 new place books, and some added fun from the corps, the Yakuza, and cyborgs. The Shadowrun novels are tentatively scheduled and titled. ROC has final say on shipping and title name. I’ll update this list as new items and dates are given.

November 1994:

Harlequin’s Back

Our favorite Elf stopping the ultimate evil, with nothing but a bunch of player characters to help.

Authors: Tom Dowd, Mike Nystul, Paul Hume, Carl Sargent, Nigel Findley, and Steve Kenson.

Prime Runners

The movers and shakers… denizens of the sprawl… Johnsons and contacts. They are all here. This book is full of game hooks and GM information on helping to use these characters in existing campaigns.

Authors: Carl Sargent and Marc Gasgione

December 1994:

Divided Assets

Set in Denver, the PC’s are hired to pull a typical corp extraction . Everything goes fine until the final assets are drawn up and one child doesn’t seem to be accounted for.

Author: Tom Dowd

January 1995:

Bug City

It’s a city and its full of bugs… find out what happens when the exterminator comes in. Read Burning Bright for more info <G>

Authors: Tom Dowd and others

February 1995:

Corporate Security Sourcebook

Knowledge is power… Know your enemies… tag lines every runner knows. So then this treatise on the how the corps do security is a must.

Author: Mike Colton

March 1995:

Running Short

A set of small adventures that the can be run with smaller groups or an individual PC.

Authors: Various

Who Hunts the Hunter

Shadowrun Novel by Nyx Smith

Against her will, the shapeshifter Tikki is lured back into the world of the two-leggers, when a corporation kidnaps her cub.

May 1995:

Aztlan Sourcebook

Can this be the most Frightening evil place in Shadowrun? Maybe…

Author: Nigel Findley

House of the Sun

Shadowrun Novel by Nigel Findley

There’s a dark side to Paradise and hopefully it can be stopped before it takes control of everything.

July 1995:

Cybertech

No essence and yet still alive…How?… An even better question is “Why?”… That’s right the long awaited cyborg book.

Author: Tom Dowd and others

August 1995:

Techno-Shaman (Virtual Realities 2)

Virtual Realities, the deckers bible gets updated. Faster play, new rules, new characters… even more secret stuff.

Authors: N/A

September 1995:

Tentative Title: Organized Crime

You fight the corps… You fight Lone Star… You fight the Yakuza. You got info on the corps and on Lone Star, and now you’ll have it on the Yakuza, the Mafia and many other “families”.

Author: Nigel Findley

October 1995:

Neo-Anarchist’s Guide to Magic

The Grimoire is OK for those scholarly types, but the magically active runner needs a whole different perspective and here it is. Plus, more physical adept powers, because you asked for it.

Author: Paul Hume

[If you have an AOL account, you can send a request to FASA Mike for access to the FASA playtest area (maybe you'll get it), where you can get a look at the playtest version of this pub. Its a wiz file. Aroooo]

December 1995:

Tentative Title: California Free State Sourcebook

California, here we come… Gangs, Hollywood, and everything else…

Author: Steve Perrin

There are only 2 novels listed at this time due to scheduling with ROC, I’ll notify everyone when more are announced.

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