Shadowrun
Catalyst Game Labs => Catalyst's Shadowrun Products => Topic started by: AJCarrington on <01-22-15/0943:24>
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From the Tumblr (http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/108763598376/shadowrun-bloody-business-art-preview), looks like a new campaign book is in layout and we've been given some preview art:
(http://media.tumblr.com/bcb2a0c24566def662c5e7da6c281a12/tumblr_inline_nijpu1A8xh1s9c9hj.jpg)
(http://media.tumblr.com/85390dfd1de1bda192e68527abac2249/tumblr_inline_nijpv8qWdK1s9c9hj.jpg)
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Whoa. That first picture. My eye is immediately drawn to the guy banging on the door, and almost glanced over the guy jumping out of the window as a result. The effect achieved by that was unnerving.
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It's not... Blood in the Boardroom part 3, is it?
Either way, that's some cool art.
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He's jumping back out the window. Notice all the glass on the floor. The window was broken from the outside.
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Or something went out the window and he's just standing there, watching.
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Perhaps this is the scene before the lower? With the data in hand, all traces (along with a skyscraper) erased?
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I like the extra touch of the troll flipping the bird as he triggers the detonator.
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I like the extra touch of the troll flipping the bird as he triggers the detonator.
seems like an Ork to me (no Horns, nor Dermal Skin)
I like these Pics too
Hough!
Medicineman
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Sweet!
More info on Bloody Business here: http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/products/upcoming-products/
Also teased, the actual third part of Blood in the Boardroom; The Battle of Manhattan!
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Boardroom Backstabs.
Blood in the Boardroom was 2nd edition campaign book.
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So it was; got my boardrooms wrong :)
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More info on Bloody Business here: http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/products/upcoming-products/
Wow...haven't checked that page out in ages...nice to see it current!
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So it was; got my boardrooms wrong :)
The enduring lesson is to always avoid boardrooms in the Sixth World.
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More info on Bloody Business here: http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/products/upcoming-products/
Wow...haven't checked that page out in ages...nice to see it current!
Me neither and after reading it my credit card is cringing
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He's jumping back out the window. Notice all the glass on the floor. The window was broken from the outside.
I'm not sure. All the glass is very close to the window and there is not nearly enough of it. My gut impression is it was hit hard from inside, and most of it went out, but then the glass rebounded inwards after the impact, and some came loose and dropped down at low velocity, hence why there is a small amount and close to the window.
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The book preview reads promising... hopefully the powerful forces that are eating Ares from the inside is not the fallout from their weapon disaster (which was frankly bullshit).
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Yeah Ares does have more than a few bugs to work out, or through. :P
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Yeah Ares does have more than a few bugs to work out, or through. :P
Heh, I see what you did there!
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The book preview reads promising... hopefully the powerful forces that are eating Ares from the inside is not the fallout from their weapon disaster (which was frankly bullshit).
Don't confuse symptoms for the disease.
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Nah. Still don't buy the idea that a faulty assault rifle line is able to bring Ares on its knees.
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As Kincaid said, the Excalibur fiasco isn't what's hurting Ares. The Excalibur fiasco is simply a symptom of much larger problems. Although I have to agree, making it sound like it's just the Excalibur issue makes that sound much bigger than it actually is, and completely out of proportion to its actual importance.
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I love the connotations of Excalibur, myself. Manatech weapon attempt, went horribly wrong. Ha-ha!
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Cover, from Tumblr (http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/110765872481/shadowrun-bloody-business-cover):
(http://media.tumblr.com/ca70c590ebce4b4db8405fca8ed17326/tumblr_inline_njmv7wyRCM1s9c9hj.jpg)
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Leaves me unimpressed.
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I like it. It's not as over-the-top as several of other books, but it has a depth of detail that I find works really well with the simple layout.
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I do love the cover.
How can you not love the image of a curving lightning bolt?
Granted it still missed, but that just means he is walking his spells. :P
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Any news here? Release date? *plz*
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Any news here? Release date? *plz*
It's out. ;)
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The first posted pictures, did they make it into the book?
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Thumbing through it I see the ork giving the finger to the exploding building but not the office escape scene. It was a quick once-over, so I may have missed it.
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Did anyone use the book in his homebrew campagin? Which parts of it are good?
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I am going to bump this. I am trying to figure out whether I want to buy or skip this book in preparation for a campaign I am wanting to start and there are no reviews on this book anywhere. Based on the preview on drivethru it is 8 pages about the megacorps having an audit followed by a load of adventures and an NPC section. On one hand, it may be useful for keeping up with the metaplot and the adventures may be useful if I am feeling lazy but I am mostly wanting background information to write my own plots around.
Not saying it is not a good product.... just I already bought 3 shadowrun books this week and I am wondering if I can just pick this up at a later date.
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There is some good lore info for making your own runs. My biggest problem with the book is that the campaigns are really abstract, which leaves a lot of the heavy lifting to the GM. I personally find that defeats the purpose of buying a book like this, as I kind of buy it to take all the hard work of building runs out of my hand. It'd have been nicers with maps and security ideas. With that said, it does advance the meta plot and is kind of interesting, so not exactly a bad buy, but I was hoping for more.
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It's another campaign book in the style of SR4 Artifacts Unbound, Corporate Intrigue, Twilight Horizon, and Jet Set. There are about twenty good adventure outlines revolving around the megacorporate audit and various AA and AAA corps maneuvering to influence the outcome, and there's a section at the end with stats for a dozen or so different NPC/Contact types that could be useful both in these adventures and elsewhere. It's great for experienced GMs who can sit down at the table and wing it based on a plot outline and a few stat blocks; it's a little tougher for beginners, who'll need a lot of additional prep time.