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Shadowrun General => General Discussion => Topic started by: VertiGo on <09-17-10/1631:57>
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Just a curiosity, any clue as to where Las Vegas went to in this interesting future? It's one of my favorite places on the planet, so I wonder (and hope) that it's still somewhat thriving. If not, maybe possibilities of an underground uprising in what was once the Nevada desert? ;)
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As far as I know it is part of the NAN.
Sioux territory I think.
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As far as I know it is part of the NAN.
Sioux territory I think.
Is it still the mass of flashing lights and casinos that it was before? Or is it something entirely different now?
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This may be outdated, so keep that in mind. There is some good information here though that will answer most of the type of questions you seem to have. :D
http://pl.shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Las_Vegas
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Call me crazy, but there needs to be an updated bit for fleshing out Vegas as a Runner's Haven. It seems like so many interesting things could happen there. I get this image of a big smuggling job gone wrong, and your entire team is stuck in the middle of the desert with a busted truck filled with stolen goods, the neon lights shining salvation just 3 miles away. And raise curtain...
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Hmm... No real mention of it in 6WA either. Just a note of a Casino opening in 2051.
Maybe they can do a write-up on it in Attitude! :D
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I agree, this would be a good city to further expand upon.
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In NAN, it was in the Ute Nation, so now it should probably be PCC. It was still the biggest casino city in the world in 2050 and will probably still be in 2070.
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We played a whole campaign primarily set in Vegas (as we also live here) and is fun to do things like that. Not cannon by any means, but we wrote up new casinos... was lots of organized crime, very few corps... oh.. and North Las Vegas (separate city) was overrun with HMVV and contained within a giant wall :) good times.
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We played a whole campaign primarily set in Vegas (as we also live here) and is fun to do things like that. Not cannon by any means, but we wrote up new casinos... was lots of organized crime, very few corps... oh.. and North Las Vegas (separate city) was overrun with HMVV and contained within a giant wall :) good times.
That sounds like a blast!
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I'm currently running an online game set in Vegas. Its going well so far. I've made a few things up, such as chips basically being the equivalent of certified cred, that give it its own flavor.
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Vegas as a location would be an awesome place to ruun a campaignwe have had a run there but it woul be awesome to run a full campaign there
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*Gets out copy of Elvis' "Little Less Conversation"*
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Las Vegas as a Runner's Haven: "Hell Yeah!"
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And don't forget the frequent appearances by Elfis -- pointy early, rhinestone and gyrating hips. ::)
Anyway, I've always thought this would be an interesting setting for SR and have often wondered if there was any official material covering it. It sounds like a splendid setting. If I wanted to run a game with a gambling theme though, I'd probably go with the Mississippi Gulf Coast: I thought the mix of casinos, CAS politics (the South will forever be backward), runner opportunities and proximity to New Orleans would make for an interesting setting. Plus I know the area well since I lived there for years, and it would be fun to try and imagine it in 2070.
The chips as cred is a great idea, Digital Cowboy. :) I'm gonna use that.
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Do you think casinos in Vegas would be owned by Megacorps or Amerindians or Mafia or what?
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Yes. ;)
Everyone would have a hand in the business. The Amerindians would be the out-right owners, but Mafia and other organized crime would probably supply some "security" and such. Meanwhile, the Megacorps would provide everything from food & supplies to the latest software for electronic roulette (it's not futuristic, either -- saw an computerized roulette wheel at Mystic Lake Casino).
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So if the chips were like round cred chips then would you just need one for the whole casino? I wonder how all that would work.
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Just like it works nowadays in Vegas.
Yes, chips are legal tender. BUT they are only legal in the casino that you got them from. If I took a chip from the Sands in Vegas home, then came back years later, that chip is still worth the same amount of money as when I left. Which is why if they are getting rid of old chips, they have to be destroyed completely. And why counterfeiting chips is just as bad as counterfeiting money.
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Iirc the Mafia still is strong in Vegas, but the Koshari (sp?) are making inroads now that it's PCC territory.