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How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

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Tassyr

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How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« on: <10-07-13/1541:31> »
So this is gonna sound lame but my campaign that I've been working with the GM to set up failed completely due to "Lack of Player Itus."

Since the game just isn't happening- aside from poking and reading the wiki and going over Dunkelzahn's will a few dozen times, what books and such related to shadowrun do you lot recommend? Cos I can't just quit this universe cold a this point. I'm too sucked in.
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #1 on: <10-07-13/1543:37> »
Shadowrun Returns is a lot of fun, and with the player built campaigns it never really runs out of content.
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Tassyr

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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #2 on: <10-07-13/1544:55> »
Sadly I've burned through the game already- and it seems to me it was less "Stealth, guile, hacking and crazy planning" than "Shoot them in the face."

Not that it was a -bad- game, it just felt a bit off to me. Anything else? x.x
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #3 on: <10-07-13/1553:56> »
Wait for the remakes of Genesis and SNES to get done, and other UGC to hit their v1.0, and watch Burn Notice and Leverage.
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #4 on: <10-07-13/1644:42> »
Quote from: Tassyr on <10-07-13/1541:31>
So this is gonna sound lame but my campaign that I've been working with the GM to set up failed completely due to "Lack of Player Itus."
Complain about it here and get teased like I do.   :'(
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #5 on: <10-07-13/1714:35> »
I come here and rant and rave.
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Tassyr

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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #6 on: <10-07-13/1727:41> »
Quote from: Anarkitty on <10-07-13/1714:35>
I come here and rant and rave.
Quote from: CanRay on <10-07-13/1644:42>
Quote from: Tassyr on <10-07-13/1541:31>
So this is gonna sound lame but my campaign that I've been working with the GM to set up failed completely due to "Lack of Player Itus."
Complain about it here and get teased like I do.   :'(

Yanno I think this is gonna be what happens, sadly...
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #7 on: <10-07-13/1816:30> »
Try to get in a play by post campaign.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showforum=9

http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?board=17.0



Also read the Shadowrun/cyberpunk books that are out.
If you don't mind using torrent sites you can find every one of the Shadowrun novels in epub/mobi format, well all of them except 14, but those 14 I just bought off Amazon as used books.
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Tassyr

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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #8 on: <10-07-13/2042:06> »
Quote from: NeVeRLiFt on <10-07-13/1816:30>
Try to get in a play by post campaign.

I've always wondered about those, yet been utterly terrified. Wouldn't combat take weeks? Days, at least? I mean while it would give me right to be verbose in my poses (Something I do enjoy) wouldn't it also open me up to a campaign that would never get past what would normally be "Session 1?"
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #9 on: <10-07-13/2111:15> »
Quote from: Tassyr on <10-07-13/2042:06>
Quote from: NeVeRLiFt on <10-07-13/1816:30>
Try to get in a play by post campaign.

I've always wondered about those, yet been utterly terrified. Wouldn't combat take weeks? Days, at least? I mean while it would give me right to be verbose in my poses (Something I do enjoy) wouldn't it also open me up to a campaign that would never get past what would normally be "Session 1?"

Ideally, an online game can start at (or closer to) session 2, with what would normally be "session one material" being covered by narration. Admittedly, a good  GM can pull this off at the table, it's just easier in written form. Combat could drag out, and I'm sure it sometimes does, if people don't declare their actions promptly. But even if the characters are surprised, the players shouldn't be, and warning them ahead of time to stay on top of the game on the day or days when it gets resolved, can smooth it out considerably. That's where things like Roll20, MapTools, and/or Skype can come in handy.
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Tassyr

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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #10 on: <10-07-13/2227:31> »
Okay, perhaps another question t hen, as I'm new to play-by-post even as a concept.
Is it assumed that the player(s) will be hanging around constantly whacking 'refresh?' Or... some other method?
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #11 on: <10-07-13/2302:52> »
Another option (other than play by post) is to setup an on-line game using Skype and something like maptools (I don't know too much about this, just thinking about joining a game--if I can find one).
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #12 on: <10-08-13/0737:46> »
Quote from: NeVeRLiFt on <10-07-13/1816:30>
Try to get in a play by post campaign.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showforum=9

http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?board=17.0



Also read the Shadowrun/cyberpunk books that are out.
If you don't mind using torrent sites you can find every one of the Shadowrun novels in epub/mobi format, well all of them except 14, but those 14 I just bought off Amazon as used books.

Piracy is not strictly frowned upon on this forums. Please refrain from discussing. If you need to find old books, there are plenty available on DriveThruRPG.com and BattleCorps.com in PDF form, and eBay also has a lot available in DTF.
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Tassyr

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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #13 on: <10-08-13/0926:49> »
Quote from: Mmurphy on <10-07-13/2302:52>
Another option (other than play by post) is to setup an on-line game using Skype and something like maptools (I don't know too much about this, just thinking about joining a game--if I can find one).

Honestly I've found that on the rare occasions that I've managed to -get- a game, the best method is Roll20 and no voice chat. Voice chat just devolves into table-chat in seconds, meaning one round takes two hours. Admittedly the companionship is nice, but the lack of a story is depressing. xD
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Re: How do you get your shadowrun fix when you can't get a campaign?

« Reply #14 on: <10-08-13/0927:52> »
Quote from: FastJack on <10-08-13/0737:46>
Quote from: NeVeRLiFt on <10-07-13/1816:30>
Try to get in a play by post campaign.

http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showforum=9

http://forums.shadowruntabletop.com/index.php?board=17.0



Also read the Shadowrun/cyberpunk books that are out.
If you don't mind using torrent sites you can find every one of the Shadowrun novels in epub/mobi format, well all of them except 14, but those 14 I just bought off Amazon as used books.

Piracy is not strictly frowned upon on this forums. Please refrain from discussing. If you need to find old books, there are plenty available on DriveThruRPG.com and BattleCorps.com in PDF form, and eBay also has a lot available in DTF.


*raises hand* in case anyone is wondering I do in fact own the books; garage sale for a gamer who'd upgraded to SR5.

... hence why I have SR4.


... please don't vaporize me or something...
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