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« Reply #45 on: <02-10-12/1311:56> »
Newfoundland is part of Quebec.
Maybe on the map...  I doubt the Newfies took that well.
They're Canadians. What are they going to do, insult the other side's curling team? ;)
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« Reply #46 on: <02-10-12/1315:33> »
Newfoundland is part of Quebec.
Maybe on the map...  I doubt the Newfies took that well.
They're Canadians. What are they going to do, insult the other side's curling team? ;)
Um...  No.  See, they're NEWFIES.  They used to be their own country, and very much have their own unique culture compared to the rest of Canada.  Mostly Irish and Scottish, with a few other things thrown in.

They'd likely get drunk, take the fishing boats to the mainland, and start some fights.

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Actually, I think that's called "Tuesday Night"...
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« Reply #47 on: <02-10-12/1335:36> »
well the whole North America thing is already done to death in Shadowrun....focus more on the other places on the globe...

I mean like AFRICA is one big unknown just waiting for a sourcebook.

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« Reply #48 on: <02-10-12/1341:52> »
How about Australia?  India?  Russia?  Iraqistan?
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« Reply #49 on: <02-10-12/1343:53> »
Bobo, that is because there are parts of Africa that are chaotic, scum-infested, soul-crushing pits of despair and hell on earth. And the rest of it is worse.
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« Reply #50 on: <02-10-12/1344:35> »
Bobo, that is because there are parts of Africa that are chaotic, scum-infested, soul-crushing pits of despair and hell on earth. And the rest of it is worse.
Great, now I'm homesick, thanks.
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« Reply #51 on: <02-10-12/1404:04> »
Bobo, that is because there are parts of Africa that are chaotic, scum-infested, soul-crushing pits of despair and hell on earth. And the rest of it is worse.
Great, now I'm homesick, thanks.
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« Reply #52 on: <02-10-12/1414:33> »
Mirokon,

That's what makes Africa so interesting...yeah, the setting makes for a great adventure. Africa is probably the most primeval and dangerous continent in the world.

Nice thing to throw at the players.

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« Reply #53 on: <02-10-12/1436:57> »
Lagos is already detailed, but how much do you really want on the rest of it? Other than Azania and Egypt, where else could you actually do any running in Africa, on a long term? Asamando? One of the drek-poor tribal lands that tend to hate outsiders and have little to nothing in the way of advanced tech?

Africa is a good place to visit, and then run like hell from, not to base a campaign in.
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« Reply #54 on: <02-10-12/1458:16> »
Really???

You get high tech centers like Azania, Kenya. primeval lands like he Congo Tribal lands. Mystery and intrigue in Egypt. The Rising magical power that is Ethiopia/Eritrea/Somalia. Warzones like west africa, Angola, Libya, sahara etc.

And what do you mean running away from...Africa probably has the richest mineral wealth in the world, lots of megas are probably trying to mine there. Also its jungles are a good source of magical talismongering, that is if you have the guts to survive.

And of course, your players get bored , throw them in Africa, that will wake them up.

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« Reply #55 on: <02-10-12/1513:43> »
Yeah, see, but you're forgetting lovely things like high background counts over god knows how much of the continent from centuries of grief and suffering, chaotic tribal lands that make Africa today look positively stable, a nation full of people who eat people, angry spirits looking to wipe the Kilimanjaro mass driver off the map, MASSIVE shedim infestations, and the fact that most of those mineral rich areas are under the thumb of a single corp that runs the area. Oh, and there's the fact that large parts of Africa make Humanis look positively tolerant. And the lack of any real matrix coverage over most of the continent.

As I said, there are a couple places worth talking about, namely Azania and Egypt, but other than that, there's only a couple sprawls in the continent worth mentioning, and all of them are best left to local players, since out of towners stick out worse than a troll at a dwarf family reunion.

Sure, there are things happening there. But there's many, many, many more things happening in Seattle, Neo-Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, DeeCee, Denver, and so on.
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« Reply #56 on: <02-10-12/1522:57> »
True, but then again, more work for mercs and shadowrunner...cities are not the only places where shadowrunners go.

Well there can be many things happening in Africa...and btw, there is a whole world out there not just North America or whatever.

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« Reply #57 on: <02-10-12/1525:40> »
Sooooooooooooo...  Latin America sourcebook?  ;D
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« Reply #58 on: <02-10-12/1526:14> »
I still say a dedicated CAS source book is needed. Probably all sorts of neat toys that could be tossed in there too.  ;D
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« Reply #59 on: <02-10-12/1527:26> »
I still say a dedicated CAS source book is needed. Probably all sorts of neat toys that could be tossed in there too.  ;D
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