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« on: <08-26-19/1825:32> »
This piece of artwork from Ian King in the new SR6 book is just amazing and chock full of references and Easter Eggs.  Can you spot them all?


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« Reply #1 on: <08-26-19/1829:41> »
Super Tuesday is obvious, but I also see New Seattle. Looks like a spectral Big D in the window curtain, but its not a one for one from Dunkelzahn's Secrets...
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RPG mechanics exist to give structure and consistency to the game world, true, but at the end of the day, you’re fighting dragons with algebra and random number generators.

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« Reply #2 on: <08-26-19/1848:29> »
Don't forget to scroll the image.  It's a double page spread, so it's wide. :)

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« Reply #3 on: <08-26-19/1901:09> »
Heh, yes I failed to scroll.  Many, many more. Special <3 for the formerly ubiquitous Queensryche logo,
RPG mechanics exist to give structure and consistency to the game world, true, but at the end of the day, you’re fighting dragons with algebra and random number generators.

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« Reply #4 on: <08-26-19/1905:59> »
I remember when we were doing Missions Season 4 and i was using Mecurial, one of my art notes was to have the tri-ryche logo somewhere on the cover :)

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« Reply #5 on: <08-27-19/0755:51> »
I love that the Troll on the shelf is build like a Shadowrun troll with his horns and tusks. Also the stash of Karl Kombotmage media

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« Reply #6 on: <08-27-19/1054:54> »
I just got the book yesterday. This piece immediately caught my eye.

The 1E/2E cover artwork is on the calendar at the top-right.

The figurines on the center bookshelves are from the 3E/4E/5E cover artworks. (The samurai is from the original 4E cover. I actually haven't found anything from the 20th Anniversary Edition cover yet.)

Lots more. I'll let some others pick them out.

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« Reply #7 on: <08-27-19/1317:40> »
"F GODWIRE" on the refrigerator magnets on the top right.

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« Reply #8 on: <08-27-19/1620:29> »
Would that old Fuchi merch be worth anything? Also, there's a rat (I think) in the McGuffins box!
Also, I know I've seen that statuette atop the NERPS box, but I forget where...
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« Reply #9 on: <08-27-19/1648:50> »
I checked, thinking it might have been the idol from Bottled Demon, but it's not.

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« Reply #10 on: <08-27-19/1719:18> »
Some definitely benefit from zooming in, like the "Neil the Orc Barbarian" graffiti on the seat of one of the chairs.  Kudos to the artist for including things big and small, obvious and more subtle.  It even has me asking myself "Is that just a generic SMG, or does it match up to the drawing of something in an earlier edition?"

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« Reply #11 on: <08-30-19/1000:54> »
I enjoyed the 1st Edition cover on the calendar; and of course there is Taco Temple.  8)

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« Reply #12 on: <08-30-19/1126:29> »
I don't recognize the symbol on the fridge magnet that is beside the Space Needle one (black and white outline that isn't the Space Needle).

I also liked the choice of Horizon and Stuffer Shack on the other fridge magnets -- they seem like the sort of companies that would hand out that sort of thing :)

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« Reply #13 on: <08-30-19/1514:47> »
I don't recognize the symbol on the fridge magnet that is beside the Space Needle one (black and white outline that isn't the Space Needle).

:sad face:

We are living in a post Queensryche world.

P.S. the reason it's an Easter egg is 1st ed Shadowrun artwork often included it somewhere.
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« Reply #14 on: <08-30-19/2034:50> »
I don't recognize the symbol on the fridge magnet that is beside the Space Needle one (black and white outline that isn't the Space Needle).

:sad face:

We are living in a post Queensryche world.

P.S. the reason it's an Easter egg is 1st ed Shadowrun artwork often included it somewhere.

They were a band, I think?  I guess that as the symbol wasn't meaningful to me I'd never noticed it in older art.