At this point, they should do one of two things:1. Hire someone (or multiple someones) with the ability to write clear, unambiguous rules using consistent verbiage a la Pathfinder or D&D, give them unfettered access to the powers that decide such things, and have them write a series of rules summaries (The Core Cheat Sheet with general combat and skill use, as well as char gen perhaps; the Rigger Cheat Sheet with all the Vehicle, drone, and rigger rules in one place; the Matrix Cheat Sheet with all Matrix and Technomancer rules in one place; and the Magic Cheat Sheet with Astral Combat, summoning, spellcasting, initiating, etc all in one place) that includes all errata, clarifications, changes, and so forth and sell them for like $5 a pop. They would be fluff free and include coherent and useful examples. They would not include gear, spells, programs, and so forth so that they could not be used as a replacement for actually owning the core books. This sucks, but it provides a profit motive for Catalyst to fix the product. Since gear and spells, etc are not in these, there would also need to be an update to errata or something that provides clear information on all of the more vague of these (like PI-Tacs, Turn to Goo, and so on). Each of these books would likely need to be 20-50 pages2. Put the rules (not the fluff and art) under an SRM style license so that someone (or multiple someones) can create a wiki that contains a single, well organized source with all rules, clarified and including every official comment, change, clarification, and errata from the forums, supplements, and official errata (again, like the d20pfsrd.com site). This is a big risk for them as it allows people to effectively play the system without investing in the books (and thus not paying Catalyst), but again, perhaps gear and spells, etc, themselves could be excluded so that it would only be a rules compendium. Though at least some items form each category (software, spells, gear, and so on) should be included so that they can be used in examples. This might serve to increase the audience for Shadowrun, bring many of the players that abandoned the system in frustration back into the fold, and ultimately contribute to sales of additional merchandise such as the fiction and table top game.
