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Herr Brackhaus

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« on: <10-07-14/2229:43> »
Looks like we know what the next sourcebook is going to be, if the usual "cover art = imminent release" trend holds true.
http://catalystgamelabs.tumblr.com/post/99446844861/shadowrun-lockdown-cover-illustration

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« Reply #1 on: <10-07-14/2232:30> »
Lockdown has been in the works for quite a while now. :) That it's now in this phase may mean SRO is coming along nicely.
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« Reply #2 on: <10-07-14/2241:38> »
Cover art:



Anyone know who the artist is?

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« Reply #3 on: <10-07-14/2248:22> »
Michael Chandra
If my google-fu is strong, it's a Boston sourcebook, yes?

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No idea. Looks good, though. Troll with a bazooka gets me every time.

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« Reply #4 on: <10-07-14/2314:07> »
If my google-fu is strong, it's a Boston sourcebook, yes?


The link's text mentions it's setting up Boston as a location.
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« Reply #5 on: <10-07-14/2322:03> »
I love it when they visually show AR stuff. It looks so cool.
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« Reply #6 on: <10-07-14/2342:31> »
Love the cover. And yes, it's set in Boston. And yes, it's the book that the SRO backers covered as a stretch goal.
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« Reply #7 on: <10-08-14/0043:56> »
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« Reply #8 on: <10-08-14/0213:03> »
I'm glad you all get to see it. It looks even better full-sized. There's some incredible art in this.


Oh, and the text is looking pretty good, too.
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« Reply #9 on: <10-08-14/0802:17> »
Michael Chandra
If my google-fu is strong, it's a Boston sourcebook, yes?
Correct. It's about the NEMA Quarantine Zone, which is basically all of (I think) Boston locked down due to Sybil rearing its ugly head, a crazy dragon attacking NeoNet and something that I myself suspect is Blue-227 causing people to go berserk.

There are a few stories from the book that were already posted at Shadowrun Universe, whose writer (Scott Schletz) has Sybil. I kid you not.

http://www.shadowrun.com/shadowrun-online/stories/
http://www.shadowrun.com/2070/2013/01/11/farewell-to-scott-schletz-aka-wolf/

There's also https://twitter.com/Jackpoint2075 which contains a lot of tweets about the Boston lockdown and how it pretty much is going crazy.



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« Reply #10 on: <10-08-14/1357:50> »
I think it's going to be interesting. I don't think anyone but Scott should be doing CFD stories; he just nails it every time, for my money. I mean, really, go pick up Stolen Souls and read "Freedom Isn't Free" again. Because if that's not creepy as hell to you, there might be something wrong. Probably with you (though possibly me).
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« Reply #11 on: <10-08-14/1959:45> »
Like one of the JackPoint tweets mentioned, the UCAS is now 3 for 3 in losing major cities: Manhattan, Chicago, Boston. St. Louis is a divided city. They nearly lost DeeCee a couple times, Detroit almost had a dome put over the whole city to isolate it from the world, Seattle independence policlubbers occasionally stir up trouble, and then there's the UCAS Sector of Denver ...

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« Reply #12 on: <10-08-14/2132:45> »
i love the design of the combat axes that troll is using on the far right of the picture. Very neobarbarian ;)
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« Reply #13 on: <10-08-14/2242:07> »
I can't wait to read it! More chaos to descent my players into ^^
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« Reply #14 on: <10-09-14/0914:09> »
I wonder if this book will influence where Season 6 of Missions is set...