Hacker Chronicles 2/HACKER2.BIN/1131.CONTENTS.TXT

Text File | 1993-10-25 | 6KB | 104 lines

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                Issue 4, released 1993.

     Greetings one and all, especially those reading this.  This is
SHADOWBUZZ, an electronic magazine for cybergenere games, and for the
Shadowrun RPG most especially.  This publication plans to include
background information about the cyberpunk world for GMs and PCs to use
to enrich their gaming experience, new little tactics and toys for you,
mechanics help for Shadowrun players, and basically give you some
enjoyable reading.  Perhaps this will even become a referrence source
for you in your games.
     Regardless, this is it.  I do hope for a lot of feedback from the
the readers who get this.  If you read this, and like it; please drop me
an electronic line, or use plain old mail; it'll still get to me, or
call voice.  If you have item(s) that you wish to send me for possible
inclusion in a later issue of Shadowbuzz, go right ahead and send it in
to me; no promises or payment that I can make, but if I use something
that you send me, you get noted to the full extent that I can note and
that you wish (your address and all if you send it; or only what you
specify to me that you want put out into electronic publication).
     I reserve the right to edit submissions for length, spelling,
grammer and readability; and to add to any submissions with text of my
own.  Now that the disclaimers are out of the way, I am urging everyone
who games any cyberpunk genere game, or has thoughts on the matter, to
please contact me.  If you have articles or even an article idea, toss
them/it over here.  The worst that can happen is that it might not be
interesting enough for me to put it in; the best that can happen is
that you can become part of something great that aims to help gamers
everywhere get more out of their gaming.
     Shadowrun and Matrix are copyrights of FASA, they are used here
without intent to defraud or profit; this is a not-for-profit fan
publication that is generated solely for the enjoyment of Shadowrunners
everywhere.  I highly recommend Shadowrun and all of it's rich
background novels and sourcebooks to any gamer; they are well worth the
application of funds and small investment of time required to learn.
     Shadowbuzz is a copyright of David E Rogers, also known as the
Nightstalker, and is owned by him.  No other publication or distribution
of this text is allowed except for passing among friends or uploading to
a not-for profit BBS or shareware file distribution service that charges
for disk and postage costs only.  Nothing in this text may be altered,
edited or appended to in any way when doing so.
     In other words, you can upload this to all your favorite BBSs, pass
it to your friends and anything else; so long as you or the person
getting it doesn't profit in a money sense from it, and that it is still
in it's orginal form; unaltered.  Please, let my work stand or fall on
it's own merit; I'll be perfectly happy to take the nosedive if this
sucks, but the same goes for the ballistic climb if it's great.
     To contact me, there are a number of options.  I'm on a number of
local Atlanta BBSs as either David Rogers or Nightstalker; drop some
messages around town and see if I turn up.  Mail sent to Internet
[e-mail] will make it's way to me with all due haste.  US
Postal service mail sent to my address below will also see my hands, and
calling my phone number below will possibly get you a voice to voice
conversation with me if you feel so inclined.
     I invite criticism of all kinds, so please drop me a line in some
manner to tell me what you think of this, and to submit items for
inclusion in later issues of SHADOWBUZZ; they should be coming every 3
to 4 weeks, sooner if I have enough material to release.

     The contents of this .ZIP should be as follows:

                AMMO.TXT        31385
                CONTENTS.TXT     6101
                EDITORS.TXT      9235
                MAGICOPP.TXT     4088
                SRLIFE.TXT      16422
                TECH3.TXT       17647

        AMMO.TXT is an extended, lengthy set of new ammunition types,
and a bit of new handling for ammuntion and handguns in Shadowrun.
CONTENTS.TXT is this file.  EDITORS.TXT is, as always, my ramblings and
comments on any subject that happens to be striking my fancy as I wrap
up the current Shadowbuzz issue.  MAGICOPP.TXT is a brief touching on
the Insect Spirits that FASA has used in several modules, most notably
in Universal Brotherhood (TM, owned by FASA).  SRLIFE.TXT is a thesis on
player and character interaction and the problems that a cyberpunk genre
can cause in those areas.  TECH3.TXT is yet more technology and
equipment for your player and NPCs to make use of.
        Two people have directly contributed towards items in this issue
of Shadowbuzz.  Joey Murphy, aka Neuromancer, gave me about half of the
ideas that I turned into new ammunition types in the AMMO.TXT file.
Contact Joey, if you wish to talk to him, at [phone].  Mason
Jenkins, no aliases, gave me assistance (ideas) on AMMO.TXT and
TECH3.TXT, and a bit of idle thought that rattled around in that empty
space in my head on SRLIFE.TXT.  Contact Mason at 4303 Highway 124,
Lithonia, GA,  30058.
        My thanks to these two people, who I also happen to game with.
Remember, I am taking submissions for this publication.  Entire
articles, or just an idea or two that you'd like someone do the drudge
work on and turn into a fully fleshed out result.  You can receive as
little or as much credit as you like, but I will be more than happy to
fully credit all who assist my creative process(es).

     ENJOY!

Later,
Nightstalker