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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Holostreets?

IT'S WHAT YOU KNOW

Powerful financiers have been sent to prison for sending inside information to investment bankers so they could trade based on things they weren’t supposed to know. Government officials have resigned because the answer to the question “What did they know and when did they know it” turned out to be bad for them.

Information is power, and lately the Sixth World has been full of juicy secrets. In this campaign, runners will be called to the corporate capital of Manhattan to uncover some hidden information and then see how to they can extract the most value out of them—without drawing too large of a target on their backs.

As many people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with various shades of green, we have a very special green-tinted book–Emerald City (Catalyst shop, DriveThruRPG), the Seattle location book for Shadowrun, Sixth World! With a profile of each of the city’s districts, including notable people and places, and qualities for characters who might come from those areas, this is a critical resource to see how the newly free city of Seattle is handling itself. Here’s a little more info:

The Shadow Capital

Join spies, smugglers, liars, cheats, killers, thieves, rebels, anarchists, gangers, thugs, hoods, outlaws, low-lifes, hackers, con artists, hustlers, and more as they gather and try to climb to the summit of the shadowrunning world. In Seattle, the gold glitters brighter and the dungeons are darker, meaning the shadows in between are the widest and most intense in the world

As a newly free city, Seattle hovers lightly over a pit of ravening wolves, saved only by the fact that as much as one wolf would love to devour the sprawl whole, they equally don’t want any of their competitors to get it. Maintaining that balance is the core desire of city leaders; undoing it has become the obsession of the city’s enemies. Whether shadowrunners decide to pick a side or just play all sides against each other, there is plenty of work to be done and danger to avoid, all while showing they can run the shadows with the best of them.

Emerald City is a sourcebook for Shadowrun, Sixth World.

Shadow Points

First, a new novel, "CTRL Issues" from Bryan CP Steele. Available now from all the usual ebook providers, and in print from Amazon as Print on Demand.

https://books2read.com/ShadowrunCTRLIssues

We also have a new novella "Kings of the Streets", by O.C. Presley, available from the usual ebook providers!

https://books2read.com/ShadowrunKingsoftheStreet

CTRL Issues

ONE PROGRAM TO CONTROL IT ALL…

Janus is a pro shadowrunner who’s been in the game long enough to roll with the curveballs the Sixth World can throw at him. Whether it’s traveling halfway around the world for a job or finding out his new employer has a much longer lifespan than the average metahuman, the dual-natured hacker/mage has always come out on top—and made a good living to boot.

But in the Allied German States, he and the new team he’s leading are on unfamiliar ground. And when what should have been a milk run—transporting some high-tech computer gear from a corp lab to their employer—turns into a bloodbath, Janus and his team have to figure out what happened, who’s behind it, and what’s so important at this site that at least one megacorp is willing to kill to get their hands on it…before the rest of the corps turn their gaze—and guns—on the team.

On the run for their lives, never knowing who to trust, Janus and his team unravel a tangled web of invention, deception, and death with a discovery at its core that could shake the very foundations of the Sixth World…or possibly bring it all crashing down around them…

Kings of the Streets

RUNNING WILD IN THE STREETS...

Pícaro is a street kid living in the slums of Tenochtitlan, resigned to his dead-end life, and just trying to survive until the next day. But when his grandmother falls ill, he throws in with drug pushers to try and earn enough money to save her, until he gets what he thinks is an even better idea—robbing his connection.

Betrayed by a former friend, Pícaro is turned over to the most powerful street gang in the barrio, and expects a quick death. Instead, he is made one of them, and when his own magical ability begins to emerge, Pícaro realizes there’s more to life than just survival.

We have a brand-new sourcebook for Shadowrun: Anarchy called Anarchy 2050 (Catalyst store, DriveThruRPG). This book takes you back to the early days of Shadowrun, letting you use Anarchy rules in the 2050 setting and running through some of the classic adventures. Here’s the rundown:

Play the Hits

Harlequin. Maria Mercurial. Jetblack. Dunkelzahn. The Universal Brotherhood.

These are some of the defining names of Shadowrun lore, the classics that shaped an enduring game universe. Now, for the first time, they’ve been brought to the fast-moving game rules of Shadowrun: Anarchy. With new character archetypes, shadow amps, world information, and a whole bunch of contract briefs, Anarchy 2050 gives you what you need to play classic adventures in a new way. Get ready to get caught in the middle of intrigue, deception, gang warfare, political assassinations, and more as your team of runners tries to survive and maybe bring a little light into the shadows.

The next plot book for Shadowrun, Sixth World. It’s called The Kechibi Code (Catalyst store, DriveThruRPG), and it’s a globe-trotting series of events centered around some Matrix code that everyone wants to get their hands on. What does it do, and how can it be used? You’ll have to read the book to find out! Here are a few more details:

What Will You Do?

The power to shake cities, nations, even corporations is out there, contained in a compact code. What would you do if you could control it? Wield it? Or destroy it? Where would you direct the power? Who would you save, and who would you doom?

Shadowrunners are used to reacting and surviving. The larger choices, things like the flow of billions of nuyen, or shifts in the highest levels of power, are usually out of their grasp.

But not this time. What will you do if you finally manage to grab it?