New Seattle Sourcebook (Shadowrun)

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Summary: A Better Seattle Sourcebook
Review: New Seattle is pretty much a total remake of the previous Seattle Sourcebook that served for 1st and 2nd edition Shadowrun. While Seattle was always a useful sourcebook and possibly the most important sourcebook other than the rulebook this volume does a good job of updating and consolidating the metroplex. It's somewhat quicker and easier to read than the original and gives a few more adventure ideas than the old Seattle book.

It follows the trend of 3rd edition books to have less artwork but it does have one author which helps lend consistency to the book. While the background history of the sprawl in New Seattle may not be current anymore it's a hell of a better than using an old 1st edition book. The backstory has been updated for the corp war and the mob war and the death of Dunkelzhan.

You should probably pick this up if you're starting a new group. There's enough floating around that you can probably find it used for less than the cover price. Fanpro may reprint it later, I'm not sure.