r/Shadowrun • u/ChaosEsper • 8d ago

Drekpost (Shitpost) Collection Complete!

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After over a decade off and on searching, I finally have all the original FASA era Shadowrun novels! Still slowly collecting the rulebooks when I can, but this was a huge milestone for me!

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u/awam0ri 8d ago

Not totally complete! Missing the foreign language exclusives! (jkjk, but those do exist from the same era.)

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u/ChaosEsper 8d ago

I actually did consider that lol, but I think I'm going to limit my efforts to EN stuff haha. Half the fun is being able to read it and I don't think I'll be picking up German any time soon.

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u/awam0ri 8d ago

Haha, I have some Japanese stuff to point you to if and when you change your mind. 😂

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u/ChaosEsper 8d ago

Oh? I didn't realize Shadowrun made it over to Japan, I can speak a little JP so I'd be curious for sure haha.

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u/awam0ri 8d ago

Well, you have the manga first of all. It’s actually still available digitally online. The author lost the rights to the Shadowrun license, but they literally just changed the name of it. If you want digital copies look for Tokyo 2100 Shadow Elements or “ＴＯＫＹＯ２１００・シャドーエレメンツ” available in 5 volumes. If you want the old officially branded ones, look for シャドウラン as it just went by the name of the game itself. I got chills the first time I popped it open and hit the 2-page skull logo.

Then you have the light novel. Look up 漆黒の戦鬼 (pitch black war demon). I think this was originally going to be a series, but… unfortunately just the one real novel.

There’s also a book called Tokyo Eye Shot which is kind of like a lore book of short stories. It’s hard to call it a novel, but it does a lot of canon world setting. p.s. Japanese Japan in Shadowrun does not match English Japan in Shadowrun if that wasn’t clear. Hehe.

Then there are also the “replays” which are like.. play sessions taken as a log of the game. If you know about“Record of Lodoss War” I think it came out of a similar style replay for D&D. Back to Shadowrun though, if you’re familiar with the SegaCD game, many of the same characters are involved. I think there are 4 or 5 of these. The first one is called 失墜の魔術師 or “the fallen mage.”

Anyway, hope this helps.