Marsden is Here

Looks like I never got around to putting this in my LJ for posterity. This is the game I was going to run at SAGA last year, before the events of February overwhelmed me. Going to have another go this year.
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[preliminary blurb]
It is the 27th century. Humankind has reached the stars, found abundant habitable planets and gone to war with the cat-like Kilrathi.

In the resource-rich Gemini Sector planet New Detroit is -the- massive industrial complex underpinning local military and colonisation efforts. Anything of value not made here is traded here - over or under the counter. Every crooked scheme and underhanded deal in the sector is said to originate in the bars and alleyways that squash between the huge factories, mining complexes and warehouses.

These mean streets are home to the washed up debris of the Human Confederation - pure-strain, gene-engineered and altered-world stock all trying to catch the break that will see them through one more day. And between the shadowy worlds of corporate espionage and the personal empire of mob boss Roman Lynch there are breaks to be had - if you have the right skills and a flexible conscience to go with them.

Do you?

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System: ShadowRun 4th Ed (skinned)
Players: 4-6, taking expressions of interest only at the moment,
keeping slots open for SAGA newbies
Night: Thursday @ SAGA

I slept in somewhat this morning. For once I can't be bothered feeling guilty about getting to work late. Helps that I've decided to take off early this afternoon and just put in a leave-slip for a half-day after the fact.

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In Gemini last night the PCs visited a "Freeport" planet, upscaled a bar-brawl into a firefight, and have agreed to take on a little "initiation run" with part of a pirate group whose leader they are trying to get in contact with. I'm not sure that any of them - OK, maybe one - are keen on actually going through with it, but we'll see how it plays out next week ...

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This is probably the first time ever I've run my regular game the week before 'BoD'. I'm planning on running my regular sunday game as well. But then I may be away next Sunday, although looking at times I might be back early enough ... up to running may be a different story.

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Some people might be interested in this community ... chickswithdice. I don't think I'll be hanging around there personally.

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( Intuition test meme at which I did surprisingly well )

Recieved the quote for the driveway yesterday. It's only about half what I expected, so maybe I'll be able to complete one of the other items on the "to do list" with the extra money I was budgeting. Not until after I've recieved and paid up this bill though, just in case.

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You know you've run a good session when at the end over half the PCs are unconscious and location unknown, another is feigning unconsciouness and under arrest in the back of a police car, and the third is trying to decide whether it's safe to use the elevator to the basement knowing that a) it's probably booby trapped and b) the police are about to come through the front door and try to pound on him - and the players are still enjoying it.

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* "The Web brings people together because no matter what kind of a twisted sexual mutant you happen to be, you've got millions of pals out there. Type in 'Find people that have sex with goats that are on fire' and the computer will say, 'Specify type of goat.'"