So last week I came down with a nasty cold and didn’t have the energy to brag, but now I’m back and really excited. Sacrificial Limb, my first solo-written Shadowrun book, is out in PDF and available for print pre-orders. But what really has me stoked? The first review (4 out of 5 stars)!
I don’t get a lot of reviews. Most of my work has been in multiple-author books (both fiction and RPG), so when I do get that rare review that focuses on my stuff (good or bad), I jump up and down for joy that I’ve been noticed. In this case, the review focuses on the product (which is a good thing), but does use the words “well written” and then goes on to say “…Sacrificial Limb is as much fun to read through as it is to play, and will definitely be a talking point both in the metaplot of the Sixth World and on Shadowrun oriented websites/forums for some time to come.”
Yeah, because my ego actually needed more stroking (it really didn’t, but I’m not complaining @=), I’m now dreaming of having written one of THOSE adventures, which changes and marks the Shadowrun metaplot for the rest of history. Which, FYI, is not what I intended when I wrote this. I just wanted to have fun. I will tell you one secret, though. When I saved the first draft, my first (horrified) thought was “Crap. I think I just killed all the players.”
Game Masters, it’s TPK CELEBRATION TIME!!!! (For the non-gamers among you, TPK means “Total Party Kill”.)
Here’s the picture and the blurb. I really would love to hear other reviews (good, bad, and ugly) as this is my first publishing RPG adventure. I’ve written several to run for my gaming group, but never one that’s gotten published before.
Secrets Worth Killing For
In 2072, Roger Soaring Owl, CEO of Knight Errant, resigned.
In 2073, Roger Soaring Owl was attacked on the streets of Denver. Witnesses were not clear on just what attacked him, but most say it was meaner, stronger, and faster than any metahuman.
Now it’s 2074. It’s time to find out what Roger Soaring Owl learned.
Corporate machinations don’t get any meaner than this. Rivals of the megacorporation are certain it’s hiding some dark secrets, and they’re willing to spend significant nuyen to uncover this information. Runners are going to have to infiltrate an Ares subsidiary and gain the corporation’s trust if they want to discover the secret—and if they do, they will have to find a way to survive with what they have learned.
Sacrificial Limb is the second in the Boardroom Backstabs series of adventures for Shadowrun. It has plot information, NPC details, player handouts, and everything needed to throw players into the depths of corporate espionage, digging for the paydata the megacorps want to keep hidden.
Sacrificial Limb is for use with Shadowrun, Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Available for order through DriveThruRPG and Battlecorps.
