Catalyst Game Labs Celebrates 20 Years of Shadowrun!
FASA Corporation launched what would become one of the best selling RPGs of all time in 1989. While building off of the blocks laid by the emerging dystopian future-cyperpunk genre, Shadowrun took a very different route by slamming that concept head-on into traditional fantasy elements of dragons, magic and fairy folk.
Shadowrun, Fourth Edition Anniversary Core Rulebook
To celebrate 20 years of this seminal RPG, Catalyst Game Labs is pleased to announce the Shadowrun, Fourth Edition 20th Anniversary Core Rulebook, which includes a host of upgrades for any Shadowrun player.
- A cover-to-cover full-color treatment allows for a stunning presentation of all the visuals Shadowrun has to offer.
- While fully compatible with all Fourth Edition-published books, much of the information has been re-presented for better usability.
- To make this the ultimate core rulebook resource for the entire Shadowrun game line, a 22 page Master Index has been generated and included, covering the 20th Anniversary Edition, as well as the following core rules expansions: Arsenal, Augmentation, Runner’s Companion, Street Magic, and Unwired.
Never has a core rulebook been so fully meshed with its full line of expansion rulebooks; check out the PDF previews of all this great book has to offer!
Shadowrun, Fourth Edition Anniversary Core Rulebook Previews
Shadowrun, Fourth Edition Anniversary Core Rulebook PDF and Pre-Orders
- PDF Only – $25
- PDF Only at DriveThruRPG – $25
(If you bought the SR4 PDF from BattleCorps.com or DriveThruRPG.com in the past, check your email for a limited-time coupon for the SR4 Anniversary Edition!) - Print Pre-Order Only – $44.99
- PDF + Print Pre-Order – $64.99
- Limited Edition Pre-Order – $64.99
- PDF + Limited Edition Pre-Order – $74.99
- PDF + Limited Edition Print Pre-Order + Regular Print Pre-Order – $109.99
Runner’s Toolkit
To continue the Shadowrun celebration, several anniversary projects are in the works. The next is the Runner’s Toolkit, a box set of tools that any runner or GM will find useful for any type of game play. The Toolkit contains the following:
- A deluxe, 4-panel hard-cardboard GM screen featuring a stunning full-panoramic illustration of Seattle.
- A 32-page booklet of additional sample contacts and adventure seeds.
- On The Run, a 56-page “first run”.
- Anatomy of a Shadowrun, a fictional account of a shadowrun, annotated with how game rules apply to the fictional run; a perfect “first-time-player” companion.
- Big Book of Tables, a 64-page booklet drawn from Shadowrun Fourth Edition as well as all five core rules expansions for an easy-to-use guide when trying to equip your characters with the latest and greatest during character creation.
- The Pre-generated Auxiliary Character and Kit System (PACKS) allows players and gamemaster’s alike to quickly assemble player and non-player characters using plug-and-play character profiles and equipment kits.
- 6 heavy cardstock, double-sided reference sheets provide quick and easy reference for a variety of tasks, from how to resolve combat, to hacking, to summoning and more.
And that’s just the beginning. Other 20th Anniversary projects, along with a full line of supporting Shadowrun books, will release throughout the year. Look here for more announcements in the future!
March 11th, 2009 at 11:11:21
[...] March 11, 2009 in shadowrun I actually had nothing to do with producing this version of the book, being pre-occupied with Eclipse Phase, but it’s very nice to see a project I invested so much time in come out in an updated full-color format: [...]
March 11th, 2009 at 11:44:31
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March 11th, 2009 at 12:53:26
So, am I missing it or is there no description of what’s in the Limited Edition? I’m buying, I just want to know what I’m getting before I push the shiny red button…
March 11th, 2009 at 13:09:35
The limited edition will be individually numbered and have a special cover. Final details still to come!
March 11th, 2009 at 13:30:36
Wow… I’m glad I didn’t waste my money to replace my torn up copy of the Core book a week ago. This sounds excellent, any chance of that limited edition being leather bound or some such? I know it would cost a lot but I think a lot of us would pay that extra cost for something like this.
March 11th, 2009 at 14:08:20
The limited edition will likely be leatherette.
March 11th, 2009 at 16:46:39
Does this mean that the “traditional” 4th Edition PDF won’t be updated any more? I bought the PDF some time ago from battlecorps.com and they still only have the old v1.3 (from Fanpro), while the erratas go up to v1.8 and include a few significant changes. I find it strange that I still have to check the Eratas, even ‘though I’ve got an E-book. (Sorry for the slight OT)
March 11th, 2009 at 17:48:53
Too sweet! I will order Sunday. Going for the whole enchilada on this one. Gorgeous cover..tease at the insides looks great also.
Exceptional work!
March 11th, 2009 at 18:56:02
That’s correct, this book is replacing the previous 2-color edition from Catalyst Game Labs. In addition to the wacky problems of getting FanPro’s old ebooks updated, the Anniversary Edition is bigger and better, and for those who did buy the FanPro version, there’s an additional discount code on the way to you soon [as mentioned in the post.]
March 11th, 2009 at 20:24:29
Sharp looking book, but I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on that Runner’s Toolkit! That just sounds like a ton of awesome in a box! And of course, looking forward to the novels for SR, Battletech, and Mechwarrior.
March 11th, 2009 at 20:54:15
OOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty and for what’s special to the limited edtion guess i’ll see when it gets here cause I pushed the shiny red button and spent almost all that was left of the green plastic money on that credit card all I need to know now is when is it going to get to me? HEHE
March 11th, 2009 at 22:50:28
Wow!
March 11th, 2009 at 22:59:53
So…what would be the projected street date of the new regular and limited edition?..and how many of the named figures within the book will be at GenCon for this sad fanboy to get autographs from in his limited edition.
March 12th, 2009 at 02:53:29
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March 12th, 2009 at 06:21:35
Serrin, the point of street dates is we don’t “project” them. :-) When the books are in our warehouse, we’ll announce the street date.
A good number of the core creatives will be at Gen Con, but we obviously don’t have an exact head count yet.
March 12th, 2009 at 07:43:08
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March 15th, 2009 at 10:41:00
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