Editorial Verbiage
Adam Jury (adamj@dumpshock.com)

Stop the Press!

I was literally a few hours worth of editing and tweaking away from releasing this issue of The Shadowrun Supplemental when the word came in that FASA had decided to call it quits. A tersely worded note on their website at was the only official word.

As expected, this has created quite a stir through the Shadowrun internet community, and much speculation is going on as to the fate of Shadowrun and FASAs other games. Shadowrun does have a new owner, and Dumpshock has a Frequently Asked Questions list on the closing at http://www.dumpshock.com/FASA-FAQ.html

For the short term, this doesn't mean a lot for The Shadowrun Supplemental - aside from having to re-write some sections of this issue on short notice, there are no plans to change or stop the magazine in any way yet. Issue #14 is still planned and submissions are being taken for it.

This issue contains the debut of a new feature - The True Facade. The True Facade has its roots in the Bulldrek v0.2 message boards (http://pub11.ezboard.com/bbulldrek), but has now migrated to its own board at http://pub23.ezboard.com/btruefacade - all the material in And So the Armies Rolled Forth... is taken directly from one of the threads in The True Facade. Anyone is free to participate, although there are some rules and regulations that should be read before doing so - they're clearly listed, so you should have no trouble finding them. The True Facade aims to discuss real world Shadowrun issues from a 'non-runner' viewpoint. As you can see from the selection in this issue, the in-game contributors run the gamut from 'runners' to ordinary citizens.

Call for Art

As I've mentioned a few times, one of my back-burnered projects is to re-release the old TSS issues, edited and laid out to the new standards. I've mostly finished issue #1 (it was really easy, after removing the huge block of reviews from Gurth, which are now up on his page - it's more like a flyer than a magazine, now.. ), but I'm missing some art. So this is what I'm looking for:

• 1 cover piece. Colour or black and white. Similar size to the cover pieces from recent issues.
• 2 small (2x2 or thereabouts) black and white pieces, suitable for filling in the corners. These can be either illustrations or 'fake' advertisements from the Shadowrun world.
• 1 half page piece (approx) - can be either half a vertical page or half a horizontal page. If this had some sort of 'munchkin' theme - big guns, over the top armour, lightsabers and lasers - that would be cool.

Once I've procured these it shouldn't be long before the revised #1 is released, and I can move onto #2.

Format for submissions: TIF or PSD preferred, 300DPI, attached to an email to adamj@dumpshock.com - please include your real name for copyright purposes and your nickname if you don't want your real name published.

Legalities
This magazine is in no way endorsed nor produced by FASA Corporation. Shadowrun, Matrix, and various other phrases and names used are copyrights of FASA Corporation (1989 to the present date.). The staff of The Shadowrun Supplemental and the original authors of each article have no intent to infringe on FASAs intellectual property and rights. FASA has not read this material in advance, and none of this material is approved by FASA.

Copyrights
All contents are copyright (2000) by their original authors or artists. The compilation of material is copyright (2000) by Adam Jury.

Redistribution
This magazine may not be reproduced in any other computer format without permission of the editor, nor may it be archived on any other publicly accessible computer system or Internet site without my permission. Edited versions may not be distributed, it may be edited only for your personal use and within your own gaming group.