The Shadowrun universe will enter a deeper involvement with the metaplanes and the Seelie [Faerie] Court with the 78-card Tarot Deck, which will be illustrated by Echo Chernik. A player’s aid, the Court of Shadows book will also be available. Both will release in Q3. Tentative MSRP is $25.00 for the deck, and $50.00 for the book.
“The next Technical LE normal book [for Shadowrun] is the creatures one – Howling Shadows,” Coleman shared. Additional details were not announced.
Encounters: Shadowrun will be a press-your-luck style dice game, similar to Encounters: Bravest Warriors (see “'Encounters: Bravest Warriors'”). “We’ve beefed it up a bit to be more fluent to the Shadowrun world. You have your Shadowrunners, they want to stay as part of a group, you can rebuy them back when you use them,” Coleman said. “Some of the missions are very flavorful, varied themed, you can go to different cities.” Tentative MSRP is $30.00. Release is planned for the end of the year.
Catalyst also plans to release a light mechanic, storytelling-heavy version of the Shadowrun rulebook called Shadowrun: Anarchy. “The idea is if anyone wants to try Shadowrun but they don’t want to really look at a 400-page rulebook, this is a 40 - 50-page rule book,” Coleman explained. “A very light version. It’s storytelling and very light roleplaying.” Release is planned for Gen Con, and tentative MSRP is $25.00.
