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Seattle Sourcebook
''Seattle Sourcebook'' is a supplement published by FASA in 1990 for the near-future dystopian role-playing game '' Shadowrun'' . Contents ''Seattle Sourcebook'' is a campaign setting supplement which details the neighborhoods, government, economy, and main corporations of Seattle in the year 2050, and how they interconnect with each other. Publication history ''Seattle Sourcebook'' was written by Boy F. Petersen, Jr., with a cover by Dana Knutson, and was published by FASA in 1990 as a 176-page book with a foldout map. Shannon Appelcline noted that in the early 1990s, "''Shadowrun'' was supported by over a dozen supplements each year—some of which were quite well-received, such as ''Seattle Sourcebook'' (1990), one of the first extensive RPG descriptions of a modern city, and Nigel Findley's adventure, ''The Universal Brotherhood'' (1990)." Reception In the November 1992 edition of ''Dragon'' (Issue #187), Allen Varney thought that the material in this book "expands spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle Sourcebook, Role-playing Supplement
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FASA
Fasa ( fa, فسا, Fasā, also Romanized as Fassa) is a city and capital of Fasa County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 110,825, in 33,379 families. Fasa is the fourth most populous city of the province. The city dates back to the Achaemenid period. Fasa's economy is based on agriculture and Pastoralism. Jahrom, Darab, Sarvestan, Kherameh and Estahban are neighbours of Fasa. This city is located on the road from Shiraz to Kerman, This has made Fasa a strategic and important city. Name The name Fasa is derived from the older form Pasā. Various etymologies for this name have been proposed. Local tradition holds that Fasa is named after a legendary prince named Pasa, son of Fars and grandson of Tahmuras. In Ibn al-Balkhi's retelling the legend, Fars granted the town of Fasa to Pasa; in Hamdallah Mustawfi's version, Pasa founds the city himself (in this version, he is directly the son of Tahmuras). Harold Bailey proposed on linguistic grounds that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
