There’s new Shadowrun goodness floating around in print! Corporate Guide is out and about. Learn all you need to know about the Big Ten, and some rising powers to boot. For more information, look at this post, or to get a preview of the Aztechnology section, go here. Go buy at will, and enjoy!

It’s the middle of the month, and that seems like a fine time for some electronic Shadowrun releases! First up, we have the latest in the series of Manahttan Missions: Firestorm, available now at the Battleshop and Drivethrurpg!

It’s the Easy Ones that Get You

If you’ve survived enough runs, you know that the ones that sound easy are the ones that get you. And what could be easier than recovering a runaway drone?

As it turns out, plenty. The drone is acting strangely–strange enough that two megacorporations are interested in its fate. And there are others, who are no fans of the megacorps, who have got the scent of what’s going on as well. The chase for the drone is putting a lot of people on a crash course, and when they collide, guns are going to come out. Can you survive the crossfire?

Firestorm continues the Manhattan series of Missions, giving the players a chance to get in deeper with some of the major powers of New York–assuming they live long enough.

Need more adventure? We’ve got two classic PDFs releasing today. In Dragon Hunt (Battleshop, Drivethrurpg), runners have an assignment to locate a lost identity–unfortunately, there are some powerful parties who want it to stay lost. Shadows of the Underworld (Battleshop, Drivethrurpg) has five adventures plunging you into the chaos of UCAS elections circa 2057.

To quote the great Mike Mulvihill: Have fun! Play Shadowrun!

Voting for the ENnies has begun, so now’s your chance to vote for Shadowrun! Remember, the Twentieth Anniversary Edition is nominated in four categories–Best Interior Art, Best Production, Best Game, and Product of the Year. And when you’re not voting for Shadowrun, remember to vote for fine products like Eclipse Phase, BattleTech, and Hero Labs! And if you’re moved to vote for Catalyst Game Labs as best publisher, I wouldn’t object.

The ENnie nominations were announced this morning, and Shadowrun was well represented. Shadowrun, Twentieth Anniversary Edition received four–four!–nominations, including: Best Interior Art, Best Production Values, and Best Game, and Product of the Year! Additionally, Seattle 2072 received an honorable mention in the Best Setting category!

This was part of a fine ENnie crop for Catalyst Game Labs–the fabulous Eclipse Phase also took in four nominations, and Battletech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction scored a nomination too, making nine nominations altogether for Catalyst products. Congratulations to all nominees, and thanks to all the staff and freelancers who made these products so awesome!

About two months ago, New York Times bestselling author and Shadowrun writer Michael Stackpole started what he called the Chain Story. The premise is this: A bunch of people–explorers and such–are gathered at a place called the Wanderers’ Club. There, they swap tales of their latest adventures and exploits, including stories of ghosts, murder, and other mayhem. Stackpole has enlisted a fine pack of writers to tell their own stories spinning off from this central theme, and the stories have a classic adventure feel to them. There are thirteen stories so far, and Shadowrun writers are well represented. Besides Stackpole himself (who wrote the first and tenth stories in the series), there’s Rigel Ailur (alter ego of Kris Katzen, who wrote the opening story in Seattle 2072), Ilsa Bick (who contributed the story “The Art of Diving in the Dark” to the Spells & Chrome anthology) and a story by me. Check ‘em out–they’re fun and they’re free!