Target: UCAS (Shadowrun RPG, FAS7214) Paperback – June 1, 1997

A little out dated storyline wise, but it's still a valuable book for running a game in the UCAS. A lot of detail, which later books miss.

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Target: UCAS is probably one the last Shadowrun 2nd edition books to come out and possibly the first of the Target series. This book focuses on about 4 cities in the United Canadian and American States. Although most of what's in it has been updated in Shadows of North America it still contains valuable and detailed information on Boston, Detroit, the Washington DC sprawl, and Chicago.Perhaps most importantly it tells the (rather short) tale of how Ares (mostly) took out the bug spirits. It also gives rules for using Strain 3 bacteria, those crazy little critters that eat magical items and people.It's a pretty fun read in of itself with plenty of decker shadowtalk sprinkled throughout. You're probably going to want it if you want to do runs in either Boston or Detroit.It seems to be pretty easy to find (but not nearly as prevalent as the Street Samurai Catalog) and it's usually not too expensive. I believe some of the sellers here have very reasonably priced copies for sale.

この本はShadowrunのサプリメントで、2050年代末期のUCASを、とくに代表的な３つの都市に焦点を当てて紹介したものです。１、東海岸の株取引の拠点で、魔法とも縁の深いボストン。２、アレス社のお膝元、デトロイト。３、封鎖が解除されたシカゴが詳しく紹介され、またシナリオのアイデアが掲載されています。(ほかにもグールを扱うルールもあります)50年代末でこれらを舞台にしようとする方には有意義でしょう。60年代なら北米全域を扱ったサプリメント　Shadows of North Americaがありますが、広範囲を扱っている為一都市の説明文の分量は多くはないので、これが参考になることもあるかもしれません。