Target: Smuggler Havens (Shadowrun)

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Summary: CyberPirates and Underwater Yakuza Bases, Oh My!
Review: Concise, with an insight to New Orleans. This book links Seattle with the world, providing trade routes and creative ideas to run players into all kinds of trouble. As a GM, I love it!

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Summary: One word: MAPS
Review: This book contained so much background information on places that it did not really help me much as a DM. It is great for a history lesson, but would have been more interesting if written as two seperate novels. It mainly gives background info on New Orleans and surrounding areas, as well as a port in good old Russia. Also don't let the picture above fool you. This is not the picture that I had on the book I received. It was a pitcure of a Vooduan buying body organs. The only helpful thing in the book for me was information on Talisleggin and organleggin. This is the aquisition and sell of talismen materials as well as, organs and body parts.

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Summary: One word: MAPS
Review: This book has a wealth of material smuggling routes, and long overdue info on border crossings. It also incorporates a much overlooked element in the shadowrun setting: regional maps. The mainland of North America is blocked out with not only international borders, but also the major cities are well marked. The New Orleans info is detailed enough to stage well thought-out runs there. Vladistock is detailed smoothly as well. This book makes an excellent companion to "The Underworld Sourcebook."

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Summary: Good, but not good enogh
Review: Well, I must say that this book is mixed blessing. On the one hand there are excellent piece about New Orleans, description of smuggling routes, underwater cities and rules section (very helpful). On the other hand there is section about Vladivostok, which I, as Russian, found disappointing.