Shadowrun Books: Game World Chronology

The following list is an 'in game' chronological compilation of all Shadowrun books (save novels), main books, and screens. This is to help in assisting GMs who wish to run campaigns set in years other than the most current game product year. For example, if a GM wishes to run a campaign at the beginning of 2054 then the GM can reasonably state that players can access the Shadowland compilation on Germany, but the Lone Star post has yet to be completed. Though this does not infer that the GM does not have access to the information found in later books.

These dates are based on either one of four things. First, for older Shadowun books (those with time/date stamps that accompany the posts of the various 'on-line' personalities) the date listed is the latest time/date stamp found in that book. Second, in the later Shadowrun books the personality/Sysop Captin Chaos begins each book with a prelude that he is considerate enough to date. These preludes are like a final editor's note before the publishing of those books onto Shadowland. Third, Shadowrun Adventures usually include either a piece of fiction, time/date dialogue, an actual timeline, or a handout that can be used to reasonably date the adventure. Lastly, the date is guesswork. Where the year is often easy to determine (by using the back cover excerpt, a mention of the year in the text, etc.), the month, and even more so for the day, is often approximated with reference to other books whose dates are known.

In the table below, Adventures are in Italics. Dates in Bold are approximations and have a 90% accuracy for the year given, 40% accuracy for the month, and no accuracy is claimed for actual days. * Books have a discrepancy between Jackpoint date at beginning of book and last date listed.

Books with two publishing dates are usually updates for second edition.