In the table below are the dates for FASA-published adventures for Shadowrun, and is useful for gamemasters who want to play them in the correct order in their campaign. In nearly all cases, the dates were taken from the Seattle Newsnet Intelligencer that appears in the back of many adventures. As such, it represents the date by which the adventure is OVER; exceptions are noted in the table.
I've avoided putting in spoilers for what actually happens in the adventures, so all players can learn from this table is which adventures they might expect around which points in the Shadowrun timeline.
Perhaps it's unnecessary, but I'll mention for Americans and others using funny date notations that the dates in this file are in a day-month-year format.
The dates for the sourcebooks are in a separate file. The names of the books are linked to short reviews; to read the review, click on the name of the book.
You will notice that the dates in the adventures don't always follow the same order as FASA's stock numbers; for example, DNA/DOA was the first Shadowrun adventure published, but chronologically it's second or third, if not later depending on when you think Harlequin and Silver Angel should take place exactly.
Thanks to Mark Steedman for supplying the dates for the adventures I didn't own when I originally compiled this list.
Date | Adventure | FASA no. | Notes |
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??-??-2050 | Silver Angel | 7102 | Can take place almost any time. |
12-02-2050 | Mercurial | 7302 | |
17-08-2050 | Dreamchipper | 7303 | |
??-08-2050 | Harlequin | 7306 | Can take place almost any time; date is from player handouts. |
12-12-2050 | DNA/DOA | 7301 | |
15-01-???? | Queen Euphoria | 7304 | Most likely 2051. |
15-01-???? | Bottled Demon | 7305 | Most likely 2051; same date as Queen Euphoria. |
10-05-2051 | Missing Blood | 7205 | Adventure from The Universal Brotherhood. |
08-06-2051 | Ivy & Chrome | 7311 | |
08-09-2051 | Dark Angel | 7313 | Intro says "The year is 2054." |
23-09-2051 | Eye Of The Eagle | 7207 | Adventure from Native American Nations: Volume Two. |
09-10-2051 | Dragon Hunt | 7307 | |
09-10-2051 | Imago | 7309 | Same date as Dragon Hunt. |
26-10-2051 | Peacekeeper | 7202 | Adventure from Native American Nations: Volume One. |
14-11-2051 | Total Eclipse | 7308 | |
20-05-2053 | Elven Fire | 7310 | |
25-08-2053 | One Stage Before | 7312 | |
10-06-2054 | A Killing Glare | 7314 | |
??-??-2054 | Celtic Double Cross | 7315 | Date is from BBC news report in adventure synopsis. |
??-12-2054 | Paradise Lost | 7317 | Date is from sourcebook section. |
??-??-2055 | Double Exposure | 7319 | Timeline critical, FASA publication date suggests 2055, but this adventure must occur well after Missing Blood and at least months before Bug City. |
??-??-2055 | Eye Witness | 7316 | Can take place almost any time. |
??-??-2055 | Harlequin's Back | 7320 | Can take place almost any time. |
??-05-2056 | Divided Assets | 7318 | Can take place any time between ??-07-2055 and ??-05-2056, based on child's date of birth. |
07-08-2057 | Super Tuesday! | 7322 | Date is from Dunkelzahn's Secrets; can take place almost any time in 2057 before August. |
??-10-2057 | Missions | 7325 | Actually only Mission Mars is time-critical, and must occur within months of Dunkelzahn's will being published. |
01-01-2058 | Mob War! | 7326 | Date is beginning of adventure. |
??-??-2059 | Predator And Prey | 7324 | Can take place almost any time. |
28-07-2060 | Blood In The Boardroom | 7327 | Can take place any time between 09-08-2057 and 28-07-2060. |
19-12-2059 | Renraku Arcology: Shutdown | 7328 | Date is starting date of events described in the book. |
??-??-2061 | First Run | 7329 | Can take place virtually any time; only Supernova needs to be set in 2061. |