Shadowrun: Vice af Catalyst Game Labs, 2010

Vice is a central background book for the role-playing game Shadowrun, Fourth Edition , which was released in 2010 via Catalyst Game Labs.The book serves as an in-depth crime manual and sheds light on the criminal underworld that operates in the shadow of the game's all-powerful megacorporations.

As the gaming world is defined by corporate power and extraterritoriality, the book explores the many facets of "Corporate Vice" and how the criminal network interacts with the business world.

Central themes in the book
The Great Syndicates: Detailed descriptions of global organizations such as the Japanese Yakuza, the Chinese Triads, the Mafia, and the Russian Vory.
Street life and gangs: Insight into smaller street gangs, racist groups and specialized criminal networks.
Corporate Connections: Descriptions of how megacorporations secretly fund, use, or combat criminal syndicates for black ops.
Illegal markets: Review of smuggling, BTL (Better Than Life) chips, arms sales and prostitution.
Metahumanity: How different races (elves, trolls, orcs, etc.) are recruited and treated in the underworld.