▲ 158 ▼ Shoot straight. Conserve ammo. Never make a deal with a dragon. [Shadowrun] (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 1 year ago by tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (8 children) Goddammit another game to go on my wishlist apparently. Goodbye, money permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Like others have said, the rules are... bad. Especially the latest edition. A couple of the older editions are "favorites," but still mixed bags, and lots of people just take the setting and use it in another system entirely. There's a Shadowrun actual play podcast called NeoScum that I loved (now concluded), and it began with "It's like D&D mixed with Bladerunner!" and ended with "Fuck this, fuck Shadowrun, the universe rearranges itself so we can play a different game." They even had a goofy recurring bit they would do whenever they had to stop play to look up rules or calculate something, which happened constantly. It's also not a player issue, since they've switched to Call of Cthulhu for another story (Gutter) and just don't have that problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I recommend Sprawlrunners, a Shadowrun/Cyberpunk ruleset for Savage Worlds. We had a game that had been Shadowrun that we converted to Sprawlrunners rules and it ran fantastically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Saving for later. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] zogrewaste_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (4 children) Look at older editions. 6th is hot garbage published with criminally low quality material and he didn't pay the freelance writers that contributed to the game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago Nobody hates Shadowrun more than the people who love Shadowrun. :P permalink fedilink source parent [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Also check out the video games Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Shadowrun Returns is part of that trilogy, and pretty decent too. They can be played in any order - they're all standalone stories. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Returns is extremely linear and lacks a party though, in addition to the later games having improved mechanics. Also, there's a mod for Hong Kong that remakes the Returns campaign. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Like others have said, the rules are... bad. Especially the latest edition. A couple of the older editions are "favorites," but still mixed bags, and lots of people just take the setting and use it in another system entirely. There's a Shadowrun actual play podcast called NeoScum that I loved (now concluded), and it began with "It's like D&D mixed with Bladerunner!" and ended with "Fuck this, fuck Shadowrun, the universe rearranges itself so we can play a different game." They even had a goofy recurring bit they would do whenever they had to stop play to look up rules or calculate something, which happened constantly. It's also not a player issue, since they've switched to Call of Cthulhu for another story (Gutter) and just don't have that problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I recommend Sprawlrunners, a Shadowrun/Cyberpunk ruleset for Savage Worlds. We had a game that had been Shadowrun that we converted to Sprawlrunners rules and it ran fantastically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Saving for later. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) I recommend Sprawlrunners, a Shadowrun/Cyberpunk ruleset for Savage Worlds. We had a game that had been Shadowrun that we converted to Sprawlrunners rules and it ran fantastically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Saving for later. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago Saving for later. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zogrewaste_@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (4 children) Look at older editions. 6th is hot garbage published with criminally low quality material and he didn't pay the freelance writers that contributed to the game. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago Nobody hates Shadowrun more than the people who love Shadowrun. :P permalink fedilink source parent [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Also check out the video games Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Shadowrun Returns is part of that trilogy, and pretty decent too. They can be played in any order - they're all standalone stories. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Returns is extremely linear and lacks a party though, in addition to the later games having improved mechanics. Also, there's a mod for Hong Kong that remakes the Returns campaign. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago Nobody hates Shadowrun more than the people who love Shadowrun. :P permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) Also check out the video games Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Shadowrun Returns is part of that trilogy, and pretty decent too. They can be played in any order - they're all standalone stories. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Returns is extremely linear and lacks a party though, in addition to the later games having improved mechanics. Also, there's a mod for Hong Kong that remakes the Returns campaign. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Shadowrun Returns is part of that trilogy, and pretty decent too. They can be played in any order - they're all standalone stories. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Returns is extremely linear and lacks a party though, in addition to the later games having improved mechanics. Also, there's a mod for Hong Kong that remakes the Returns campaign. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Returns is extremely linear and lacks a party though, in addition to the later games having improved mechanics. Also, there's a mod for Hong Kong that remakes the Returns campaign. permalink fedilink source parent