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losthellhound · 12-26-2003, 08:09 AM

It's been about two years since Ive done it, but Im running a Shadowrun campaign this year. As I was writing out the story and such I wondered how many TF'ers play/run Shadowrun..

I know it doesnt have as big of a following since the "german incident", but I hear its also going through a rebirth of sales and new players

If you have played, share a story.. Maybe it will inspire me for my own campaign

- The Hound

peeweesbigbong · 12-26-2003, 10:03 PM

whats this 'german incident'?

i LOVE shadowrun, played both the P&P and genesid, SNES versions religiously. for awhile i was acctually trying to get a team together to make a neverwinter nights MOD of shadowrun but i couldnt get a good enough team together.

NeverBorn · 12-26-2003, 10:50 PM

I love Shadowrun as well..Slot and Run chummer..null persperation

Nikilidstrom · 12-27-2003, 01:34 PM

Ive been playing Shadowrun for a long time. No. 1 rpg in my book.

Just finished GMing an adventure where an AI temporarily escapes an R&D lab and starts calling on random deckers to help her escape, but without letting them know she is an AI. She finds our decker while he is breaking another of our team out of jail, and convinces him to get the team to raid the lab and save her. At the same time, the rest of the team is approached by a Mr. Johnson to streal a mysterious program from the same lab, which turns out of course, to be the AI. After the rescue/heist, the decker wants her freed, and the rest of the group wants to turn her in for the nuyen. I did not plan the matrix part of the adventure out well, so it got a little hairy at times, but the rest of the adventure ran pretty smoothly. Hopes this little tid bit helps the creative drive kick in.

omega2K4 · 12-27-2003, 04:08 PM

I loved Shadowrun on the Genesis, never played the P&P version.

GakFace · 12-28-2003, 02:47 AM

I...... WANT... to play, never had the chance yet

DonnChadh · 12-28-2003, 05:43 AM

Had some good fun playing Shadowrun with my mates, taking turns to GM games.

Best session we had was when one of the party decided to sell out the rest of us and started a fight on a cargo plane, shooting the pilot, co-pilot and jamming open the cargo bay doors in the process.
And none of the characters had parachutes

Still got all my books and my 2nd ed Rigger character around somewhere, with a souped up Fiat-Fokker 'Cloud 9' Amphibious Aircraft

ratbastid · 12-28-2003, 06:23 AM

Ahhh Shadowrun.

I had lots of fun with my Orc sam, "Hammer".

losthellhound · 12-28-2003, 07:33 PM

So far I have a decker/rigger combo, an adept, and a weapons specialist..

I've never liked pure hack and slash games, and SR gives me the oppertunity to roleplay, and really do a strong storied campaign (with some hack and slash of course *g*)

NbCal · 12-29-2003, 02:42 AM

I love Shadowrun for the snes. I broke out my snes a few weeks ago and replayed it, and it is still every bit as awesome as I remembered.

Kadath · 12-29-2003, 12:08 PM

Yeah, we played a little SR during our experimental RPG days, plus we loved the SNES version. Good times. I too wish to know about this "german incident." It sounds quite intriguing.

losthellhound · 12-29-2003, 08:57 PM

The "german incident" was when a new company took over the games. They published a Germany source book that was questionable. Alot of countries banned it from thier shelves as I remember. (alot of shite about how the holocaust never happened and alot of neo nazi stuff)..

Thankfully its moved away from that

Moonduck · 12-30-2003, 11:55 AM

Really, truly like SR. Played it innumerable times in all three editions, but haven't played in a game for years. I somehow managed, even with the many hours spent playing it, to never quite feel like I was competent enough with the system and the world to really give it a good run. Seeing as how I'm the only person that really GM's in my group, SR doesn't hit the table.

Shame really, as we do occassionally do Cyberpunk, and I honestly feel that SR is ten times the game CP is.

Ogre840 · 12-30-2003, 09:59 PM

had never heard of the 'german incident' but thats kinda fucked up... but im actually glad wizkids has revived this game. Unlike WotC and D&D (GOD THE FUCKED THAT UP...) they have kept the core the same, and everything else is the same as far as i can notice, besides minor technical updates. loved this game on genisis, not so much on SNES, but i was young then, and all games were pretty freakin hard...

i allways wanted a SR game based on Fallout (engine at least, and style, and mechanics) but an MMORPG where you can deck, do magic, and be a runner, corp, cop, or even a johnson! but without FO3... i doubt thered be hope for a SR MMORPG... (if there was in the first place)

GakFace · 12-30-2003, 11:01 PM

Oh Yeah! I remember that now!... I wrote a paper on RPGs.. and that obviously came up in the paper....

Aletheia · 12-31-2003, 10:27 AM

Shadowrun rocks. I got 4 or 5 of the 3rd edition books. I still need the reread over the matrix rules.

12-26-2003, 08:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	RolePlaying - Shadowrun It's been about two years since Ive done it, but Im running a Shadowrun campaign this year. As I was writing out the story and such I wondered how many TF'ers play/run Shadowrun.. I know it doesnt have as big of a following since the "german incident", but I hear its also going through a rebirth of sales and new players If you have played, share a story.. Maybe it will inspire me for my own campaign - The Hound __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-27-2003, 04:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
omega2K4 Natalie Portman is sexy. Location: The Outer Rim	I loved Shadowrun on the Genesis, never played the P&P version. __________________ "While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

12-28-2003, 02:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	I...... WANT... to play, never had the chance yet __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

12-28-2003, 05:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
DonnChadh Tilted Location: Tha Boro	Had some good fun playing Shadowrun with my mates, taking turns to GM games. Best session we had was when one of the party decided to sell out the rest of us and started a fight on a cargo plane, shooting the pilot, co-pilot and jamming open the cargo bay doors in the process. And none of the characters had parachutes Still got all my books and my 2nd ed Rigger character around somewhere, with a souped up Fiat-Fokker 'Cloud 9' Amphibious Aircraft __________________ I try to take life one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.

12-28-2003, 07:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	So far I have a decker/rigger combo, an adept, and a weapons specialist.. I've never liked pure hack and slash games, and SR gives me the oppertunity to roleplay, and really do a strong storied campaign (with some hack and slash of course g) __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-26-2003, 10:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
peeweesbigbong Tilted	whats this 'german incident'? i LOVE shadowrun, played both the P&P and genesid, SNES versions religiously. for awhile i was acctually trying to get a team together to make a neverwinter nights MOD of shadowrun but i couldnt get a good enough team together.

12-26-2003, 10:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
NeverBorn I'm a pepper bitch..	I love Shadowrun as well..Slot and Run chummer..null persperation

12-27-2003, 01:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nikilidstrom Stick it in your five hole! Location: Michigan, USA	Ive been playing Shadowrun for a long time. No. 1 rpg in my book. Just finished GMing an adventure where an AI temporarily escapes an R&D lab and starts calling on random deckers to help her escape, but without letting them know she is an AI. She finds our decker while he is breaking another of our team out of jail, and convinces him to get the team to raid the lab and save her. At the same time, the rest of the team is approached by a Mr. Johnson to streal a mysterious program from the same lab, which turns out of course, to be the AI. After the rescue/heist, the decker wants her freed, and the rest of the group wants to turn her in for the nuyen. I did not plan the matrix part of the adventure out well, so it got a little hairy at times, but the rest of the adventure ran pretty smoothly. Hopes this little tid bit helps the creative drive kick in.

12-28-2003, 06:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	Ahhh Shadowrun. I had lots of fun with my Orc sam, "Hammer".

12-29-2003, 02:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
NbCal Tilted Location: Newport Beach, CA	I love Shadowrun for the snes. I broke out my snes a few weeks ago and replayed it, and it is still every bit as awesome as I remembered.

12-29-2003, 12:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	Yeah, we played a little SR during our experimental RPG days, plus we loved the SNES version. Good times. I too wish to know about this "german incident." It sounds quite intriguing. __________________ it's quiet in here

12-29-2003, 08:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	The "german incident" was when a new company took over the games. They published a Germany source book that was questionable. Alot of countries banned it from thier shelves as I remember. (alot of shite about how the holocaust never happened and alot of neo nazi stuff).. Thankfully its moved away from that __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-30-2003, 11:55 AM	#13 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Really, truly like SR. Played it innumerable times in all three editions, but haven't played in a game for years. I somehow managed, even with the many hours spent playing it, to never quite feel like I was competent enough with the system and the world to really give it a good run. Seeing as how I'm the only person that really GM's in my group, SR doesn't hit the table. Shame really, as we do occassionally do Cyberpunk, and I honestly feel that SR is ten times the game CP is.

12-30-2003, 09:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ogre840 Banned Location: OlyWa	had never heard of the 'german incident' but thats kinda fucked up... but im actually glad wizkids has revived this game. Unlike WotC and D&D (GOD THE FUCKED THAT UP...) they have kept the core the same, and everything else is the same as far as i can notice, besides minor technical updates. loved this game on genisis, not so much on SNES, but i was young then, and all games were pretty freakin hard... i allways wanted a SR game based on Fallout (engine at least, and style, and mechanics) but an MMORPG where you can deck, do magic, and be a runner, corp, cop, or even a johnson! but without FO3... i doubt thered be hope for a SR MMORPG... (if there was in the first place)

12-30-2003, 11:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	Oh Yeah! I remember that now!... I wrote a paper on RPGs.. and that obviously came up in the paper.... __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

12-31-2003, 10:27 AM	#16 (permalink)
Aletheia Psycho	Shadowrun rocks. I got 4 or 5 of the 3rd edition books. I still need the reread over the matrix rules.