Cyberpunk 203X Coming Soon

Pax00 writes "R. Talsorian released Cyberpunk 2013 and 2020 in the 90's, and it quickly became one of the most popular sf roleplaying settings of all time. There has been talk of a new version for years. The new version is almost out and there is a pdf preview from R. Talsorian, along with an interview with Mike Pondsmith on the forthcoming book." From the interview: "Shelf date is February (I hope). What you can expect: Cyberpunk with the gain turned up. Night City is now the largest City in the world. The Net has collapsed, but there are new net things even cooler. Rival groups (including the megacorps) are vying for world control. There are new cybertechnologies that reflect the changes in the genre. New weapons, new tech, new characters, new goals. Netrunners, rockers and solos will still be around, but in multiple forms depending on the altcult."

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Re:Netrunner was a cool game

[funkhauser]

I agree with you in regards to Netrunner. It was a fantastic game. But your complaints about Magic are rather off base.

In all three cases, if Netrunner had become an extremely popular game with an established competitive scene, you would see that (1) rules lawyering would be necessary to ensure legitimate competition (2) the cards would end up as expensive as Magic cards and (3) to maximize ones competitive chances, theoretically sound deck construction principles would have to be developed and "painstaking" attention would need to be paid to them.

Other than that, yeah. It's a shame Netrunner failed. It really was a brilliant game in my opinion.