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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8482881" data-attributes="member: 4534">I didn't actually read Neuromancer until I was in my late twenties or early thirties many years after I had stopped playing Cyberpunk 2020.&nbsp; (I didn't read Lord of the Rings until a few months before the first Peter Jackson movie was released.)&nbsp; I was a bit surprised by how different the novel seemed to be from all those cyberpunk campaigns I played in as a team.&nbsp; Compared to a Solo PC in 2020, Mollie Millions with her eyes, razor claws, and boosted reflexes would have been ill equipped for many campaigns.&nbsp; But then I don't think any of my campaigns played out like Mike Pondsmith might have run his campaign.&nbsp; I remember one of the Cyberpunk 2020 books having an example character who was roughed up by the people he owed money to.&nbsp; Especially in my teen years, the majority of players I gamed with would find it unacceptable for their PC to be roughed up in such a fashion.&nbsp; Like D&amp;D, Cyberpunk 2020 is an adolescent power fantasy for most.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8482881, member: 4534"] I didn't actually read [I]Neuromancer [/I]until I was in my late twenties or early thirties many years after I had stopped playing [I]Cyberpunk 2020[/I]. (I didn't read [I]Lord of the Rings [/I]until a few months before the first Peter Jackson movie was released.) I was a bit surprised by how different the novel seemed to be from all those cyberpunk campaigns I played in as a team. Compared to a Solo PC in 2020, Mollie Millions with her eyes, razor claws, and boosted reflexes would have been ill equipped for many campaigns. But then I don't think any of my campaigns played out like Mike Pondsmith might have run his campaign. I remember one of the Cyberpunk 2020 books having an example character who was roughed up by the people he owed money to. Especially in my teen years, the majority of players I gamed with would find it unacceptable for their PC to be roughed up in such a fashion. Like D&D, Cyberpunk 2020 is an adolescent power fantasy for most. [/QUOTE]

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