Running Shadowrun as a Western?

[HellfireVanWinkle]

You know, there's something that has always been kind of bugging me about Shadowrun. It's considered mainly to be a Cyberpunk RPG, but I always thought that it also had tools to run it as a western! I mean, the native americans have a great importance in the setting, so much so that native american nations are a thing, this sounds an awful lot like something with futuristic western vibes. I know enough about Shadowrun but I'm not exactly as scholar when it comes to its lore, I always figured that outside of Seattle it was very much like a "Futuristic" version of Deadlands minus the horror elements. Is there anybody else who thought of running Shadowrun as a "Futuristic Western" instead of a "Cyberpunk Heist"?

 

[nevin]

Its not too far off the cyberpunk vibe. There's not a lot different between mercenary vs mercenary and the whole western theme. Throwing in the Deadlands areas makes it kind of Spaghetti Western/horror territory but lots of places for people to hide, look for old tech etc. I think that could work pretty well.