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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6100290" data-attributes="member: 2518">While I am sure that it was on the news page somewhere I haven't found anything on the forum.This year is (officially) "The year of Shadowrun"Besides two video games coming out (financed through Kickstarter) a new edition of Shadowrun will be released this year.There is also a little internet game going on where you can read about some events which happen in the transition between the editions (world shaking events)To "play" go here <a href="http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/" target="_blank">http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/</a> and press on the diamond in the "O" and solve the puzzles. The passwords are posted on twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/Jackpoint2075" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Jackpoint2075</a>) and when you are stuck or just want to read the stories <a href="http://forums.dumpshock.com/" target="_blank">http://forums.dumpshock.com/</a> can help you.Keep in mind that this has been going for some time now so you have a lot to catch up.Nothing concrete about the timeframe, but the last Shadowrun 4E book "Storm Front" which will serve as transitional book between the editions will come out "very very soon"For those who don't know what Shadowrun is a small explanation.Shadowrun is at its heart Cyberpunk. Think Neuromancer or Bladerunner. A bleak world where corporations control everything, people agument themselves with technology (cyberware), crime is rampant and so is environmental destruction.Shadowrun is unique in this regard as the setting also contains fantasy elements as when the Maya calender ended a "new world" with magic started. So while driving to work you must not only be worried about meeting a go-gang which blows up cars for fun or that you will be fired as you do not have a headware which allows your company to download new skills into your brain, you also have to live with that smelly troll as neighbor who lowers the land value by his mere presence and that this crazy kid down the street is actually a mage who can incinerate you when you look at him wrong.Players play Shadowrunners who are criminals doing the dirty work for corporations (or everyone else who can pay them) in their little secret wars and are constantly on the run from the law (or the private company paid for enforcing the law), revengeful corporations and former employers who want to make sure that you "don't talk".The game is entirely played with D6, your skill and attribute determining how many of them you can roll at once. A 5 or 6 is a hit and the amount of hits you score determines success or failure.If you want to know more you can read the <a href="http://www.hitpoint.com.au/srd/history.php" target="_blank">timeline</a> which I find quite enjoyable. Although I prefer the older 3E <a href="http://www.shadowrun4.com/game-resources/shadowrun-timeline/" target="_blank">timeline</a>. Captain Chaos just has a more interesting style than the 4E narrator FastJack.About the games I mentioned, there is <a href="http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/shadowrun-returns-first-look/" target="_blank">Shadowrun Returns</a> (which will have tie ins with the old SNES and Mega Drive Shadowrun games) and <a href="http://www.shadowrun.com/shadowrun-online/game/" target="_blank">Shadowrun Online</a></blockquote>

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