Shadowrun deserves better

[Shades of Eternity]

I never played Shadowrun at it's peak. I was more of a rRfts fan.

then many years later, I listened to Opti's Podcast on Shadowrun and immediately fell in love with the world.

<yes I voted for Dunkelzahn, a great Canadian that saved the world with his sacrifice while being an incredibly sneaky bastard>

....and then I read the rules.

yikes

Fortunately I did enjoy Larian's shadowrun games and honestly, they were amazing.

give them the licence and let them build games. The rules run way smoother as a video game.

but unless you are willing to pull a battlelords of the 23rd century (whom I will always respect for buying the ip and then running a kickstarter), it's ultimately not your game.

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I had the same response, and it's why I built the Hodgepocalypse, for a very similar reason.

I wanted my own, and it evolved into something different but uniquely distinct.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I like Savage Worlds, but it isn't designed to emulate other games. If fidelity to the original system is important, then you're better off sticking with Shadowrun. From what I remember about SR, most of the magic as it relates to the players revolve around that which is useful for running. And for that, I think SW would do just fine with hermetics, shamans, and adepts.

I think there's fidelity to system and fidelity to setting. The problem with SW in this context is I don't think even with some decent cyberware (which as has been noted there's at least one game with) its magic system is going to do an adequate job there. (Honestly, its magic system is often SW weakest part in general).