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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6163689" data-attributes="member: 2518">The spotlight week has been over since a week, but I feel like writing a bit more about Shadowrun (playing Shadowrun Returns likely has something to do with it).So lets start withRunning around the WorldA cool thing in Shadowrun is that you are not playing in a fantasy world but in the real one. You can imagine the skyline of New York (with or without WTC) much better than some fantasy city, you can defuse a bomb on the Eiffel Tower. You can even set your campaign in your hometown and maybe your safehouse is exactly where you are currently playing.Of course, cities like New York are a bit more suitable for shadowrunning than for example Fairmeade, Kentucky so here are some of the top spots (but certainly not only possible locations) for running.North AmericaSeattleSeattle is the default setting for Shadowrun. Whats interesting with this city is its location. You see, when the Amerindians took back their land with their mojo they were only interested in intact nature which Seattle is not. So the white man was allowed to keep it while they took all the land around it. Then the elves violently founded their country right on Seattles doorstep and because of its location the Megacorps moved their west coast headquarters in. Seattle is now probably the biggest frontier town in the world and there is always stuff going on (at least, the rain is).DenverWhen the war between the natives and the USA ended the treaty was signed in Denver and in it, they gave Denver the "Berlin treatment" and divided it up between all involved parties. Coincidentally, Denver had a very powerful guardian spirit which through an "accident" also got splintered into several aspects. Then a Great Dragon moved in and declared that the city belongs to him and while some people challenged him the the recent past he is still in control. Today Denver still resembles a pie chart and the saying goes that in no other place in the world you can cross as many borders as in Denver in a 15 minute walk.South AmericaBogotáBogotá was a free (= lawless) city sitting between Aztec Mexico and the Amazonian hippies. Those two couldn't get along and waged war rather recently with Mexico winning in the end. So while now formally in control of Bogotá, the average citizen (Drug Cartel member or Catholic Priest) does not like that at all and certainly won't accept their <s>new overlords</s> saviors without a fight. All the while the Corps are trying to rebuild Bogotá (and securing the best prime estate for themselves)EuropeBerlinWhile the rest of Germany was busy reshuffling borders the people of Berlin said "<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> it", quite literally, and threw the government out. The government had too much to do to also fight an army of punks and employed a often used tactic in Shadowrun. Building a wall around a problem and not caring what happens inside. Thus Berlin became the biggest anarchic experiment in history. And like every good experiment, it imploded spectacularly. It didn't take long for the corps to move in and take over half the city and after the most recent crisis they also took the other one. And with so many corps in one place there is always a demand for Shadowrunner. And lets not forget the leftover punks who want the anarchy back.GeMiToAnother lawless city (I really make Europe look like a giant wasteland...), GeMiTo are actually three cities, Genoa, Milan and Turin grown together into one massive sprawl. And while in Berlin the people kicked the government out, here the various government looked at the cost for maintaining this sprawl and at the expected tax revenue, decided its not worth it and refused to take responsibility for it. That all went well (more or less) till a Great Dragon with his followers moved in and decided to go "Survival of the Fittest" in it. A year and 90.000 dragon snacks later his brother came and kicked his butt. Now while the governments still do not care about GeMiTo, the corps are suddenly interested in rebuilding the city. The citizens are not to thrilled about that as none of them cared while they were being terrorized by dragons. Well except for the company which is owned by the dragon which liberated them, but they also have enough of winged, scaled firebreathers for a while, too.AsiaHong KongHong Kong decided it had enough of China and became independent with the help of the corporations. That of course means that they are owned by them, but they do their best to hide it. So now HK is a free enterprise zone with even less laws against acquiring wealth at the expense of others, so there is always a demand for Shadowrunners. In addition HK is quite magically active with various ley lines going through and intersecting within the city. And finally, HK also has successful little Simsense chip (Think movie DVD you put directly into your brain) production going on as their chips not quite follow the safety regulations of the rest of the world.</blockquote>

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