Which system should I run?

[The_Goat]

I have attended Gencon for about 15 years now and every year until last year, I ran a Shadowrun adventure. (I like the game but didn't really have a chance to play it with my current gaming group.) Every year, the event sold out and had players standing around waiting to see if they could get in with a generic ticket.

This past year, I decided I was too far removed from the current version of Shadowrun being supported AND it was getting harder to run Shadowrun since I really only got to do it once (or at most, twice a year, when I twisted the collective arms of my group to playtest for me). Therefore, I switched to d20 Modern for last year's Gencon.

Apparently this was a BAD idea... I sold out one slot and had NO PLAYERS sign up for the remaining slots. Nada! Zero! Zilch!

So my question is: Do I go back to running a Shadowrun game, even though I run 2nd Edition (similar to running 2nd edition D&D now) or do I just call the modern stuff a bad idea and switch over to 3.5 D&D? Is d20 Modern really not very popular?

 

[Ourph]

So my question is: Do I go back to running a Shadowrun game, even though I run 2nd Edition (similar to running 2nd edition D&D now) or do I just call the modern stuff a bad idea and switch over to 3.5 D&D?

Definitely go back to running Shadowrun 2e. If there are people willing to play and you enjoy running it, why not? I suspect people get their fill of popular games at home (D&D, D20 Modern) and enjoy playing games they don't often get to experience when they attend a Con. You're providing a great community service by running an OOP game that people really enjoy.

 

[Piratecat]

Hell yeah -- run what's fun for you. EN world has a lot of games organized for GenCon, so it might be a good source of players.

And welcome to the boards!