Shadowrun is a pen-and-paper role-playing game developed in 1989 by Weisman’s studio, FASA. Conceived in the spiritual cyberpunk vein of William Gibson’s seminal science-fiction novel Neuromancer and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, the game was originally set in the near future (circa 2050), a future where giant corporations run the show (I know, pretty far-fetched), and cybernetic implants are the norm. The big catch is, owing to Mayan prophecy, magic has reentered the world, and many humans—by birth or mutation—change into trolls, elves, dwarves, and other familiar species from the Tolkien petting zoo. Shadowrunners are untrackable specialists who use their augmented skills to wage covert espionage between the larger corporate and governmental entities.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 05:19:42 +0000