Does anyone have any experience playing Shadowrun? Ever since the Genesis game I've been interested in it, and I've read a few of the novels, but I've never had a chance to play it. However, I started playing D&D with some friends at college and one of the ideas tossed around for next year was to try out Shadowrun.
My questions include: What books are needed? Just a core rulebook, or are there others that are required/recommended? Also, which edition should we play? Should we go with the newest, or are there legitimate reasons to prefer playing an older one (in D&D, our DM hated 3.5 for whatever reason, so we played 3.0)?
Shadowrun P&P RPG?
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4th Edition Shadowrun is the latest, but widely hated on this board due to its pandering to Street Samurai players *spit* and its abandonment of long established Shadowrun fluff. The Third edition books that are really essential are the main book, Cybertechnology, the Gamemaster's screen (includes a hummungus critters list), and The Grimoire.
It's not that I'm unforgiving, it's that most of the people who wrong me are unrepentant assholes.
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Thanks for the info. Also, as a general RPG question, where's a good place to get books? I know I've seen a few at bookstores like Borders, but are there any good online sources you can recommend?
