I have PDF copies of Cyberpunk 2020 (2nd edition, from 1990), Cyberpunk v3.0 (from 2005), and Cyberpunk Red (from 2020), and I’ve actually never read any of them until now. It’s the kind of TTRPG I’ve always wanted to play but never had anyone to run the game, so I’ve had the PDFs but never really dug into them.
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@ramsey i’ve been trying to get someone to run a ‘traveller’ game since 1981…
@ramsey CP V3.0 gets a lot of flak for the posed doll art, but it's *frightening* how quickly its gimmick of trust values for data (because of so much false content) has become super-relevant.
@ramsey Cyberpunk 2020 was the first TTRPG I ever played. My mom was super into the Satanic Panic in the 80s, so I had a genuinely deep fear of D&D and anything related. But I still wanted to play.
I went to my first con in 1995, where I knew I'd be tempted to play something. And I realllly wanted to. So I prayed before I went that God pull me out of any trouble I found myself in.
There was a 2-hour game of Cyberpunk 2020 scheduled, and I picked it since it was the least Satanic one I could find.
I joined a weekly Shadowrun campaign with folks I met there, and just 6 years later, after being exposed to all those ideas social nerds like to talk about, I became an atheist. 😂
Since wrapping up Cyberpunk 2077 a few weeks ago, I’ve been reading through the rulebooks, comparing the differences between versions, It’s so fascinating how the video game uses characters and storylines dating back to the original 1988 game. I imagined the CD Projekt Red game would have been all new storylines and material, but they stuck pretty close to the original.
@ramsey yet nobody knows Mike Pondsmith
@pl @ramsey Pondsmith is, in fairness, one of the most famous RPG designers in the hobby's short history, not just for Cyberpunk but games like Mekton and TFOS and others.
But if you mean folks outside of tabletop gaming don't know about him, alas, that's pretty normal. Most normal folks don't even know Sandy Petersen.
@ramsey I bought the original rulebook but never actually got round to playing it with anyone. I didn't really know anyone who could GM a game, and we were starting to do GCSEs and then A-levels, so we didn't have as much spare time. I enjoyed reading the rulebook and creating fantasy characters anyway, and was just beginning to read some Gibson. Understanding the mechanics was as much a point of the game as the roleplaying for me.
