Tell me about Cyberpunk RPGs.  Or even talk about Cyberpunk in general. For the bounds of the discussion, I'm not interested in Shadowrun. Here are some things I have found in a cursory search. Let me know if you have any experience with them.


Corporation: Available right now on Bundle of Holding. I like the 2d10 roll-under system, but something is holding me back.

Cyberpunk 2020: Sure it's dated, but in a good way. Is it still playable? What do you need to add, change, or delete to make the game work?

Gurps Cyberpunk: It looks really dated, in a bad way. I wonder why they haven't made a 4th edition version, even if just a PDF. Or have they?

Interface Zero 2.0, for Savage Worlds: Looks like a very realized game world, maybe a bit too sci-fi?

OGL Cybernet: From Mongoose, when they were cranking out stuff in the 3rd Era halcyon days. I owned two of their other OGL titles which is enough to give me pause.  

Polychrome: This is the cybernetics supplement for Stars Without Number. Would it be possible to use SWN + PC – the far future stuff to run an OSR cyberpunk? Until Sine Nomine makes an OSR cyberpunk game.

Sprawl: Uses the Apocalypse World engine. Any good?

The Worlds of Android: Looks like a sourcebook from the Netrunner CCG universe. Very Blade Runner. I think it is the most interesting thing on this list, but it's not an RPG.

CP2020 is the gold standard, there is so much out there that has been done to modify it, update it, etc. and its a darn good system

Just add cyberpunk to the game system you are using. Unless you don't like the system you are using.

Quote from: Aglondir;1091283Tell me about Cyberpunk RPGs.  Or even talk about Cyberpunk in general. For the bounds of the discussion, I'm not interested in Shadowrun. Here are some things I have found in a cursory search. Let me know if you have any experience with them.


Corporation: Available right now on Bundle of Holding. I like the 2d10 roll-under system, but something is holding me back.

Cyberpunk 2020: Sure it's dated, but in a good way. Is it still playable? What do you need to add, change, or delete to make the game work?

Gurps Cyberpunk: It looks really dated, in a bad way. I wonder why they haven't made a 4th edition version, even if just a PDF. Or have they?

Interface Zero 2.0, for Savage Worlds: Looks like a very realized game world, maybe a bit too sci-fi?

OGL Cybernet: From Mongoose, when they were cranking out stuff in the 3rd Era halcyon days. I owned two of their other OGL titles which is enough to give me pause.  

Polychrome: This is the cybernetics supplement for Stars Without Number. Would it be possible to use SWN + PC – the far future stuff to run an OSR cyberpunk? Until Sine Nomine makes an OSR cyberpunk game.

Sprawl: Uses the Apocalypse World engine. Any good?

The Worlds of Android: Looks like a sourcebook from the Netrunner CCG universe. The setting sounds like Blade Runner. I think it is the most interesting thing on this list, but it's not an RPG.

Sprawl and the Veil good for the setting maybe.

Interface Zero, I like it.

OGL Cybernet, no thanks.

Don't know the rest

You also have Zaibatsu and Identeco http://www.playidenteco.com/

And soon (hopefully) my own take on an OSR Cyberpunk game.

Corporia by Brabblemark Press is a really cool game. It's a Cyberpunk game that mixes in Arthurian legend. But chances are if you want a more scifi than fantasy game, you shouldn't play it.

Fantasy Flight Games recently released Shadow of the Beanstalk (set in the Android universe) for their GeneSys game and it's very good. Add in Worlds of Android if you want a deeper dive, but it's by no means necessary.

What are you looking for as far as the gameplay loop? Drama and deep social stuff? Action-packed missions? Gritty and street? Heady "What is it to be human?" stories? What you're looking for is going to possibly steer you toward certain games.

I own The Sprawl and haven’t played it but based on a reading, it’s really good mission-based cyberpunk.

Quote from: NYTFLYR;1091285CP2020 is the gold standard, there is so much out there that has been done to modify it, update it, etc. and its a darn good system

Including the announced Cyberpunk Red from the RTG gang. https://rtalsoriangames.com/2019/05/04/cyberpunk-red-faq-5-4-2019/

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There Hard Hired Island for D&D 5e... But it's complete miss the point and the author really wants to writes about his political viewpoints instead of about Cyberpunk.

It's funny because all wrong reasons.

Quote from: Shawn Driscoll;1091286Just add cyberpunk to the game system you are using. Unless you don't like the system you are using.

That's certainly an option. Isn't there a cybernetics book for Mongoose Traveller? That might work.

Quote from: GeekyBugle;1091288And soon (hopefully) my own take on an OSR Cyberpunk game.

Looking forward to it. Can you give us a 30-second elevator pitch?

Quote from: Alderaan Crumbs;1091297Fantasy Flight Games recently released Shadow of the Beanstalk (set in the Android universe) for their GeneSys game and it's very good. Add in Worlds of Android if you want a deeper dive, but it's by no means necessary.

What are you looking for as far as the gameplay loop? Drama and deep social stuff? Action-packed missions? Gritty and street? Heady "What is it to be human?" stories? What you're looking for is going to possibly steer you toward certain games.

I own The Sprawl and haven't played it but based on a reading, it's really good mission-based cyberpunk.

I was browsing the FF website last night and saw both, as well as the card game and board game. Definitely going to pick up Shadow and World for setting ideas alone. Is Genesys any good? Is that the 2d20 engine? Found it meh when I tried Star Trek.

I'm leaning more towards drama/intrigue/humanity themes, but I don't really need a system for that. What I need is a really good cybernetics system, as well as a full-fleshed background. That's the stuff that takes time and energy to create.

Quote from: RandyB;1091313Including the announced Cyberpunk Red from the RTG gang. https://rtalsoriangames.com/2019/05/04/cyberpunk-red-faq-5-4-2019/

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Now that is intriguing. Looks like Rtal is ditching Fuzion and going back to Interlock. And no artwork with dolls this time.

Quote from: DarcyDettmann;1091318There Hard Hired Island for D&D 5e... But it's complete miss the point and the author really wants to writes about his political viewpoints instead of about Cyberpunk.

It's funny because all wrong reasons.

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Yeah, that's a hard stop right there.

Interface Zero has a variety of systems and versions.

Besides 2.0 for Savage Worlds, I believe there's a 3.0 for SWADE (or coming very soon).

Pretty sure there's a 2.0 for Pathfinder and Starfinder, and "1.0" for D20/True 20.

There's probably more I've failed to mention.

Quote from: Aglondir;1091327Looking forward to it. Can you give us a 30-second elevator pitch?

it's 2100 sometime in the past The corporations with the help of useful idiots rose to power, they maintain a mix of cooperation/cold war/full blown war. You're one among the less fortunate, neither a wage slave nor a corporate, everybody does what it takes to survive, there are no heroes, only survivors and you and your crew are disposable assets for sale to the highest bidder.  No magic, no hacker class (It's an NPC on the side of the players).