I've run a few alternate settings in Shadowrun over the last 16 years. Allow me to detail a few:

Special Operations Setting

"In the Dragons Secret Service"

The characters were all members of an elite special operations team fielded by Saeder Krupp-they went anywhere, at anytime and did whatever Lofwyr and the company deemed necessary. Each character was raised to love the company like some people love their nations these days. Ultra loyal, specially trained and equipped this game was a lot of fun, and definitely on an epic scale.

The challenge was to make a character who met the requirements that some one at that level of special operations would be, and still make them interesting. Missions were assigned, and the players never questioned orders and undertook all of these missions.

Tales from the National Geographic[/b]

The players were a team of National Geographic photographers, and scientific experts who along with their body guard (A PC), and their "wheel man" (A rigger who did their "driving.") The players operated from their home base of Washington DC, in the National Geographic building. Assignments came from the mysterious owner and publisher of the magazine, who sent them around the world to photograph various events, locales and creatures.

Whether it was stumbling upon a vampiric species of flora in Costa Rica-and one of the characters being violated by said tentacle vines...or attempting to photograph a rare species of crab off the coast of Norway at ship yard that finds itself under attack by a weird end of the world cult (Winternight) each adventure was pretty different and fun.

Tales from the Star[/u]

The players formed their group around a Lone Star Fast Response team, and this game was wild mayhem. Action packed and filled with violence this was a chance to just cut loose, mixed with some urban morality.

Streets of Rage[/u]

The characters are a street gang, a small fish in the big pond. During a drought in record setting heat their hide out (An old library) is targeted for destruction by a corporation that wants to raze the neighborhood to build a new Seattle. As riots besiege the city the PC's are attacked by 50 local gangs, and have to survive three days of fighting.

This game was short-about six sessions, and fun. The characters were 95 points, and all of them ended up dead except one. Great fun.

So what about you? Anything you've run? Would like to run?


I am getting ready to run a Private Detective Campaign, in which they own a small private firm specializing in the odd and unnatural.

Quote from: Serious PaulTales from the National Geographic[/b]

The players were a team of National Geographic photographers, and scientific experts who along with their body guard (A PC), and their "wheel man" (A rigger who did their "driving.") The players operated from their home base of Washington DC, in the National Geographic building. Assignments came from the mysterious owner and publisher of the magazine, who sent them around the world to photograph various events, locales and creatures.

Whether it was stumbling upon a vampiric species of flora in Costa Rica-and one of the characters being violated by said tentacle vines...or attempting to photograph a rare species of crab off the coast of Norway at ship yard that finds itself under attack by a weird end of the world cult (Winternight) each adventure was pretty different and fun.

I never really got Shadowrun -a few adventure sourcebooks, maybe, which I thought were pretty good - but this, man, I'm so running this...

(You wouldn't happen to have any of your old notes lying around...or posting an actual play or something...)

Regards,
David R

I'd be willing to answer any questions you have, and I think I still have the maps on the Norway game. (I'm a pretty thorough mapper, We had like ten or fifteen hand drawn maps to scale, and some satellite footage I downloaded. I'll see if I still have it.)

For now the only online link I have is from here. This was just a brief introduction I used, for speed and convenience I posted it online for my players.

Quote from: Serious PaulI'd be willing to answer any questions you have, and I think I still have the maps on the Norway game. (I'm a pretty thorough mapper, We had like ten or fifteen hand drawn maps to scale, and some satellite footage I downloaded. I'll see if I still have it.)

:eek: I always have questions, but I'll toss this idea to my players first

QuoteFor now the only online link I have is from here. This was just a brief introduction I used, for speed and convenience I posted it online for my players.

Very interesting.

Regards,
David R