Cyberpunk Nostalgia

[woodwardiocom]

So, my office is having a charity book drive, and I always have a bajillion books to ex-cruft. This time, that included some RPG books, notably Iron Crown's Cyberspace, from 1989. It was part of the first wave of cyberpunk RPGs, alongside R. Talsorian's Cyberpunk and Fasa's Shadowrun.

I flipped through it on the way to work, dropped it in the charity bin... and the next day, plucked it back out of the bin. (While putting six other books in, to preserve karma.) I never played it, and can't imagine using its stat-heavy, chart-heavy system, but it mashes down my nostalgia button like a frickin' Duran Duran song.

(Okay, the critical failure charts are worth preserving, given that they develop a mean sense of humor every multiple of 10.)

Comments

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

True story: this was the first game book I bought with my own money, and the first one I tried to run.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Brother!

[crazybone.livejournal.com]

I was in a few ICE Rolemaster runs back in the day. Once you've gone through a run or two it's a little easier but to the first timer it does looks like a CPA certification exam. I concur the critical hit and failure charts in their games were always a hoot.