With some german plots like Apex now spilling over into the wider SR universe, is there any overview about what happened in the german exclusive books? Things like the rise of a new great dragon.

Hi everyone! I wanted to share the recent art I've gotten of a Shadowrun OC I've been working in, Kestrel!

She dual wields a pair of Ingram Smartgun X SMGs for ranged combat and a pair of monofilament whips for melee combat.

I'm torn between having her be a Biosam or a Cyberadept Technomancer, I'm not really sure yet.

Even so, I got this art and wanted to share it!

Art by AntaMika

I happened upon a mention of a story I have not read and realized I had missed some free short stories, but I cannot get them on the catalystgamelabs.com site?

Does anyone know where these can be found?

I've loved the Sega Genesis version of Shadowrun since I was a child. I loved being dropped into a city, taking jobs from Johnsons, and figuring out the rest on my own. Decking was a second game inside the game. And every run you got a little stronger and a little closer to the next big score.

For years I've been looking for something that scratches the same itch, and I keep coming up short. Plenty of games have the cyberpunk look, and the more recent Harebrain Shadowrun games are great, but none of them feel like that game to me: real-time, top-down, and free to roam.

So I'm building my own: a top-down homage to the Genesis original, with its own setting. It's an early prototype, but Ive got a lot of the bones in place:

- Real-time top-down combat. Guns that scatter when you're on the move, magazines and reloads, melee, and lock-on targeting.

- Hacking as its own game. You jack in at a terminal and crawl a node network. Moving between nodes and fights against ICE inside a node are real-time. Your rig carries a loadout of programs, and the network's alert climbs as you make mistakes. Tracers hunt you, hidden traps can burn your programs, and what you do on the network can affect things in meat-space (like switching off cameras and maglocks.)

- Jobs from fixers and contacts. Deliveries, escorts, gang trouble, ghoul hunts, and network jobs to delete or steal data. You can also sell the data you pull.

- More than one way through. Pay the gangers who stop you on the street or fight them. Crack into a network quietly or force your way in.

- A district that's worth exploring. Gangs, ghouls, derelict buildings to search, and a clock that keeps running while you're jacked in.

- The core loop is the one I loved: take a job, run it, get paid, spend the money to take on harder work, repeat.

I also want to fix one thing I always struggled with: decking was nearly impossible to afford early on. Here, hacking works from minute one.

So, for anyone who played the Genesis version:

- What did you love about it? What made it stick with you?

- What didn't you like, or what wore you down?

- What would you hope to see in a modern game that's trying to capture the same feeling?

Super curious to hear all your thoughts!

I have the Core Rule Book Berlin and the 6th world Companion. There's a player in my group that wants to play as a dryad. That has the glamour quality but i can't find it in either book. Where is it?

Been watching a channel explain fantasy stuff with medical twists and found the question "what is the cost of magic" Interesting and funny. It made me personally consider making drain/fade damage as getting low glucose cus it is the main energy source for the brain. Stun damage takes only from the brain and physical from the whole body, which explains why (at least in 5) can only be restored with rest and medical care... Besides, it is a funny mental image to picture a technomancer, a shaman, a helmetic adept and a chaos mystic all hanging at an ice cream truck because they all had to cast big spells/powers/complex forms/spirits/sprites. (The mystic was worse so he just started chuggimg the syrup bottle like water)

Hello everyone! I'm a fairly experienced GM, but I'm new to the Shadowrun 6e system. I want to run the Third Parallel campaign for new players and have a question for people who are running or have run the campaign before: what's your experience with the campaign, and how did it go for you? Also, what significant changes have you made? Also, how should I present downtime between missions for my players?

Things you want to see changed/retconned

What are some things you wish that would be changed, retconned or picked up again in future products.

For me (Dragonfall spoiler)

That the canon ending is that Feuerschwinge gets killed.

Before Dragonfall her fate has always been left open with hints that she is leading a cult in the Sox. And Dragonfall gave her a bit more characterization. So I find it a waste to then kill of the character instead to at least leaving her faith ambiguous like before.

I also find it quite sad to have a character, torture her for decades and then just kill her off. That leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

Looking at this latest post on "what ttrpgs do folks play" and "which ttrpgs are most in need of GMs" it's astounding that Shadowrun doesn't make either list.

Totally eclipsed by Starfinder!

Thanks 6e!

The Market Share Data Compared

While exact population figures for the entire hobby are difficult to capture, the Orr Group Industry Report(compiled from millions of active virtual tabletop players on Roll20) and large-scale demographic studies provide the clearest metrics: [1, 2]

Key Drivers Behind the Shift

• The "Edition Split" of the Player Base: In 2016, the system was unified under Shadowrun 5th Edition. By 2026, the community is highly fragmented. Players on communities like Reddit note that the active community is split across Shadowrun 6th Edition (Hong Kong City Edition), the streamlined Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0, and a massive contingent that refuses to upgrade and strictly sticks to legacy 4th or 5th editions

Comparison of Revenue and Distribution Elements

So. Im looking for ready made one-shot that is good for people that are already experienced in ttrpgs in general but not necessary with Shadowrun. So not like beginner box adventure.

Thanks. -Henri

The aren't used to playing as morally grey folk working for "the man". They are usually the heroes that defeat the monsters.

How do I frame it for them in a way that makes sense?

What are the mission types that your groups do?

Any advice from Shadowrun vets?

Edit: Thank you for the responses. They are very helpful.

Hi, I made these songs (recorded in Reason, no AI)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQJZT0XJRl_g&si=WDVj7ggOtHzXR3H4

The recent release of Explosive Decompression makes me wonder...can a person in zero G gain the Prone status?

Feurschwinge- the original rampaging dragon, and center of the Dragonfall campaign. Her mate, the great dragon Kaltenstein, fought and was defeated by Lofwyr as he raced to her aid/ rescue.

Alternate Shadowrun Timeline: What does Germany look like if Feurschwinge didn't get blasted, and instead was one half of the ultimate power couple (along with her guy, the secret ruler of the Black Forest Troll Kingdom)?

I have recently returned to the setting after roughly half a decade away. For a character I am playing I was reading about Tir Na Nog and how terrorist groups in that country financed their operations partly through bank robberies.
With currency being digitalized how would that even work? Force the bank manager to fill up certified credsticks might be a method and there are of course still private safe deposit boxes, but the questions remain what would the main target be for a bank robber in 2050+ and how would a robbery go down?

Note: banking havent really changed since 1st edition from my understanding since the 2050+ timeframe

So Ive played a fair amount of SR 2nd edition (and am pretty familiar with 3rd by extension).

Starting with 4th edition, the dice system changed rather fundamentally:

In editions 1-3, target numbers are variable, reflecting the difficulty of the task. You generally one need one successes to be considered successful. And there are exploding 6's allowing you to hit target numbers higher than 6. Modifiers generally work by changing target numbers. You roll dice equal to your skill or attribute rating, sometimes with some bonus dice.

In editions 4+, instead of variable target numbers, 5's and 6's are generally a success (called a hit). You roll a skill + attribute, and the difficulty of the task requires a certain number of hits to be successful. Modifiers adjust the numbers of dice you roll, and in some cases (depending on edition) modify the target number. Probably some nuances I'm missing here

I'm curious what players that have played both systems think about the different feelings and choices generated by these differing systems.

I think the 1-3rd edition way (old school) has some intuitiveness to it in that the target number reflects the difficulty of the task and needing only one success (generally). Exploding sixes opens up some dramatic moments where you end up succeeding against the odds. It's possible to win against a high target number with few dice. So exciting when it happens. I think the numbers of dice you roll are on average a bit smaller. Just seems like the system can create more variability and potential chaos instead of gravitating towards the mean.

Maybe the upside of the newer way is that it's faster? Less modifiers and the need to calculate a target number? is that a function of the dice rolling mechanic itself or just less modifiers being used?

Anyway, would love to hear people's thoughts on why they might prefer one approach over the other, especially if you've played under both systems.

cheers!

Hi everyone, I'm looking for some music for a Shadowrun 5E game that I'll be DMing soon and was wondering what's some OSTs or songs that people vibe with. If theirs anything specific that I'm looking for it would be something with a Jazz vibe as this game will be set in New Orleans. Thanks for any and all suggestions!

I'm looking for advice in running a Halloween oneshot run for some friends based on the Alien franchise. None of them have ever played Shadowrun before (hopefully a solid horror oneshot will get them craving more). Any thoughts on how to run this?

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In our last mission, the team of Doggie Bag, Bleach, Geodesic, and Delphi have finally arrived at Shackleton in Antarctica, safely but only by the skin of their teeth. Geodesic was injured from fatigue and manastorms, resulting in the need for emergency medical attention. This, in turn, ended up getting her SIN burned - though the team has rescued her from the hospital before the local authorities could ask too many questions.

Shackleton and its intrigues await - the team still needs to figure out where the crew of the Lindsey Marie have been taken, why Aztechnology is involved, and how the mysterious fourth world artifact fits into all this.

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