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Michael Pondsmith

Autor von Cyberpunk, Dark-Future-Rollenspiel

38+ Werke 968 Mitglieder 10 Rezensionen

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Werke von Michael Pondsmith

Castle Falkenstein: High Adventure in the Steam Age (1994) — Autor — 111 Exemplare
Solo of Fortune (Cyberpunk Ser) (1989) 57 Exemplare
Cybergeneration 2nd Edition (1993) 39 Exemplare
Mekton Zeta (1995) 32 Exemplare
Cyberpunk v3.0 (2006) 29 Exemplare
Dream Park Role Playing Game (1992) 28 Exemplare
Near Orbit (Cyberpunk RPG) (1989) 24 Exemplare
Cybergeneration 1st Edition (1993) 24 Exemplare
Mekton II (1987) 23 Exemplare

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Chromebook (1991)einige Ausgaben75 Exemplare

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Geburtstag
1954-04-14
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA

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This is game source-book for Cyberpunk series but man what a sourcebook.
The topic is Cyberpunk mercenaries, aka Solo's. Basically, these are what are today called private military contractors but it is even more than that. These are specialists that are also PI's, close protection guards, intelligence operatives, extraction specialists (and believe me this is not so do-good activity in this universe :) ) and gun-totting-walking weaponized behemoths. Players are given all possible stats, risks ... everything.

Now what actually makes this sourcebook notch above the others [for me at least] is the presentation. Whoever made this book seems to be a fan of old-style "Soldier Of Fortune" magazine. Everything is told through editorials, articles, and ever-present ads for both jobs and equipment. It is so immersive and detailed that it is truly work of art. It is not even necessary to be an active game player - entire content is organized in such a minute way (e.g. article having a single page at the beginning and then continues with column or two among the classifieds on page 75) that it will be like you are actually reading true soldier-for-hire magazine brought to you from the future.

Highly recommended for all SF [and in general adventure genre] fans.
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Zare | Jan 23, 2024 |
This game essentially predicted the themes of the year 2020. It also provided a great roleplaying experience, overflowing with the sleek coolness of the best the cyberpunk genre had to offer. Like the better works of literature in the genre, the discerning reader would recognize it as a warning about the future toward which we were headed, with hints that one day the real heroes would necessarily be criminals. It was a futuristic game about the warnings of the present, and here we are.
 
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apotheon | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 14, 2020 |
A role-playing game based on a book whose setting was a televised live-action role-playing adventure. Intriguing, but too meta.
 
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BruceCoulson | Jul 10, 2014 |
A supernatural sourcebook for the Cyberpunk 2020 game, adding vampires, werewolves, and wizards to the standard dystopian mix of cybernetics and souless corporations dominating a damaged world. (Side note: Cthulhu Now and Shadowrun came out around the same time, so there must have been something in the air...) Well done, but it didn't attract many new players.
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BruceCoulson | Apr 14, 2014 |

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Werke
38
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968
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Bewertung
½ 3.7
Rezensionen
10
ISBNs
39
Sprachen
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