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Message no. 1
From: "Ahern T. Stephan" <MAXIM@****.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Shadowrun: Fantasy or Cybepunk
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 16:46:47 -0600
I have seen items refering to Shadowrun as a Fantasy RPG. I disagree with
this misnomer. I consider Shadowrun to be of the Cyberpunk genre. Granted it
does incorporate some mechanics often associated to fantasy rpg's, but
that does not make it fantasy. Am I the only one that thinks this way?
Message no. 2
From: Mark Imbriaco <mai@**.ODU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun: Fantasy or Cybepunk
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1993 18:34:34 -0400
On Thu, 28 Oct 1993, Ahern T. Stephan wrote:

> I have seen items refering to Shadowrun as a Fantasy RPG. I disagree with
> this misnomer. I consider Shadowrun to be of the Cyberpunk genre. Granted it
> does incorporate some mechanics often associated to fantasy rpg's, but
> that does not make it fantasy. Am I the only one that thinks this way?

NO! Most assuredly, you are not the only one who thinks this way..
ShadowRun is most definitely first, and foremost, a CyberPunk game.
True, it does have a bit of magic and metatypes mixed in, but it
is still a Cyberpunk game..

Mark

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