arthurbdd's review
3.0
Shadowrun is more entertaining in theory than in practice, but at least this core book gives you enough to keep you going for a while before you lose interest in the conceit. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/succumbing-to-shadowrun/
eliashelfer's review against another edition
2.0
This book manages to tell you what is so great about the Shadowrun universe. Unfortunately, the neat fiction and descriptive text is let down majorly by the text of the rules, which is confusing and extremely dull. The system looks to be fine for what it is - it's the presentation of it that is severely lacking.
Also, the book seems to assume you have a general understanding of its world. It doesn't strike me as a great book for beginners.
Also, the book seems to assume you have a general understanding of its world. It doesn't strike me as a great book for beginners.
ryanjjung's review
3.0
On the whole, too many rules and no easy way to look them up. I'm not too keen on all the magic stuff, I wanted sci-fi and got fantasy. Some of the implants don't make much sense (like latticed reinforcements on my bones). Probably would be fun to play, but I think I'm going to keep shopping around.
kpeninger's review
4.0
I normally don't read roleplaying manuals cover-to-cover, and I normally don't mark them on my 'read' list (if I did, ALL the DnD manuals would be here, given how often I've had to pour over them), but I found the Shadowrun manual so interesting that I actually read it all the way through. It has some organizational issues that I suspect I'll find frustrating if I'm able to play a game at some point, but the information itself was absolutely captivating. I guess I'll always be a sucker for dystopian stuff.
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