I will grant that the Shadows in Focus sourcebooks (pretty sure those are 5th) are pretty good, but I haven't heard much else good with 5th edition. Even less with 6th. Seems Catalyst doesn't really know what to do with Shadowrun.

You made the right choice. Trust me, 4th is the best edition.

Interesting. Hadn't heard about that one. I'll have to check it out.

It's pretty easy to locate the older editions on ebay. Might have a bit of a challenge getting the core book at a decent price. I had to hunt a bit for my 2nd edition copy. Most of the supplements have been really easy to find, though, with the exception of some of the more obscure ones.

Everyone needs more Shadowrun in their lives, chummer

Possibly. I've looked at the old card game in the past (not on the channel, just out of curiosity) and I have to admit the newer version looks intriguing. I could see that being one of the 6th edition adjacent products I take a look at (similar to the Rogues Lineup deck).

@@TheSixthWorld Well just to be clear, while the new Card Game is connected to 6th edition, the game is firmly seated into 2nd and 3rd Edition. I think they did this because 3rd Edition was about to hit the streets in the late 90s and it was sold as a cross promotion. The CCG came out in 1997 and has a 2058 setting, bridging 2nd and 3rd edition with Locations, Runners, Challenges and Objectives. This can be seen in the art on the cards as well as some of the game play. The Decker gear is the biggest clue. The Cyberdecks and lingo we lost after the crash in '64 are alive and well in this "Upgradable" card game. Along with the programs the Deckers use to hack. The older game didn't have Technomancers which would kill any reason to play most Cyberdecks. (Which wouldn't be a bad thing IMO. This game can be a little card heavy when it comes to deck building.) That's not to say the New version which has a 2080 setting won't bridge that massive gap from '58 to '80 with at least a small army of new Runners and Gear to play with. I would say the Shadowrun CCG took up the Mantel from Vampire Jahad and design a lite RPG/CCG. While tournament games could be setup for 50 minute rounds with smaller win conditions. I would say my average 75-100 point games could last 1.5-2 hours. In fact my last game played with my buddy Joel at a local Applebees had to push almost 2.5 hours before one of us reach 100 points. (I belive Joel won that game) Of course you have to add in the catching up and drinks to the game play. There always someone stopping us to ask what we're doing? It would take 2 old guys playing a CCG in a restaurant to make me popular. With no time limits, turns tend to take as long as they need. Plus reading the cards hasn't gotten any easier with age. The 1st ed game has weaknesses like any other game that didn't have enough time to fix'em. This new version claims to have dealt with these issues, I'm hoping this is true. For me the biggest problem with the game is with 'Fame and Nuyen'. Famous Rockers turned out to be the stable funding for Shadowrun teams in the card game. Which seems odd. I always felt that a Shadowrun team sticking to the Shadows wouldn't live long if they were always making contact with Rocker friends to help with the bills. Or at least the Rockers wouldn't live very long. That's how many of my games turned out. Nothing like the Ganger Lord Torgo hitting the streets only to cave in the heads of my Elf Rocker group and slowing my game down to a crawl. Basically for me the CCG was a poorman's RPG and allowed me to get my Shadowrun fix by flipping some cards. A few Bad-Hands worse dice rolls and you can't mistake that feeling of running the Shadows.

GM advice is likely. Tutorials possibly. I am planning on doing a deep dive into Shadowrun 2nd Edition, something I might repeat for 3rd and 4th editions. Actual play is probably not going to happen. Just don't have the time or tools to do it unfortunately.

@@TheSixthWorld It would awesome

Yeah I'll be honest I'm not fond of a lot of the 6e art.

I...I'm sorry how can you be a Shadowrun GM and NOT know what literally one of the basic magical archetypes in the game is???

I don't know that it's "modern audience" but both 5th and 6th edition have had mixed reception. Some people love them, some people hate them. It seems to be more an issue with the system and CGL's editing (or lack thereof). Like I said in the video I just don't like how the timeline progresses past 3rd edition. The Ghostwalker stuff in particular I thought was dumb.

@@TheSixthWorld Ah ty :)