Yusssh! I randomly stumbled down the TTRPG rabbit hole and ended up in a few corners. But no one has covered cybergen. I've played it and loved the 2 one shots, I've really hoped more people would become aware of it
I'm a late comer to Cyber Generation, I'd always looked at it in the shop when it was originally out, but just never got around to getting it until a year or two back. Really impressed as not only a sequel to Cyberpunk, but a really interesting game concept.
@@RPGGamer I got introduced by sheer chance at a friend's birthday party. Since then I've felt like it went under the radar because cyberpunk and shadowrun exist. But I've always thought that cybergeneration could be amazing if only more people knew about it
It's a really good game, far better than the Cyberpunk 3.0 which they later brought out, and I can see a lot of the ideas they carried further forwards in Cyberpunk Red getting their first appearance here.
Cool stuff. I really liked what they were doing with Cybergeneration, while not perfect, it was trying to be something very different and I appreciate that so much.
Glad you're feeling better, Freddy. I played this game once when it came out and very briefly after making a Boardpunk Wizard character. It was pretty weird for me at the time (being accustomed to playing D&D and GURPS only) but it was quite interesting playing essentially rebel kids, trying to stay away from grown-ups. Seeing the book now, it seems highly influenced by Akira. Mike Pondsmith is very much an anime nerd.
Yep a total revelation to me, such an interesting direction to take Cyberpunk in, and a fun twist on the standard set up in RPGs. Mike Pondsmith is a nerd in most geeky things, and I'm absolutely jealous of those that he games with as he commits so much of his time to making props and story elements.
if it wasn't because it potentially can end in super-hero gameplay, if played right (specially from the POV of Akira), it's to me the best cyberpunk setting they've ever released
@RPGGamer well, in a way it's even more so, the Cyberpunk main line just scratches the surface of Posthumanism, actually the videogame is the only IP taking it a bit further, but Cybergeneration already went much further on it, probably because of the inspiration coming from Akira.
I played Cyber Generation religiously in my teens, i remember rolling a Biker Boy for a campaign not focusing on combat only to have the GM make me tinman just to mess with me. (Cant remeber the actual yogang name)
I adore how they built on Cyberpunk by totally changing the premise of the game. Instead of being combat monsters taking on the corporations, you're rebellious kids trying to embarrass them. Brilliant concept, and a load of fun.
@@RPGGamer Yes, exactly. It's a reversal of this idea because of the bioplague of Cybergeneration. We have surpassed many of the quality of life issues that used to affect people over 50. But all that we gained from the technology was taken away and replaced with the gift.
Yusssh! I randomly stumbled down the TTRPG rabbit hole and ended up in a few corners. But no one has covered cybergen. I've played it and loved the 2 one shots, I've really hoped more people would become aware of it
I'm a late comer to Cyber Generation, I'd always looked at it in the shop when it was originally out, but just never got around to getting it until a year or two back. Really impressed as not only a sequel to Cyberpunk, but a really interesting game concept.
@@RPGGamer I got introduced by sheer chance at a friend's birthday party. Since then I've felt like it went under the radar because cyberpunk and shadowrun exist. But I've always thought that cybergeneration could be amazing if only more people knew about it
Really nice to see this game again; thanks for the show & tell :)
It's a really good game, far better than the Cyberpunk 3.0 which they later brought out, and I can see a lot of the ideas they carried further forwards in Cyberpunk Red getting their first appearance here.
The only game I've ever gotten to playtest. Nice to see it getting some love.
Cool stuff. I really liked what they were doing with Cybergeneration, while not perfect, it was trying to be something very different and I appreciate that so much.
Glad you're feeling better, Freddy.
I played this game once when it came out and very briefly after making a Boardpunk Wizard character. It was pretty weird for me at the time (being accustomed to playing D&D and GURPS only) but it was quite interesting playing essentially rebel kids, trying to stay away from grown-ups.
Seeing the book now, it seems highly influenced by Akira. Mike Pondsmith is very much an anime nerd.
Yep a total revelation to me, such an interesting direction to take Cyberpunk in, and a fun twist on the standard set up in RPGs.
Mike Pondsmith is a nerd in most geeky things, and I'm absolutely jealous of those that he games with as he commits so much of his time to making props and story elements.
if it wasn't because it potentially can end in super-hero gameplay, if played right (specially from the POV of Akira), it's to me the best cyberpunk setting they've ever released
I was so surprised, it manages to be different, yet very cyberpunk as well. Very much it's own thing.
@RPGGamer well, in a way it's even more so, the Cyberpunk main line just scratches the surface of Posthumanism, actually the videogame is the only IP taking it a bit further, but Cybergeneration already went much further on it, probably because of the inspiration coming from Akira.
I played Cyber Generation religiously in my teens, i remember rolling a Biker Boy for a campaign not focusing on combat only to have the GM make me tinman just to mess with me. (Cant remeber the actual yogang name)
I adore how they built on Cyberpunk by totally changing the premise of the game. Instead of being combat monsters taking on the corporations, you're rebellious kids trying to embarrass them. Brilliant concept, and a load of fun.
This is a tabletop RPG?
Yes, it is.
@@allluckyseven thnx
This is the second edition which is a stand alone tabletop RPG, the 1st edition was just a sourcebook for the Cyberpunk 2020 TTRPG.
@@RPGGamer Understood.
It was a little more Streets Of Fire than it was Blade Runner.
Of all the sequels to Cyberpunk, this is the one I appreciate the most as it really tried to be something different.
25 is the new 85.
Don't they usually claim that your 50's are the new 30's, I've not seen the reverse before.
@@RPGGamer Yes, exactly. It's a reversal of this idea because of the bioplague of Cybergeneration.
We have surpassed many of the quality of life issues that used to affect people over 50. But all that we gained from the technology was taken away and replaced with the gift.