The year is 2078 The worlds’ megacorporations straddle the sprawls of the Sixth World goliaths that intimidate even nations as they suck in souls in their drive for the almighty nuyen Between the cracks shadowrunners carve out a living as deniable & disposable assets that megacorps fire at each other for datasteals personnel extractions or even wetwork Whether casting manabolts of magic riding the electrons of the Matrix with just the brain or slinging good old-fashioned flying lead while firing at speed enhanced by the latest in bio-engineering runners live dangerously & hope their skills are good enough to let them survive another day Encounters Shadowrun is a 1-8 player fast-paced pushed-your-luck dice & card game Players take the role of Mr Johnson arranging the megacorps’ dirty work & adding new shadowrunners to their already-assembled teams They send their teams into the shadows of the mean sprawl streets of the Sixth World collecting though paydata to beat down their rivals Grab some dice make a team & show ’em who’s the boss The goal of the game is to be the first player to acquire ¥30 Each player starts the game with (1) runner & 6 dice At the start of your turn you flip over location card that has effects aka breaks the rules on every turn until a new environment card comes into play You then flip over the top Event card form the deck & try & roll an exact match of the number on the card If you succeed you place a die on the You could stop then & receive ¥1 or flip a card & continue to press your luck If you fail the next player starts a new run with a chance to collect n the ¥ you forfeited