Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game
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Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game is a collectible card game
, released by FASA in August 1997. It won the Origins Best Trading Card Game
1997. The game was a spin-off from FASA Corporation's Shadowrun
role-playing game and used the same scenario, a cyberpunk
setting with fantasy
elements - an apocalyptic near-future Earth, with advanced technology (bio-engineering, robotics, virtual reality) which was also populated by magic and supernatural beings such as elves and dragons.
Each player played the part of a "shadowrunning" group, enlisting mercenaries with several different skills, and acquiring equipment, contacts, technology or mystical items in order to complete several types of missions.
There were only two sets released for the game. The base set, simply titled Shadowrun, and one expansion, called Underworld, which focused on the criminals, such as Mafia and Yakuza, and the police that tried to bring them down. Despite its initial success and awards, no further expansions for the game were released.
Collectible card game
thumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards...
, released by FASA in August 1997. It won the Origins Best Trading Card Game
Origins Award
The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so the 1979 awards were given at the 1980 Origins.The Origins Award is commonly...
1997. The game was a spin-off from FASA Corporation's Shadowrun
Shadowrun
Shadowrun is a role-playing game set in a near-future fictional universe in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspiracy fiction, horror, and detective fiction.The original game has spawned...
role-playing game and used the same scenario, a cyberpunk
Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...
setting with fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
elements - an apocalyptic near-future Earth, with advanced technology (bio-engineering, robotics, virtual reality) which was also populated by magic and supernatural beings such as elves and dragons.
Each player played the part of a "shadowrunning" group, enlisting mercenaries with several different skills, and acquiring equipment, contacts, technology or mystical items in order to complete several types of missions.
There were only two sets released for the game. The base set, simply titled Shadowrun, and one expansion, called Underworld, which focused on the criminals, such as Mafia and Yakuza, and the police that tried to bring them down. Despite its initial success and awards, no further expansions for the game were released.