Online CP2020 Resources
So for anyone wondering, "WHAT IS THIS CYBERPUNK 2020?" and why CDPR chose it to base CP2077 on, here are a variety of excellent online resources for your perusal.
The starter, of course:
The ACTUAL REAL home of the inventors of CP2020, R. Talsorian. (The name comes from their early backer. Corporate influence!)
http://rtalsoriangames.wordpress.com/
Still brilliant and the source of my favourite game, which you can purchase at http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/50354/Cyberpunk-2020-The-Second-Edition-Version-201
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Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020
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Deric Bernier's superb online site, (Deric is on the 2077 forums. No, I'm not him. Wise up.) Also contains Interlock Unlimited, which anyone interested in the PnP should d/l and look over. Cleans up a lot of CP2020 oversights.
http://datafortress2020.com/
I won't pump him anymore, other than to say Deric has his flaws, (some weird Nomad fetish, specifically), but the site is well worth your time. Check out the crazy map of Night City, where you will spend a LOT of your time, come 2015!
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Views from the Edge, one of the last hard-running CP2020 forums still around. Go here and say hi. Heh. They don't bite. Much.
http://vfte.cyberpunk.co.uk/index.php
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The BlackHammer Project: also superb and source of many, many chunks of ideas, gear and rules.
http://www.ambient.ca/cpunk/
It's long out of updates and the new address isn't, but TBP has crazy amounts of stuff on it. You could spend days reading it. I probably have. Note the http://www.ambient.ca/cpunk/jackattack.html Jack magazine.
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From Clu5ter and Kohme:
Cyberpunk 2021: http://cyberpunk.asia/index.php?lng=us
Very nice page, again lots of data, images of hardware, smooth navigation. Well worth a look.
Mockery's Cyberpunk page: http://www.verminary.com/cyberpunk/index.html
Kohme says: "Interesting conversions from other games of the genre/similar genres, good house rules and nicely written fluff. "
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Cybersmiley's page: http://cybersmily.net/ House rules, some interesting new Corps. Nicely organized, too. NOW UPDATED.
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UPDATE: It bears mentioning that CP2077 is based on CP2020, NOT Cyberpunk V3. CP V3 is somewhat controversial, being a transhumanist update to Mike Pondsmith's setting. What CDPR will do with it if anything remains to be seen. Everything so far indicates that CP2077 is an update from CP2020 Fourth Corporate War.
See: http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/44806/cyberpunk-2077-exclusive-interview for an answer to the setting timeline.
So for anyone wondering, "WHAT IS THIS CYBERPUNK 2020?" and why CDPR chose it to base CP2077 on, here are a variety of excellent online resources for your perusal.
The starter, of course:
The ACTUAL REAL home of the inventors of CP2020, R. Talsorian. (The name comes from their early backer. Corporate influence!)
http://rtalsoriangames.wordpress.com/
Still brilliant and the source of my favourite game, which you can purchase at http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/50354/Cyberpunk-2020-The-Second-Edition-Version-201
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Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2020
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Deric Bernier's superb online site, (Deric is on the 2077 forums. No, I'm not him. Wise up.) Also contains Interlock Unlimited, which anyone interested in the PnP should d/l and look over. Cleans up a lot of CP2020 oversights.
http://datafortress2020.com/
I won't pump him anymore, other than to say Deric has his flaws, (some weird Nomad fetish, specifically), but the site is well worth your time. Check out the crazy map of Night City, where you will spend a LOT of your time, come 2015!
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Views from the Edge, one of the last hard-running CP2020 forums still around. Go here and say hi. Heh. They don't bite. Much.
http://vfte.cyberpunk.co.uk/index.php
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The BlackHammer Project: also superb and source of many, many chunks of ideas, gear and rules.
http://www.ambient.ca/cpunk/
It's long out of updates and the new address isn't, but TBP has crazy amounts of stuff on it. You could spend days reading it. I probably have. Note the http://www.ambient.ca/cpunk/jackattack.html Jack magazine.
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From Clu5ter and Kohme:
Cyberpunk 2021: http://cyberpunk.asia/index.php?lng=us
Very nice page, again lots of data, images of hardware, smooth navigation. Well worth a look.
Mockery's Cyberpunk page: http://www.verminary.com/cyberpunk/index.html
Kohme says: "Interesting conversions from other games of the genre/similar genres, good house rules and nicely written fluff. "
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Cybersmiley's page: http://cybersmily.net/ House rules, some interesting new Corps. Nicely organized, too. NOW UPDATED.
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UPDATE: It bears mentioning that CP2077 is based on CP2020, NOT Cyberpunk V3. CP V3 is somewhat controversial, being a transhumanist update to Mike Pondsmith's setting. What CDPR will do with it if anything remains to be seen. Everything so far indicates that CP2077 is an update from CP2020 Fourth Corporate War.
See: http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/44806/cyberpunk-2077-exclusive-interview for an answer to the setting timeline.
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