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[–] [email protected] 75 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Amazingly, I read that whole article and still have absolutely no idea what Cyberpunk RED is.

Fantastic bit of journalism there.

[–] Mango 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've been getting sick of the journalists just assuming they're only getting to their own crowd who should automatically know what they're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

In all honesty, I was being a bit unfair. It's a wordpress site, so it's probably a fan just nerding out to other fans about something they love.

Still though, a word to other nerds - it's good to put up signposts for the curious, that's how you draw them in.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What they neglected to explain was that Cyberpunk Red is the fourth, and latest, edition of the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG on which Cyberpunk 2077's world and game mechanics are based. This document they included in the game files is a rule book for that.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Thank you. I feel like that should have been a key bit of info, but what do I know?

E: words are hard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What they also didn't explain is you get 82 Punk tokens, which you can use in reschooch your chumwang in Alfalfa.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

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[–] Odo 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The site seems to be focused on tabletop and board games, so I guess they assumed their target audience already knew what it meant.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

That's a fair point I guess.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Cyberpunk RED is the pen & paper game. The most current version, anyway.

[–] kautau 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I was a GM for a long running RED game for awhile, it was a blast. And I got a few pieces of excellence from our tech along the way:

[–] Passerby6497 9 points 12 hours ago
[–] jordanlund 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Applies to consoles too I wonder?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Unless your console has a file browser with an Extra Content folder in it, I'm gonna guess no.

However, the same rulebook is also available for free on Roll20.