In the twisting sub-streets of Ward 46 of the Greater Los Angeles Protection Area lies a little bar called the Nob. That's where you hang out, waiting for your fixer to hook you up with jobs that might be enough to break even on your shitty-ass apartment.
Then she walks in: Piranha. Tall and lithe, an elf who clearly comes from money. She goes up to Sam, your bartender and fixer, insisting on the best damn runners in the city.
You happen to be the lucky sobs who are the only runners in the bar at the moment, so he points her to your table.
And that's how you get started on a job that will take you deep into the heart of Renraku's R&D department, tangling with lethal security forces, where you will risk drawing the attention of Haruhiko Nakada himself, the infamous CEO of Renraku.
But you still have no idea how deep this rabbit hole actually goes...
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We will be using 3rd edition, the classic that I grew up on. Reviews of more recent editions have not inspired me to switch. 3e may be a beast, but I've got pages of reference material that I've put together to help make it more accessible, as well as a custom interactive pdf character sheet, which you can find here:
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This is a stand-alone mini-campaign of 3-5 sessions, including a session 0 for character creation. However, it could also act as "Episode 1" for a longer campaign. We could move on to "Episode 2" after this one is done if folks have had fun and would like to continue.
The cost is $25 per session on StartPlaying.games. It is open to both experienced and new players.