| First of all, Shadowrun is a pen and paper role playing game set in the future (c. 2060) in a basic copy of our world. Many events happened that changed our world. A series of wars and other conflicts changed the boundries of the world, Magic was re-awakened, and technology skyrocketed. New players entered the politics game, Mega-Corporations. The Mega-corps started using their influence to mold the world to what they desired. And when the Mega-corps need things done that are not quite legal, they hire people known as Shadowrunners to do their dirty work. The long sleeping force of magic appeared and brought with it dragons and spirits. Magic also brought upon the process of "Goblinization" which transforms normal humans into other shapes that have been named after mythological creatures. Dwarf, Elf, Ork, and Troll. The technology of Shadowrun encompases cyber body replacement and an updated version of the internet, the matrix, where users enter a cyber world with a persona icon and "physicaly" manipulate data. I believe the back of the 3rd edition rule book says it best "Where man meets magic and machine." |
