Cyberspace (role-playing game)

Cyberspace is a cyberpunk role-playing game published by Iron Crown Enterprises and using a somewhat modified version of their Spacemaster ruleset.

Cyberspace
Cyberspace rulebook cover
Designer(s)Tod Foley
Publisher(s)Iron Crown Enterprises
Publication date1989 (1st edition)
1992 (2nd edition)
Genre(s)Cyberpunk
System(s)Spacemaster system

Description

The primary setting of Cyberspace is the urban sprawl around San Francisco in the year 2090.

Publication history

The game was written by Tod Foley, who also worked on a number of Iron Crown's Spacemaster supplements. The game was out of print and unavailable for a number of years around the turn of the millennium, but is now available, with all of its supplements, from the publisher's homepage in a PDF format.

Character classes

Character classes for Cyberspace include:

  • Jockey, primarily a pilot and driver of almost any vehicle, also jack-of-all-trades
  • Killer, a combat specialist
  • Net Junkie, a computer hacker
  • Sleaze, a specialist in social skills
  • Tech Rat, technical wizard

Reception

Cyberspace was ranked 44th in the 1996 reader poll of Arcane magazine to determine the 50 most popular roleplaying games of all time. The UK magazine's editor Paul Pettengale commented: "One of the most detailed cyberpunk rules systems, what really sets Cyberspace apart is its cybertechnology. Rather than presenting a shopping list of things your character could have implanted in his or her anatomy, Cyberspace includes full rules for designing customised cyberware. By connecting sub-systems to 3 different inputs, outputs, activation controls and power sources, players can create their own systems."[1]

Reviews

References
  1. Pettengale, Paul (Christmas 1996). "Arcane Presents the Top 50 Roleplaying Games 1996". Arcane. Future Publishing (14): 25–35.


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