Hey all, long time runner, first time caller.
My friends and I have played long enough that the first weapon damage codes have power AND staging! SR has come a long way since 1st Ed, and I can get by most of it. Our table has come back to it and is now playing Anarchy which I have mixed feelings about. Almost all of my reluctance (the dramatic nerfing of magic, limits on the # of skills, all rolls being opposed, partially finished rules in most of the book, poor editing & organization) can be overcome by embracing the incredible simplicity and hack-ability. We've been talking over changes to the system, bitching about the difficulty of finding stuff, and trying to figure out what to do about it. I think we are working on re-hashing the book, and polishing the rules.
Catalyst, if you somehow end up reading this you did a great thing in simplifying SR. I doubt that we would have come back to the game due to the increasing complexity of the game. It's been the smoothest, most invested the whole Table has been in a long time. Thanks for that.
xposted to r/shadowrun
