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Title: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: JM_Hardy on <11-04-14/1355:54>
This is the thread where submissions to the Crossfire Mission Contest should go! Want more information about the contest? Look here (http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/2014/11/03/create-a-shadowrun-crossfire-mission-contest/)!

We look forward to seeing your submissions. Have fun!

Jason H.
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Jamelfr on <11-15-14/1242:00>
Is that a glitch on my comm?

The Job
Mr Johnson and his sponsor (an A corporation) have asked your team to infiltrate the corp's own headquarters. All systems and drones went crazy 3 hours ago and all outside communications were cut. Also, there are hints of hired mercs patrolling the halls and shooting any employees unfortunate enough to be still there.
 
The corp thinks that the new head of tech department is behind the situation and that he might be in fact a spy from a rival company. The corp’s regular staff cannot help and it's up to your team to solve the situation. Mr Jonhson have provided more info and some equipment to help your prep work.

While walking in the shadows of the streets, you review the plan : go inside the building using the maintenance tunnels, navigate towards the servers room and shut down the mainframe. As soon as you enter the underground tunnels, your team's commlinks and hardwares begins acting strangely. Augmented limbs are moving erratically, cybereyes and AR glasses are seeing things that are not really there. Your decker will block those hacking attacks, but teamwork will be needed.

 
[Texts to be read when beginning a Scene]

Difficulty : Average (1 upgrade per runner recommended)
Players : 2-4
Note : One of the main role should be a decker.

Mission set up
Each runner may put one extra basic card in his deck (use the extra cards included in the box set).
 
Prepare the Crossfire deck by shuffling together the following Crossfire event cards : 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 30, 31, 33, 36, 37,38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 50.
 
Prepare the Normal Obstacle deck by shuffling together all the hacking (green) normal obstacles AND the following obstacle cards : 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 09, 11, 12, 14, 23, 24, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 40.
 
Prepare the Hard Obstacle deck by shuffling together all the hacking (green) hard obstacles AND the following obstacle cards : 41, 48, 49, 54, 55, 66, 67, 68, 70, 76, 79. Take out GODwire (card 78) and set it aside for later use in the mission.
 
Mission goal
Your runners must reach and shut down the main server in three Scenes, while fighting against obstacles and against glitches infecting their equipments. Each Scene ends when you have defeated all obstacles facing runners and when you have removed the Glitch bugging a runner. Once the third Scene ends, the team wins the mission!
 
Glitches
Glitch revealing : At the beginning of each Scene, reveal and discard the top card ot the Black Market deck. Place the required number of generic markers (see « Scenes and Crossfire ») on the runner whose role matches the revealed card : he is the runner bugged by a Glitch for the actual Scene.
 
Glitch effects : At the beginning of the starting player turn (after drawing a Crossfire card), reveal and discard the top card ot the Black Market deck. If the revealed card is a weapon (black), spell (blue) or skill (red) card, move all obstacles one runner clockwise. If the revealed card is a hacking (green) card, do not move obstacles.
 
Also, if the revealed card role matches the glitched runner main role, the Glitch gains one generic marker (a Glitch can have more markers than its starting number).

Those effects cannot be prevented by any abilities or cards : only removing a Glitch will terminate its effects. A Glitch does not affect runners actions or HP in any other way.
 
Glitch removal: Hacking (green) damage must be dealed to a Glitch to remove it. Remove one generic marker for one hacking (green) damage dealed to the Glitch. Any other types of damage are useless. Level-removal attacks (like Lightning Bolt) are useless on a Glitch. The glitched runner is not affected by attacks made on the Glitch. If all generic markers are gone at the end of a runner turn, the Glitch is removed.

The Glitch is only affected by hacking (green) damage applied during the « Apply damage » sequence of a runner turn. It cannot be affected by Crossfire events or by any card abilities (but those events and abilities still normally affect runners and obstacles). Karma upgrades (such as « Button masher ») can be used to deal hacking damage.
 
If a glitched player is staggered, the Glitch is still active. If a glitched player goes critical, the Glitch is immediately removed.
 
A Scene cannot end if a Glitch is still active.

Scenes and Crossfire
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the list below. When flipping obstacles from the decks, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to (Crossfire level – 1). Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder.
 
Unless indicated otherwise, place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color. Distribute the rest clockwise. The first round of the game begins with the starting runner.
Ending a scene
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles and no Glitch in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

Winning the mission
After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!

Playing with Fewer than Four Runners
If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

Karma Awards
If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:
Karma Scaling
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Alex Ender on <11-16-14/0542:46>
CORPORATE WETWORK

THE JOB
Mr. Johnson's employer has a small dispute with an up and coming corp.  Their chief of security has defected to this new corp, for a bigger position with better pay, and is sharing all of their latest security secrets.  Mr. Johnson's employer would like you to have a "meeting" with this corp's new executive of security that ends with him never being able to work for anyone again.
 
Difficulty : Advanced (at least 40 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players : 2-4


MISSION SET UP
Create the Normal Obstacle deck by shuffling together the following obstacle card numbers : 01, 02, 06, 07, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 40.
 
Create the Hard Obstacle deck by shuffling together the following obstacle card numbers : 41, 42, 43, 46, 48, 51, 54, 55, 56, 60, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, and 80.  Remove and set aside Drake Assassin.
 
MISSION GOAL
Your team has been hired to enter the corp's small security headquarters and reach the office of the executive on the fourth floor in order to "meet" him.  Your team must clear each floor before moving to the next to allow for a safe exit once the objective is completed.   Each floor has its own Scene.  When and if you reach the fourth floor, geek the executive.   Once the fourth Scene ends, the team wins the mission!

OBSTACLES & CROSSFIRE
Use the normal Crossfire rules.  Flip obstacles as indicated in the chart below.  When flipping obstacles at the beginning of a scene flip them from the Normal Obstacle deck only.  Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color.  Distribute the rest clockwise.  If all obstacles are not cleared from the board at the beginning of the third round played, in Scenes 1, 2, and 3, then the corp security is able to trigger the silent alarm and call for reinforcements. (In a four player game when two or more runners take a turn before the starting player at the beginning of a Scene it counts as a full round toward the three round count for the purpose of this rule.  This does not affect the actual round count or when Crossfire cards are drawn.)  Flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level.  Place the first flipped obstacle in front of the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color.  Distribute the rest of the obstacle's clockwise.  At the start of the fourth scene only flip the Drake Assassin (you didn't plan on the executive being a young dragon!) and place it at the center of the table.  This obstacle is considered to be facing each runner on their turn.  At the end of any runners turn in which they could not damage the executive he is able to call for reinforcements. Flip one obstacle from the Normal Obstacle deck and place it in front of that runner.  At the end of each round in the fourth Scene, if the executive has not been waxed, a strike team bursts in to his aid.  (In a four player game when two or more runners take a turn before the starting player at the beginning of this Scene it counts as a full round for the purpose of this rule.  This does not affect the actual round count or when Crossfire cards are drawn.) Flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacles deck equal to the number of damage levels remaining on the Drake Assassin.  Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color.  Distribute the rest clockwise.  If at any time you run out of cards in one obstacle deck instead flip them from the other obstacle deck.  If there are no obstacles remaining in either deck you have cleared the entire building of reinforcements.

SCENE                                                FLIP OBSTACLES EQUAL TO
FLOOR 1                                                Number of Runners +1
FLOOR 2                                                Number of Runners +2
FLOOR 3                                                Number of Runners +3
FLOOR 4                                   Drake Assassin is the only obstacle flipped

ENDING A SCENE
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard).

LOCK AND LOAD:  At the end of the first Scene each runner heals 1 HP and draws 1 card.  Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market.  This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes.  Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

AT LEAST THE ELEVATOR STILL WORKS:  At the end of the second Scene each runner heals 1 HP and draws 2 cards.  This scene ends and play continues in the next Scene with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TAKE!:  At the end of the third Scene each runner heals 2 HP.  Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market.  This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes.  Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

After the fourth Scene, the team wins the mission!

PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS
If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.  If playing with fewer than four runners, when flipping obstacles at the end of a round in the fourth Scene, still flip a number of obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the number of damage levels left on Drake Assassin but do not exceed flipping more obstacles than the number of runners + 2.

KARMA AWARDS
If the team wins, each runner gets 4 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

TRAINED, EFFICIENT, AND DEADLY In Scenes 1, 2, and 3 reinforcements are sounded at the beginning of the second round played in each scene:  +1 Karma

NOTHING EVER GOES RIGHT Start with one Crossfire card in the Crossfire discard:  +1 Karma

THEY'VE BEEN TIPPED OFF! Flip one additional obstacle from the Hard Obstacle deck at the start of Scenes 1, 2, and 3:  +2 Karma

BODYGUARDS, HE HAS BODYGUARDS Set aside randomly drawn obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the number of runners along with Drake Assassin.  At the start of the fourth Scene,  place the first flipped obstacle in front of the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color.  Distribute the rest of the obstacle's clockwise:  +3 Karma (If this option is chosen, you can't also choose any other bonus challenge.) 

KARMA SCALING
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.

      KARMA EARNED                                                             AWARD/PENALTY
          0-40                                                                         Full Karma award
         41-60                                                                        -1 Karma penalty
         61-70                                                                        -2 Karma penalty
         71-80                                                                        -3 Karma penalty
         Each additional +25                                            Additional -1 Karma penalty
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Alex Ender on <11-16-14/1002:39>
THE RUN OF YOUR LIFE (OR DEATH)!

THE JOB
Renraku Corp has just created a super-weapon that will ultimately seat them as the biggest military, political, and economical corporation in the world.  Mr. Johnson's employer(s) would like to see that they do not possess this kind of power and here is your chance to claim Shadowrunning fame!  Renraku is moving both pieces of this weapon from it's R&D facility, in separate cases tonight, and has hired everything it can to see that these cases make it to their destination.  The team is going to have to go through everything one of the biggest mega-corps can throw at them to acquire these packages.   
 
Difficulty : Legendary (at least 120 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players : 4, a complete team is needed to attempt this mission.

MISSION SET UP
Remove the Courier card from the Normal Obstacle deck and replace it with the Courier card that has the case symbol on the far left of the card art.  Shuffle the Normal Obstacle deck and set the deck aside for normal play.

Remove the Chromed Samurai card from the Hard Obstacle deck and replace it with the Chromed Samurai card that has the case symbol on the far left of the card art.  Shuffle the Hard Obstacle deck and set the deck aside for normal play.

MISSION GOAL

Find and defeat the Courier and Chromed Samurai, take possession, and escape with as many of the team alive as you can! Once a character goes critical they are permanently dead and their body becomes the property of Renraku Corp.(Attach a permanent Renraku Corp sticker to the character.  This character is no longer legal for Organized Event play). If the runners have both cases in their possession at the end of a Scene then the team wins!  There is no option to abort this mission.  Any runner(s) going critical do not end this mission unless it is the last runner alive.

OBSTACLES & CROSSFIRE
Use the normal Crossfire rules.  Flip obstacles as indicated in the chart below.  First flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level.  Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder.  When you flip obstacles, place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color.  If there are no runners remaining that match the obstacle's color then place the first one in front of the starting player and distribute the rest clockwise.  Once the Courier or the Chromed Samurai objectives are defeated do not discard them.  Instead, place them in the hand of the runner who defeated that obstacle.  This shows the runner is carrying that case.  Those runners holding a case may not discard the case even if a card would have them discard a random card or their entire hand.  The cases do count toward hand size.  If a runner holding a case should get staggered then the runner "drops" the case and Renraku corp takes possession of the case and the runners must get it back.  Take the objective card they are holding and shuffle it back into it's corresponding objective deck.

SCENE                                       FLIP OBSTACLES EQUAL TO
      1                                                Number of Runners +2
      2                                                Number of Runners +3
      3                                                Number of Runners +4
      4                                                Number of Runners +5
      5+                                              Number of Runners +increase the number of obstacles by 1 more in each subsequent round.

ENDING A SCENE
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard).  Each runner heals 1 HP.  Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market.  This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes.  Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

If the team possess both cases at the end of a Scene, the team wins the mission!

KARMA AWARDS
If the team wins, each runner that completes the mission alive gets 15 Karma.  Each runner who successfully completes the mission alive will also receive the 75 cost Karma upgrade:  I EARNED MY B.A. (Receive +1 to each of your starting stats.)  The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

I AM LEGENDARY Start the game with two Crossfire event cards in the discard pile:  +5 Karma

THEY JUST KEEP COMING! Draw one additional objective each turn: +7 Karma

KARMA SCALING
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.

       KARMA EARNED                                                         AWARD/PENALTY
          0-120                                                                         Full Karma award
         121-140                                                                      -3 Karma penalty
         141-160                                                                      -5 Karma penalty
         161-180                                                                      -8 Karma penalty
         Each additional +20                                            Additional -5 Karma penalty
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: dark_father on <11-16-14/2050:09>
Thanks so much for this contest! It lead to some very interesting discussion during our last session! Here's what we had in mind.

Double Crossing

THE JOB
You've been doing this for long enough to know that there's something fishy going on. The pay was good, the legwork provided lots of useful intelligence and security was weaker than expected. This is becoming obvious: this is a frame job. Someone's going to pay, or else, no one will come out of this alive.

Difficulty: Normal (No upgrades needed)
   
Players: 3-4

MISSION SET UP

Follow the normal Crossfire rules for set-up.

MISSION GOAL

The team will face off against against obstacles in three Scenes. At the end of the first Scene, a runner will be revealed as the traitor and the rest of the team will have to go through the other two Scenes to win the mission while the traitor will try to have it fail.

OBSTACLES AND CROSSFIRE

At the start of the first Scene, flip one Normal Obstacle to each runner and draw a Crossfire card. At the start of the second scene, the traitor flips one obstacle from the Normal Obstacle deck for each other Runner and decides who will get it. At the start of the third Scene, the traitor does the same with Hard Obstacles.

TRAITOR REVEAL!

During the first Scene, at the end of a turn, if there are no Obstacles in play, draw the first obstacle from the Normal Obstacle deck and discard it. The Runner matching the color of the obstacle is now the traitor. The traitor immediately gets 20 Nuyen and starting with him and going clockwise, every runner can purchase one card from the Black Market.

The traitor is still considered a Runner and can be affected by cards. During his turn, the traitor can can deal 6 colorless damage to another runner to make him lose 1 HP. Cards that affect obstacles in front of the attacked runner are ignored.

The Runner to the left of the traitor becomes the first player and draws a new Crossfire card.

WINNING THE MISSION

If the team survives the third scene, every non-traitor runner wins.

If a non-traitor runner goes critical, the mission ends in a loss. If the traitor survived, he wins.

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma.
If the traitor wins, he gets 3 Karma

KARMA SCALING

Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0–75         Full Karma Award
Each additional + 25   -1 Karma
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: dark_father on <11-16-14/2135:59>
Matrix Run
THE JOB
Your team almost made it out, but now you'll need to protect the Decker in the meatspace while he does his thing.
Difficulty: Medium (20 karma in upgrades recommended)   
Players: 3-4
MISSION SET UP
Separate Tech and other obstacles from each deck. Shuffle one non-Tech obstacle in each deck for each two Tech obstacles. The Decker is the starting runner.
MISSION GOAL
The Decker needs to hack a terminal. During his turn, he can discard a Tech card to get a hacking token. Each sends ends when the Decker has enough hacking tokens and no obstacles are in play.
OBSTACLES AND CROSSFIRE
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles following normal Crossfire rules.  If at the start of a round there are no obstacles in play but the Decker hasn't obtained enough Hacking tokens, flip one Obstacle from the Hard obstacle deck and place it in front of the Decker.
HACKING THE TERMINAL
During his turn, the Decker can discard one Tech card from his hand to take one token. During Scene 1, the terminal requires 3 tokens to be hacked. Each following scene requires one additional token. All tokens are discarded at the end of each scene. If the Decker becomes staggered, discard all hacking tokens.
WINNING THE MISSION
If the team survives the third scene, every runner wins.
If a runner goes critical, the mission ends in a loss.
KARMA AWARDS
If the team wins, each runner gets 5 Karma.
If the team aborts, each runner gets 1 Karma.
HEAVY ENCRYPTION Each scene requires one additional Hacking token: +1 Karma (In the same game, the team can choose this option up to once for each runner.)
HOSTILE INFRASTRUCTURE Tech obstacles deal one more damage against the Decker +3 Karma
KARMA SCALING
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.
KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0–30         Full Karma Award
30-50         -1 Karma Penalty
Each additional + 25   -1 Karma
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Jamelfr on <11-18-14/0115:30>
Mr. Johnson’s friends
The Job
Your team has barely survived an aborted run yesterday. Everything went wrong: the intel given by Mr. Johnson was completely misleading, a small army of mercs almost destroyed you and Lone Star patrols chased you for hours. You would usually disappear from the grid for a few weeks, but you have the feeling that the whole affair was an attempt to assassinate your team. You decide to confront Mr. Johnson right now, at his favorite meeting place.

[Texts to read when beginning a Scene]

Difficulty : Advanced (at least 30 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players : 2-4

Mission set up
At the beginning of the game (before drawing any cards), each runner may buy 1 card from the Black Market deck with a discount of 1 Nuyen and add it to their deck.
Each scene will use specific decks that will contain Johnson’s goons. All cards not included in those special decks will constitute the usual Normal and Hard obstacles decks.
Prepare those Mr. Johnson decks by shuffling together the following obstacle cards.

Scene 1 Johnson decks : Scene 2 Johnson decks A Scene 2 Johnson decks B Scene 3 – Johnson decks
Mission goal
Your team must confront and defeat Mr. Johnson, who betrayed you during the last run. Each Scene ends when you have defeated all obstacles facing runners. Once the third Scene ends, the team wins the mission!
 
Scenes and Crossfire
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the list below.
Please note: When flipping obstacles from the Johnson decks, first flip obstacles from the Johnson Hard Obstacle deck equal to Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Johnson Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder.
Unless indicated otherwise, place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color. Distribute the rest clockwise. The first round of the game begins with the starting runner.
Cards effects and obstacles decks
When a card effect requires to reveal cards from obstacles decks, the usual Normal and Hard Obstacles decks are used to resolve those effects.

Ending a scene
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

Winning the mission
After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!

Playing with Fewer than Four Runners
If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

Karma Awards
If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:
Karma Scaling
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Jamelfr on <11-21-14/0005:30>
Gangs Attack
The Job
SINless squatters (mostly poor workers and families) have hired your team to protect their homes against street gangs wanting to evict them. They live in an old, barely functional building, but home is home and they won't give it up. The squatters can defend themselves most of the time, but they feel they’ll need some help pretty soon. They can't pay you much but contracts are rare lately, so you've accepted the job.
After some legwork, you learn that a local gang plans to attack the building tonight. And there is no doubt that rival gangs (or worse) will try to wreak havoc and take advantage of the chaos. With some chances, they will be busy attacking each other and you might survive.


Difficulty : Advanced (at least 20 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players : 2-4

Mission set up
Create the Normal Obstacle deck by removing the following obstacle card numbers: 02, 07, 10, 12, 13, 22, 25, 33, 34, 37. Then, remove and set aside (for later use in the mission) the cards Ancients Ganger (08), Ancients Sentry (20), Gang Leader (31). Shuffle the remainder of the deck.
Create the Hard Obstacle deck by removing the following obstacle card numbers: 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 68, 70, 78, 79. Shuffle the remainder of the deck.,

Mission goal
Your team must defend the squatters’ building currently under attack from gangers and worse foes. Lone Star will never come and the Corps have no use for the SINless, so you’re the only hope of your clients. Defeat quickly your opponents and you will be able to salvage more resources, but the gang leader will be enraged. Each Scene ends when you have defeated all obstacles facing runners. Once the third Scene ends, the team wins the mission!
 
Obstacles and Crossfire
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color. Distribute the rest clockwise.
At Scenes 1 and 2, you will get a reward if you complete bonus objectives. At Scene 3, a sniper will continuously shoot at you. Also, the gang leader will do a surprise attack if you got too many rewards in the previous scenes.

Ending a scene
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

Winning the mission
After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!

Playing with Fewer than Four Runners
If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

Karma Awards
If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:
Karma Scaling
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Jamelfr on <11-23-14/1405:08>
Note: Montgomery references are a really small tribute to one of my favorite character (created by Nigel Findley) in the Shadowrun universe. Learn more here:  http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Dirk_Montgomery.
 
Bugs Hive
The Job
Bug spirits. Insects. Some people want to destroy them. Some people want to capture them and harvest their powers. Everyone hates bugs.

Your client is a friend of a retired private investigator (a man named Montgomery or something like that). She wants you to infiltrate a hive under the city and defeat all the bug spirits there: this is a personal cause for her and her friend. She warns you that insects’ followers will defend the place and that Corps have hired teams to capture the spirits: the hive will be a war zone.

Your client shows you some guns you can buy, at a discount. “Insect spirits are hard to defeat, she says while shuddering. You’ll need special ammos that will shatter their link to our world. Those guns have them. Complete your contract and I might have more runs for you…”


Difficulty: Advanced (at least 30 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players: 2-4

Mission set up
At the beginning of the game (before drawing any cards), each runner may buy a Remington Roomsweeper card for a cost of [1 Nuyen + 1 Basic card] and add it to his/her deck. A runner may buy as many Remington Roomsweeper cards as wished.

Create the Normal Obstacle deck by removing the following obstacle card numbers: 03, 04, 07, 08, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 31, 36, 40. Then, shuffle the remainder of the deck.

Create the Hard Obstacle deck by removing the following obstacle card numbers: 43, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 64, 72, 73, 78, 80. Then, remove and set aside (for later use in the mission) the card Bug Spirit (63). Shuffle the remainder of the deck.

Mission goal
Your team must infiltrate the insect spirits hive and eradicate those abominations. Each Scene ends when you have defeated all obstacles facing runners. Once the third Scene ends, the team wins the mission!
 
Obstacles and Crossfire
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color. Distribute the rest clockwise.

Bug Spirit Endurance: Due to their particular nature, the Bug Spirits are hard to defeat with normal means. For this mission, your team will have to use the special ammos and guns sold by your client. When a runner clears the last level on a Bug Spirit, it is not defeated unless damage from a Remington Roomsweeper card was applied this turn on the Bug Spirit; if damage from a Remington Roomsweeper card was not applied this particular turn on the Bug Spirit, it heals all its levels.

Ending a scene
At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

Winning the mission
After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!

Playing with Fewer than Four Runners
If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

Karma Awards
If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:
Karma Scaling
Each runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: CHINCB on <11-27-14/0531:45>
The Heist

The complete mission is given below but can also be downloaded at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsphn8iyhvaoxlu/The%20Heist%20-%20Rev%204.pdf?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsphn8iyhvaoxlu/The%20Heist%20-%20Rev%204.pdf?dl=0)

Overview

Difficulty
Hard (20+ in karma upgrades needed)
2-4 Runners, The decker must be a main role

This campaign will take the runners through 3 grueling missions in order to complete a cash in transit heist. Mission 1 and 2 are preliminary missions that will help with the preparations in order to successfully rob the armored truck. In mission 3 the runners will go all out in order to steal the nuyen the truck is transferring to the bank.

Please note that this campaign consists of 3 separate missions, these missions may be played all in one marathon sitting or spread out over 3 game sessions. This campaign is meant to be finished before playing any other missions.
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Playing with less than 4 runners
•   When playing with only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of each mission. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of each mission.
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Campaign rules
•   After each mission runners enter the regroup phase.
•   For rules during the regroup phase see the regroup phase section.
•   At the start of mission 1 runners receive nuyen and starting cards as normal.
•   At the start of mission 2 and 3 each runners deck is shuffled and a new starting hand is drawn. The size of this starting hand is equal to number of cards held by the runner at the end of the previous mission.
•   If a mission is being retried your deck is shuffled and a new standard starting hand is drawn. This is the penalty for failing a mission.
•   Runners do not receive additional nuyen at the start of mission 2 and 3 but all unspent nuyen gained up to this point is kept by the runner.
•   Mission 1 may be retried until a win outcome is achieved.
•   Mission 2 may be retried until either a win or abort outcome is achieved.
•   Mission 3 may be retried until either a win or abort outcome is achieved.
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Regroup phase
•   Runners heal back up to full health.
•   Reset the crossfire level to 0. Place aside all cards currently in the crossfire discard pile. If the crossfire deck is empty any cards placed aside are shuffled together to form the new crossfire deck
•   Runners may keep up to (5 - runner health lost at the end of the previous mission) cards bought from the black market (non basic cards).
•   Any cards not kept are discarded to the black market discard pile.
•   Runners may buy cards from the black market, starting with the runner to the left of the last runner to deal damage in the previous mission. Do not refill the black market when cards are bought.
•   Any cards not bought during the regroup phase from part of the black market for the next mission.
•   Do not shuffle back the black market discard pile into the black market deck. The black market discard pile is reshuffled back only when the deck is empty
•   Each runner may exchange up to 2 cards with any of the other runners.
•   Runners may change the role distribution once during the campaign. The role redistribution has no effect on the starting cards (no base cards get exchanged).
Karma awarded

•   If runners complete mission 3 (either win or abort) see the below table for the karma awarded, karma is awarded based on performance across all 3 missions.

Mission       Abort   Win
Mission 1   0     2
Mission 2   1   3
Mission 3   1   4

Example
•   Runners complete the campaign after winning mission 1, aborting mission 2 and winning mission 3, the runners would receive 7 karma for this campaign (2 karma from mission 1, 1 karma from mission 2 and 4 karma from mission 3)
•   Runners complete the campaign after winning mission 1, winning mission 2 and aborting mission 3, the runners would receive 6 karma for this campaign (2 karma from mission 1, 3 karma from mission 2 and 1 karma from mission 3)

Karma scaling

High value target
Whenever flipping over obstacles flip over one additional obstacle.
+3 Karma

The time is now
Add 2 additional cards to the initial crossfire discard pile at the start of each mission.
+3 Karma
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Karma penalty

Karma in upgrades   Karma penalty
20 - 50                           0
50 - 70                           -1 per mission
70 - 80                           -2 per mission
80+                                   -1 additional karma per mission for each additional 10 karma in upgrades


Mission 1 - All you need is the plan, the road map, and the guts to press on

"The loan repayment by a AAA corporation will be delivered to Z-OG Bank in three day's time, before we can hope to steal that nuyen we need to know what route the armored truck will take." - Mr. Johnson

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Deck Setup


Remove all cards except 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 16, 19, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32 and 34 from the normal obstacle deck.

Remove all cards except 41, 42, 43, 46, 49, 53, 55, 57, 60, 62, 66, 68, 73, 74, 75, 79 and 80 from the hard obstacle deck.

Remove all cost 9 cards from the black market deck.
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Mission Layout
At the start of each scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the chart below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first obstacle so that it matches the role color of the selected runner then continue clockwise.

Scene                     Number of obstacles
1 - Breach            Number of runners + 1
2 - Hack                    Number of runners + Mainframe obstacle (All obstacles start facing the decker)
3 - Extract            Number of runners + 2
           
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Ending a scene


At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play restarts with the runner to the left of the Decker. After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!


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Special Rules
•   The street samurai may buy a whip before this mission starts. This is considered to be a basic card for regroup phase purposes.
•   During any scene, before taking a turn, a runner may move one obstacle of the current runners color currently facing the decker to face the current runner instead.
•   If any runner goes critical during scene 1 or 2 the game is immediately lost.
•   During scene 2, select the appropriate damage track on the mainframe according to the number of runners in the game.
•   During scene 2, while the mainframe obstacle is still active, the decker may only do damage to the mainframe, the other runners may assist the decker if possible.
•   During scene 2, if a non-decker runner is staggered all obstacles facing that runner moves to face the decker.
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Winning the mission
•   If all obstacles have been cleared AND the decker is still alive the team wins.
•   Do not heal 1 HP at the end of scene 3.
•   Runners may not buy any cards from the black market once the last obstacle has been killed. Go directly to the regroup phase.
•   No abort is possible in this mission.
•   Karma for this mission will only be awarded on successful completion of the campaign.
•   Winning this mission is a prerequisite for "Shadowrun becomes more fun when I get a bigger gun"

Mission 2 - Shadowrun becomes more fun when I get a bigger gun
"If we have any hope of getting into that armored truck we are going to need some serious fire power. I know just the place." - Mr. Johnson

Winning "All you need is the plan, the road map, and the guts to press on" is a prerequisite for this mission.
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Deck Setup

All cards not used during mission 1 are used to form the normal and hard obstacle decks.

Remove cost 9 cards  from the black market deck and place them face up next to the black market. This will be the loot pile.
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Mission Layout
At the start of each scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the chart below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first obstacle so that it matches the role color of the selected runner then continue clockwise.

Scene            Number of obstacles
1 - Smash   Number of runners + 1
2 - Grab           Number of runners + 2
3 - Go           Number of runners + 3
           
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Ending a scene


At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card. After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!


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Special Rules
•   If any runner goes critical during scene 1 or 2 the game is immediately lost. No abort is possible during scene 1 or 2.
•   At the end of scene 2 take the card matching your main role from the loot pile and add it to your hand.
•   Any loot cards not placed in runner decks are placed aside, they will not be used for the remainder of the campaign.
•   If a runner goes critical during scene 3 follow the abort rules in the "Winning the mission" section.
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Winning the mission

•   If all obstacles have been cleared the team wins.
•   If a runner goes critical during scene 3 follow standard abort rules. Remove the loot card from the critical runners deck.
•   Do not heal 1 HP at the end of scene 3.
•   Runners may not buy any cards from the black market once the last obstacle has been killed. Go directly to the regroup phase.
•   Karma for this mission will only be awarded on successful completion of the campaign.
•   Completing this mission is a prerequisite for "The best things in life are free"

Mission 3 - The best things in life are free
"The time is on us, lets go and finish this." - Mr. Johnson

Completing "Shadowrun becomes more fun when I get a bigger gun" is a prerequisite for this mission.
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Deck Setup

Use the complete normal and hard decks.
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Mission Layout
At the start of each scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the chart below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first obstacle so that it matches the role color of the selected runner then continue clockwise. Place the armored truck in the center of the table. For ruling purposes all runners are considered to be facing the truck and their own obstacles and the truck is considered to be of neutral color.

Scene    Number of obstacles
1 - Rush   Number of runners + 1+ armored truck
2 - Reinforce   Number of runners + 2 + armored truck
3 - Run   Number of runners + 3
           
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Ending a scene

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card. After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!



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Special Rules
•   Start the mission with 1 cards in the crossfire discard pile.
•   Select the appropriate armored truck damage track according to the number of runners in the game.
•   If any runner goes critical during scene 1 or 2 the game is immediately lost. No abort is possible during scene 1 or 2.
•   During scene one and two, after the last obstacle is killed the armored truck engages a self destruct sequence and must be destroyed within 3 turns (not rounds). If the truck is not destroyed within 3 turns the mission fails.
•   If a runner goes critical during scene 3 follow the abort rules in the "Winning the mission" section.
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Winning the mission

•   If all obstacles have been cleared the team wins.
•   If a runner goes critical during scene 3 follow standard abort rules.
•   For karma awards see the overview page.

Mainfraime

See attached image

Armoured truck
See attached image


Regards,
Mr. Bean
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: CHINCB on <11-27-14/0550:21>
Are you not entertained?

Noise… Flash… Bang… “What’s going on here?” Crash… Boom… “Where are we?”
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 27th annual runner roundup! Before you stands the scum of  the earth, the criminal element that plagues our city so. Many parasites will enter the arena today, only a handful will make it out alive!”

Difficulty
Medium (10+ in karma upgrades)
2-4 Runners

Mission goal
Remove cards 12, 21, 30, 23, 28, 39, 34 and 36 from the normal obstacle deck.
Remove cards 49, 53 and 65 from the hard obstacle deck.
Each runner may add one additional basic card of their choice per role.

Deck setup
At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the chart below. When flipping obstacles, first  flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire level. Then if you still need more  obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. Place the first obstacle so that it does not match the role color of the selected runner.

Scene      Number of obstacles
     1         Number of runners + 1
     2         Number of runners + 1
     3         Number of runners + 2
     4         Number of runners + 2

Special rules
At the end of scene 1 and 3 each runner heals 1 HP. At the end of scene 2 each runner heals 2HP.

In this mission nuyen is not rewarded for defeating an obstacle and the black market is not available. At the end of each scene randomly reveal black market cards equal to the number of obstacles defeated in that scene. Cards revealed from the black market are distributed between the runners.

For 2 runners skip 3 turns before turning over the first crossfire card, for 3 runners skip 2 turns and for 4 runners skip 1 turn

Winning the Mission
If the team defeats each group of obstacles and clears both blocks, THE TEAM WINS! If any runner’s HP goes to critical, the fight ends
immediately.
Karma reward
Win: 3
Loss: 0

Karma modifiers

Karma in upgrades      Karma
10 - 20                                3
21 - 40                                2
41 - 50                                1
50+                                        0

 

Slow start
Each runner takes 1 less extra basic card at the start of the game. (+1)

At my signal, unleash hell
When revealing the first crossfire card place it directly into the discard
pile and reveal the next card.
This may be done once per runner. (+1 per card discarded)
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: karoath on <11-27-14/2209:18>
MR. JOHNSON'S FAREWELL

THE JOB

The runners know too much for their own good. They've been betrayed and set up by their own corporate contact. They must survive the ambush!

Difficulty: Advanced  (20 or more Karma per runner recommended)
Players: 1-4

MISSION SET UP

Each runner may purchase a single card from the black market (clockwise beginning with the starting runner). The cards are not replaced until after each player has had a chance to buy a card.

MISSION GOAL

The runners are exhausted trying to escape the  ambush. They must Survive three scenes while being slowly affected by attrition.

ATTRITION:

At the start of each scene, flip normal obstacles (set them aside as their text has no effect) equal to the current scene number. These cards are now considered to be Attrition cards.  They remain in play from scene to scene (unless discarded as described below).

At the beginning of the Starting Player's turn, players discard a number of cards equal to the number of Attrition cards in play. Any combination of players can elect to discard cards from hand as long as the total discarded among all players matches the number of Attrition cards in play.

During the Draw & Buy phase, an active runner may discard a card to discard an Attrition card of the same color (this may be done any number of times  in this phase).

SCENES AND CROSSFIRE

This mission consists of three scenes. At the start of each Scene, flip up obstacles as indicated in the list below. When flipping  obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the Crossfire Level. Then if you still need more obstacles, continue flipping obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck.

Scene   Obstacles to Flip
1           Equal to # of runners
2           Equal to # of runners +1
3           Equal to # of runners +2

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS

If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two
runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

WINNING THE MISSION

After the 3rd scene ends the runners win!

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma.

The team can also choose the following options:

1) Elite Enemies: Draw a Crossfire Event at the start of the game and place it in the discard pile.  +1 Karma
2) Endless Enemies: Draw an extra Obstacle at the start of each scene. This may be elected up to once per runner. +2 Karma
3) Extreme Fatigue: Draw +1 Attrition card at the start of each scene.  +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0-30                                  full Karma award
31-40                         -1 Karma penalty
41-60                         -2 Karma penalty
61-85                         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 = additional -1 Karma penalty
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Leevizer on <11-28-14/1601:24>
So, here're my missions. The first one is a 3-4 player normal mission. I was a bit confused due to the mission template, as it seemed to be missing a few things you had in your own missions, Catalyst?

<<<Rogue Runners>>>

THE JOB

A group of “runners” hired by your fixer flatlined their Mr. Johnson during the meet. Your fixer's reputation is on the line so he hired you to take care of these murderers. Don't let him down or you might be out of a job, too...

Difficulty: Advanced (Atleast 5 Karma in upgrades)   

Players: 3-4

MISSION SET UP

Opposing Runners: The runners need to dispatch of a group of Rogue Shadowrunners. These are chosen by choosing five randomly from the following: Drone Rigger, Guy in the Van, Fomorian Mage, Weapons specialist, Chromed Samurai, Lightning mage, Combat Shaman, Elf Blademaster, Warded decker, Gunslinger Adept and Trickster initiate. Shuffle the five chosen cards together to form the Opposing Runner deck. Shuffle the rest back into the Hard obstacle deck. If there are three players, then only four cards will be chosen for the Opposing Runner deck.

Runner's Edge: Either due to good planning, someone's help or just dumb luck, the Runners gain a slight edge for this mission. The players can choose one of the following Crossfire cards and set it aside: Grenade, Top Shelf, Scavenging, Reversal of Fortune or Drekstorm. Shuffle the rest back into the Crossfire deck. At any moment when a Crossfire card would be played, the First Runner can elect to instead draw the Crossfire card that was set aside instead of drawing a card from the Crossfire deck.

MISSION GOAL

Your team will hunt down the team of rogue Runners in three scenes. Each scene changes when you have defeated all the obstacles facing the runners. After the third scene, your team wins the mission!

Scene 1

Flip up Obstacles equal to the amount of players from the Normal Obstacle deck. Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color. Distribute the rest clockwise. The first round begins with the starting runner.

Scene 2

Flip up Obstacles equal to the amount of players plus one. Start by flipping obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck equal to the current Crossfire level.  If you still need any obstacles, draw the remainder from the normal obstacle deck. Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color. Distribute the rest clockwise. The first round begins with the starting runner.

Scene 3

Flip all the obstacles from the Opposing Runner deck. Place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle's color. Distribute the rest clockwise. The first round begins with the starting runner.

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the starting runner removes the Crossfi re event
from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfi re deck instead of the discard). Then each runner heals
1 HP. Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each
runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys
a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the fi rst choice to buy a
card.

WINNING THE MISSION

 After the third Scene, the team wins the mission!

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round,
each runner gets 1 Karma regardless of any bonuses or penalties. The team can also choose the
following bonus challenge options:

Shamanic support: Set aside Astral Scout. At the start of the first scene, place Astral scout against the player who has the mage role card. Shuffle together the Spirit of Fire and the Spirit of Earth. Shuffle one into the Hard obstacle deck and the other into the Opposing Runner deck. +2 Karma per runner

My little friends: Set aside Light combat drone and Aerial combat drone. At the start of the second scene, play them as additional obstacles after the normal obstacles have been played. +2 Karma per runner

Wiz decker: Place the IC card into the Opposing Runner deck. +1 Karma per runner

Ambushed: At the start of the game, each player takes one point of damage. +2 Karma per runner

They're hiding somewhere: Set aside Unusual Suspects. At the start of the second scene, play it as an additional obstacle after the normal obstacles have been played. +2 Karma per runner

KARMA SCALING

each Runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have.

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY

0–10         Full Karma award
11-30         -1 Karma penalty
31-50         -2 Karma penalty
51-75         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25      Additional -1 Karma penalty



That was the first one. The following four missions are all one-player missions which can be either played separately and alone or at the same time, either still as separate games and only sharing the crossfire deck and the Black Market or by allowing players to play cards against each others obstacles, just meaning that the obstacles each players face are independent from each other, as are their victory conditions.

The missions are rather similar. I playtested it for the Street Samurai and found it hard but possible to complete. I would think the same of the others.

<<<Thug Trouble>>>

THE JOB

Lately I've noticed an explosion in the amount of gang activity around my neighbourhood in the barrens, and a few actual explosions too. I should do something about it before they start an all-out war.

Difficulty: Advanced (Atleast 5 Karma in upgrades)   

Players: 1 (Use the Street Samurai deck and give the player +1 Nuyen)

MISSION SET UP


In this mission, the player will “convince” different gang members into submission. Afterwards, he will need to escape as a large police force decides to intervene on the situation.

Gang Deck: Take the Gutter Punks, Troll Enforcer, Lone Star Trooper, Ancients Ganger, Ancients Sentry , Deckhead, Fire adept and Yak Muscle cards from the normal obstacle deck. Shuffle them together to form the Gang deck.

Police Deck: Set aside Armored Trooper. Shuffle together the Lone star sergeant, Lone star lieutenant and the Knight Errant Field agent. Place the Lone Star trooper on the bottom of these three cards. This will be the Police Deck.

Scavenge: At the end of each turn where you defeated an obstacle, draw an additional card when drawing cards from your deck (so 3 if you would draw 2 or 1 if you would draw 0).

MISSION GOAL

Scene 1:

Draw two obstacles from the gang deck. Flip one of them, facing you. At the start of the next turn, flip the other one, also facing you.

Scene 2:

Flip obstacles from the gang deck equal to the crossfire level, facing you. If the deck runs out, draw the rest from the Normal Obstacle deck.

Scene 3:

Draw cards from the Police Deck equal to half of the current crossfire level, rounded up. If there are not enough cards to draw, draw from the normal Hard Obstacle deck. Flip the first one, facing you. At the start of each turn, flip one card from the amount you drew until you run out. After the cards have been flipped, the player wins at the start of the next turn if he isn't Staggered.

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the runner removes the Crossfi re event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfi re deck instead of the discard). Then he heals 1 HP after Scene 1 and 2 HP after Scene 2. he can then buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Then the next scene begins.

WINNING THE MISSION


At the start of a round where there are no obstacles to draw from the cards drawn at the beginning of Scene 3, the player wins!

KARMA AWARDS

if the runner wins, he gets 3 Karma. There is no abort round. The runner can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

Caught with your pants down: Set “Out of Ammo” aside. At the start of Scene 3, flip it after drawing the normal obstacles. +1 Karma

Even more thugs: At the start of scenes 1 and 2, draw an additional ganger. +2 Karma

Bring it on!: Place an additional card to the Crossfire discard at the start of the game. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

The runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0–20         Regular Karma Award
21-40         -1 Karma Penalty
41-60         -2 Karma Penalty
61-85         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 Karma   -1 Additional penalty

<<<Astral Abominations>>>

THE JOB

You've been feeling a disturbance in the astral lately, and whilst assensing have spotted an abnormal amount of awakened creatures and spirits in the vicinity. Better check this out.

Difficulty: Advanced (5-20 points in upgrades)   

Players: 1 (Use the Mage deck and give the player +1 Nuyen)

MISSION SET UP

Magic deck: Take the Spell Sniper, Astral Shiver, Elf Shaman, Bonelaced Adept, Spirit of Air, Wage Mage and Astral scout cards. Shuffle these together to form the magic deck.

Spirit deck: Set aside the Bug Spirit card. Take the Spirit of Fire, Lightning mage and Spirit of earth and shuffle these to form the spirit deck. Place the Bug spirit card at the bottom of the Spirit deck.

Astral affinity: At the end of each turn where you defeated an obstacle, draw an additional card when drawing cards from your deck (so 3 if you would draw 2 or 1 if you would draw 0).

MISSION GOAL

In this mission, the player needs to stop a group of mages from summoning an insect spirit by disrupting them in scene 3. If the player can survive through scene 3, he wins.

Scene 1:

Draw two obstacles from the Magic deck. Flip one of them, facing you. At the start of the next turn, flip the other one, also facing you.

Scene 2:

Flip obstacles from the Magic deck equal to the crossfire level, facing you. If the deck runs out, draw the rest from the Normal Obstacle deck.

Scene 3:

Draw cards from the Spirit Deck equal to half of the current crossfire level, rounded up.  Flip the first one, facing you. At the start of each turn, flip one card from the amount you drew until you run out. After the cards have been flipped, the player wins at the start of the next turn if he isn't Staggered.

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfi re deck instead of the discard). Then he heals 1 HP after Scene 1 and 2 HP after Scene 2. he can then buy one card from the Black Market. Then the next scene begins.

WINNING THE MISSION

At the start of a round where there are no obstacles to draw from the cards drawn at the beginning of Scene 3, the player wins!

KARMA AWARDS

If the runner wins, he gets 3 Karma. There is no abort round. The runner can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

More Mages: At the start of scenes 1 and 2, draw one additional obstacle. +2 Karma

Ambushed: Set Mage Hunter aside. At the start of Scene 2, flip Mage hunter facing the player. +2 Karma

Bring it on!: Place a card in the crossfire discard at the start of the game. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

The runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0–20         Regular Karma Award
21-40         -1 Karma Penalty
41-60         -2 Karma Penalty
61-85         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 Karma   -1 Additional penalty

<<<Matrix Mayhem>>>

THE JOB

Alright, the rest of the team is doing their thing, and now it's my turn. Jack into the Matrix, defeat their security, get the paydata and get o- Wait, what's that?

Difficulty: Advanced (5-20)   

Players: 1 (use the Decker deck and give the player +1 Nuyen)

MISSION SET UP

Decker deck: Set aside the Buzzback, Aztlan Decker, Chipped Decker, Mercenary Elf Decker, Combat Decker, Light Combat Drone and the Sudden fade cards.

GOD deck: Set aside GODwire. Take the Drone rigger, IC and Military Spec IC cards and shuffle them into a deck. Place GODwire at the bottom of this deck.

Rerouting power: At the end of each turn where you defeated an obstacle, draw an additional card when drawing cards from your deck (so 3 if you would draw 2 or 1 if you would draw 0).

MISSION GOAL

In this mission, the player needs to defeat opposing Matrix security and get out before GOD catches him in the third scene. If he survives through the third scene, he wins!

Scene 1:

Draw two obstacles from the Decker deck. Flip one of them, facing you. At the start of the next turn, flip the other one, also facing you.

Scene 2:

Flip obstacles from the Decker deck equal to the crossfire level. If the deck runs out, draw the rest from the Normal Obstacle deck.

Scene 3:

Draw cards from the GOD Deck equal to half of the current crossfire level, rounded up.  Flip the first one, facing you. At the start of each turn, flip one card from the amount you drew until you run out. After the cards have been flipped, the player wins at the start of the next turn if he isn't Staggered.

WINNING THE MISSION

At the start of a round where there are no obstacles to draw from the cards drawn at the beginning of Scene 3, the player wins!

KARMA AWARDS

If the runner wins, he gets 3 Karma. There is no abort round. The runner can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

Hacker Hijinx: At the start of scenes 1 and 2, draw one additional obstacle. +2 Karma

Infected system: Set Banshee Virus aside. At the start of Scene 2, flip Banshee Virus facing the player. +2 Karma

Bring it on!: Place a card in the crossfire discard at the start of the game. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

The runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY

0–20         Regular Karma Award
21-40         -1 Karma Penalty
41-60         -2 Karma Penalty
61-85         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 Karma   -1 Additional penalty

<<<Social Sneaking>>>

THE JOB

It's your time to shine. The true professional. You won't even need a gun. All you need is your silver tongue and sharp wits about you to steal the data without getting caught.

Difficulty: Advanced (5-20 points in upgrades)   

Players: 1 (Use the Face deck and give the player +1 nuyen)

MISSION SET UP

Security deck: Take the Jaguar shifter, Eye alarm, Trip beams, Courier, Ork Fixer, Cover Ops Specialist, Scrybot Tracer and Customs Officer cards. Shuffle these together to form the Security deck.

Spotted deck: Set aside the Renraku Red Samurai card. Take the Ares Field Rep, Security Chief and Warded Decker and shuffle these to form the Spotted deck. Place the Renraku Red samurai card at the bottom of the Spotted deck.

Fast hands: At the end of each turn where you defeated an obstacle, draw an additional card when drawing cards from your deck (so 3 if you would draw 2 or 1 if you would draw 0).

MISSION GOAL

In this mission, you navigate through security systems by using your wits and street smarts alone through three scenes. . After the third scene, your team wins the mission!

Scene 1:

Draw two obstacles from the Security deck. Flip one of them, facing you. At the start of the next turn, flip the other one, also facing you.

Scene 2:

Flip obstacles from the Security deck equal to the crossfire level. If the deck runs out, draw the rest from the Normal Obstacle deck.

Scene 3:

Draw cards from the Spotted Deck equal to half of the current crossfire level, rounded up.  Flip the first one, facing you. At the start of each turn, flip one card from the amount you drew until you run out. After the cards have been flipped, the player wins at the start of the next turn if he isn't Staggered.

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, the runner removes the Crossfi re event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfi re deck instead of the discard). Then he heals 1 HP after Scene 1 and 2 HP after Scene 2. he can then buy one card from the Black Market. Then the next scene begins.

WINNING THE MISSION

At the start of a round where there are no obstacles to draw from the cards drawn at the beginning of Scene 3, the player wins!

KARMA AWARDS

If the runner wins, he gets 3 Karma. There is no abort round. The runner can also choose the following bonus challenge options:


Stepped up security: At the start of scenes 1 and 2, draw one additional obstacle. +2 Karma

Surprise!: Set Trickster initiate aside. At the start of Scene 2, flip Trickster initiate facing the player. +2 Karma

Bring it on!: Place a card in the crossfire discard at the start of the game. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

The runner gains the following Karma award or penalty based on how much Karma they have

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY

0–20         Regular Karma Award
21-40         -1 Karma Penalty
41-60         -2 Karma Penalty
61-85         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 Karma   -1 Additional penalty


I would appreciate any feedback anyone might have about these missions for future reference, thanks!
Title: Incubus Mission
Post by: karoath on <11-28-14/1919:34>
INCUBUS

THE JOB

Lured by the illusions of an Incubus, the runners must defeat the monster!

Difficulty: Advanced  (20 or more Karma per runner recommended)
Players: 1-4

MISSION SET UP

Set this card aside to represent the Incubus (a boss monster) that attacks in scene three. At start of the Starting Players turn, assign the Incubus to the runner that has the most (or tied for most) illusion tokens. In the Deal Damage phase, the Incubus deals 2 damage (1 damage if the runner has no illusion tokens). The Incubus damage bar is as follows:

     5 Colorless / Blue / Blue / 4 Colorless / Black / 5 Colorless / Black

MISSION GOAL

An Incubus has created a series of illusions that have lured the runners into a trap. Survive the attack and defeat the Incubus by the end of 3 scenes.

THE INCUBUS

The incubus cannot be attacked until the 3rd scene. A player with 1 or more illusion tokens can not attack the incubus. In scene 3, each time the Starting Player begins a turn, assign the Incubus to the runner with the most illusion tokens. If tied, assign to the Starting Player.

SCENES AND CROSSFIRE

At the start of each scene, draw obstacles equal to the number of illusion counters in play divided by 3 (round up). If the result is less than the number of runners then draw obstacles equal to the total number of runners plus the scene number -1. First flip from the Hard Obstacles equal to Crossfire level. Then flip from the Normal Obstacles. First, assign to the runner whose color matches and proceed clockwise.

Scene 1: At start of a runners turn, the runner gains 1 illusion token. He also gains 1 illusion token for each point of damage suffered during his turn.

Scene 2: At start of a runners turn, the runner gains 1 illusion token if he has the most (or tied for most) illusion tokens. When playing cards, he may discard 1 blue card to discard 1 of his illusion tokens.

Scene 3: When playing cards, an active runner may discard 1 blue card to discard 1 of his illusion tokens. When an active runner plays 2 or more blue cards on his turn, he may discard any 1 illusion token in play.

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles or bosses in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card.

PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS

If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

WINNING THE MISSION

After the 3rd scene ends the runners win!

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma.

The team can also choose the following options:

1) Enhanced Illusions: At start of a scene, draw obstacles equal to the number of illusion counters divided by 2 instead of 3 (round up). +2 Karma
2) Greater Incubus: The Incubus deals +1 damage during scene 3. +1 Karma
3) Mesmerizing Illusions: If an active runner has the most (or tied for most) illusion tokens at start of his turn then he must discard a card from hand. +1 Karma
4) Powerful Beak: A runner damaged by the Incubus goes critical if he would become staggered. The runner may discard a black card to cancel the effect. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0-30                                  full Karma award
31-40                         -1 Karma penalty
41-60                         -2 Karma penalty
61-85                         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 = additional -1 Karma penalty
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: karoath on <11-28-14/1930:11>
THE TRAITOR

THE JOB

Flush out and eliminate the corporate traitor.

Difficulty: Advanced  (10 or more Karma per runner recommended)
Players: 1-4

MISSION SET UP

Shuffle the Normal Obstacle deck and draw cards until you find a Human card. Reveal the card and set it aside... it will be the Traitor for the duration of this mission and starts the game Hidden. Reshuffle the Normal Obstacle deck as usual.

MISSION GOAL

A corporate employee has been discovered selling secret information. He has gone into hiding in territory owned by his sponsor. Find and eliminate the traitor. If the runners haven't won by the end of the 6th scene then the mission is a total loss.

THE TRAITOR

When Hidden, the Traitor doesn’t face a runner, deal damage, utilize abilities, and doesn't reward Nuyen for being defeated. The Traitor must be defeated like other obstacles, at which time a clue is awarded. The Traitor remains in play and damage done to the Traitor is retained after a scene ends.

CLUES

Earning Clues: Each time the Traitor is defeated, the runners earn a clue (max of 1 per scene). Place a token on the Traitor as a reminder, each runner heals 1 HP, and the Traitor heals all damage.

Discovered: The traitor is Discovered after clues are found equal to the number of runners. Immediately move the Traitor to face the runner whose role matches the Traitor's color, it is now treated exactly like other obstacles (deals damage, uses abilities, and rewards Nuyen).

SCENES AND CROSSFIRE

At start of a Scene, flip obstacles as shown below. First flip from the Hard Obstacles equal to Crossfire level -1. Then flip from the Normal Obstacles. First, assign to the runner whose color matches and proceed clockwise.

Scene      Flip Obstacle Equal To
1 - 2         Number of Runners
3 - 4         Number of Runners +1
5 - 6              Number of Runners +2         

ENDING A SCENE

At the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then, starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first chance to buy a card.

PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS

If there are only three runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round of the game. If there are only two runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first and second rounds of the game.

WINNING THE MISSION

Win at end of scene, if the Traitor has been discovered and no obstacles remain (including the Traitor).

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma. The team can also choose from the following options:

1) Corporate Resources: When a clue has been found, advance the damage 1 level on any 1 obstacle. -1 Karma
2) High Profile Traitor: Draw the Traitor from the Hard Obstacle deck. +1 Karma
3) Stubborn Informants: A runner that earns a clue skips the next Draw & Buy phase. +1 Karma
4) Protected Traitor: Draw 1 additional obstacle at the start of each scene. +1 Karma (may be selected once per runner)

KARMA SCALING

KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY
0-20                                  full Karma award
21-30                         -1 Karma penalty
31-50                         -2 Karma penalty
51-75                         -3 Karma penalty
Each additional +25 = additional -1 Karma penalty
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Dancer on <11-29-14/0802:00>
Okay then, here's my submission. Something along the lines of Ocean's Eleven, or possibly more like Farscape's "Liars, Guns and Money". A team of specialists, each with their own specific part to play on the job. Feel free to rename the "Infiltration" and "Extraction" scenes to "Nothing can possibly go wrong" and "Everything has gone wrong" as appropriate to your own experience of the mission.

The general setup is that the Decker needs to take down system security before higher grade ICE can be activated, the Mage is looking to keep astral security occupied, and prevent anything nastier from being summoned, the Samurai wants to tackle the guards, before they can call for Lone Star backup, and the Face is there to take care of physical security systems and handle any staff on the premises.

Just finished a bunch of playtesting, and a last minute addition of the heals, since it was getting a bit too punishing in most games where the runners were unlucky enough not to get more than one Doc Wagon Contract or Covering Fire. The last 6 games with the heals included had more of a 50/50 success rate, but I may add an option to reduce their frequency for extra Karma if the game starts to get too easy for high-Karma runners. The decks I tried to build around a theme whilst still keeping them more or less balanced with each other. The Crossfire deck leans more towards things which would restrict the players' abilities to help each other, reflecting each of them focusing on a specific task, and has had anything which spawns extra  obstacles removed, as this would disrupt the flow of this mission, especially as it does not use single regular Hard and Normal Obstacle decks.
Karma rewards I considered tweaking to add extra rewards if things did go south but the team successfully made it out, but it was difficult to work out a way to balance it against the fact it would incentivise strategic failure of the first phase in order to up the karma rewards of a more difficult second phase. Instead players wanting something along these lines can take the "Less Time Than We Thought!" challenge.

SPECIALISTS

THE JOB

In and out. Everyone tackles a different aspect of the security, we get what we came for and extract before they even know to call in anything heavier. Simple job, just so long as everyone pulls off their part. Of course, one of you messes up? You mess it up for everyone.

Difficulty:  Normal (No upgrades needed)   
Players: 2-4

MISSION SET UP

Create the Crossfire deck by shuffling cards 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 19, 32, 33, 34, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 50.
Set aside the following 2 Hard obstacles according to role: Decker - 51, 59. Face – 48, 52.  Mage – 44, 63.  Samurai – 50, 57.
Create Normal Obstacle decks for each runner by shuffling the following according to role : Decker – 6, 10, 17, 21, 39. Face -7, 20, 33, 36, 40. Mage – 5, 9, 24, 28, 35. Samurai – 19, 22, 23, 32, 34.

PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS

If playing with a lower number of players, simply remove the normal and hard obstacles for each secondary role from the game (Unless if using the “Last Minute Substitution” bonus challenge, in which case remove the obstacle cards from that player's primary role instead)

MISSION GOAL

The team need to nullify each of their respective fields of the security before the alert can be raised and security stepped up. The team will face two waves of obstacles getting in, and two waves of obstacles extracting from the run. Their performance during the infiltration phase will determine the difficulty of the extraction.

OBSTACLES AND CROSSFIRE

Flip obstacles as instructed by the mission progress track. In phase 1, flipped obstacles start facing the runner matching their role, though this can be affected by cards played by runners, or by abilities. In phase 2, the first flipped obstacle starts facing the runner of their matching role, and following obstacles  are distributed clockwise.

MISSION PROGRESS & ENDING A SCENE

Play progresses according to the mission progress track. If all obstacles are defeated before a round ends, the current Crossfire card is placed on the bottom of the Crossfire deck and each player clockwise may buy one card from the black market. After this, play continues  with the next runner's turn. Any heals due on the next round are applied now as the runners take a moment to recover, and obstacles for the next round are flipped immediately, but no new Crossfire card is drawn until the beginning of the first runner's  next turn.
Once Scene one ends, with the end of round four, Scene two begins with the creation of the Hard Obstacle deck based on which runners' objectives were not met in Scene one.

SCENE ONE – INFILTRATION

You know your jobs. Get them done. We're on the clock. Synchronise on my mark...

Round 1 –    Draw no Crossfire card. Flip one obstacle from each runner's deck, facing that runner.
Round 2 -     Draw a Crossfire card.
Round 3 –    All runners heal 1 HP. Draw a Crossfire card. Flip one obstacle from each runner's deck, facing that runner.
Round 4 -    Draw a Crossfire card.

SCENE TWO – EXTRACTION

Time to pull out, we got what we came for. Everyone did their jobs right, this should be a piece of cake...

Round 5 –    All runners heal 1 HP. Draw a Crossfire card. Shuffle all remaining Normal Obstacle decks into a single Normal Obstacle deck. Shuffle the Hard Obstacles matching each role who still has matching obstacles in play into a Hard Obstacle deck. Flip 4 new obstacles, beginning with Hard Obstacles, and continuing instead with Normal Obstacles if the hard deck is exhausted.
Round 6 –    Draw a Crossfire card.
Round 7 -    All Runners heal 1 HP. Draw a Crossfire card. Flip 4 new obstacles, beginning with Hard Obstacles, and continuing with Normal Obstacles if the hard deck is exhausted.
Subsequent Rounds –    Continue to draw Crossfire cards at the beginning of each round until all remaining obstacles are cleared.

WINNING THE MISSION

The team succeeds if they successfully extract. The mission can also end in an Abort as per the normal Crossfire rules.

KARMA AWARDS

If the team succeeds in clearing the extraction, each runner gains 3 Karma.
If they Abort during the extraction, each runner gains 1 Karma. No Karma is gained for an aborted run during the first Scene.
The following optional bonus challenges are also available.

LAST MINUTE SUBSTITUTION! If there are less than 4 players, replace a player's Hard and Normal Obstacle decks with those corresponding to the role whose initial deck they are not using. +1 Karma.
THIS ISN'T HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN! Start the game with an unresolved Crossfire card in the discard. Flip the first Crossfire card at the beginning of round 1, not round 2. +2 Karma
LESS TIME THAN WE THOUGHT! When phase 2 begins, shuffle the hard obstacle deck for the last runner who cleared their obstacles in phase 1 into the hard obstacle deck. +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

Each runner receives the following penalties to Karma based upon their current total Karma.

KARMA       AWARD/PENALTY
0–10                                    Full
11-30                                    -1
31-50                                    -2
51-75                                    -3
Each additional +25      Additional -1
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Kiirnodel on <11-30-14/0512:07>
The goal of this mission was to create something that has a bit more of an open-ended goal. The team can earn more karma the longer they can hold out, and the more they accomplish, but while they are sitting pretty inside getting the pay-data, security is coming in and setting up to take them out. The longer you take, the worse it gets. But, you can always choose to cut your losses and get out with what you have. So sometimes it can be to your advantage to cut out early.

Data Grab

THE JOB

Get in, get the data, get out.
Simple, right? What could go wrong?


Difficulty:  Advanced (at least 10-15 points per runner in upgrades recommended)
Players: 3-4

MISSION SET UP

Remove the following obstacles from the Normal and Hard obstacle decks: 21, 25, 30, 39, 45, 51, 59, 69, 77, and 78. Combine these removed cards together to create the Host deck. (Note, the Host deck is comprised of a combination of Normal and Hard obstacles. The decker has a certain amount of foresight into what is going to be encountered in the Host as it approaches. See “The Host” below)

MISSION GOAL

First, the team must get past the initial security to get to the host terminal. Once there, the decker must try to recover as much pay-data as possible. But even while the hacker deals with the host, security will continue to come at the runners with increasing force. The goal is to get as much of the data as possible before the security gets too heavy for the team so that everyone can still get out safely.

OBSTACLES AND CROSSFIRE

Use the normal crossfire rules. Each scene flips obstacles differently, both in number of total obstacles and the number of Hard Obstacles, as indicated by the chart below. When flipping obstacles, first flip obstacles from the Hard Obstacle deck as indicated by the chart. Then if you still need more obstacles, flip obstacles from the Normal Obstacle deck for the remainder. At the beginning of each scene, place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color. Distribute the rest clockwise. For the obstacles being distributed each round during Scene 2, place the first flipped obstacle facing the runner to the left of decker. Distribute the rest clockwise. In addition, should Scene 2 start at the same time as a new round is beginning,do not distribute the obstacles for the new round, only those for the start of scene.

Scene                         Total Obstacles                               Hard Obstacles

1                                 Number of runners                             Crossfire level

2 (Start)                      Number of runners                             Crossfire level

2 (Each round)            Crossfire level                           Crossfire level - Number of runners
                              (Max = number of runners)

3                                  Crossfire level                                  Number of runners
                              (Max = 2 x number of runners)


PLAYING WITH FEWER THAN FOUR RUNNERS

If there are only 3 runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round.

THE HOST & ENDING SCENES

During Scene 1, at the end of a turn, if there are no obstacles in play, each runner heals 1 HP and the starting runner removes the Crossfire event from play (it goes to the bottom of the Crossfire deck instead of the discard). Then starting with the runner to the left of the runner who defeated the last obstacle, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in the next Scene with the runner who had the first choice to buy a card. At this point, the Host deck should be shuffled, the decker has some insight into the difficulty of the upcoming obstacles, but not until he jacks in.

In Scene 2, the data grab on the host has started. During each End Step on the decker’s turn, the decker flips an obstacle from the Host deck if he is not already facing an obstacle from the Host deck. Obstacles from the Host deck are treated normally with the following exceptions. Obstacles from the Host deck always face the decker, and may not be moved away from the decker except as the result of effects from Hacking cards or cards played from the effects of Hacking cards (such as Pair Programing or Hack the World). Obstacles from the Host deck that are defeated should be set aside, representing the valuable pay data the decker has collected. Each time an obstacle from the Host deck is defeated, the decker can choose to jack out and end the data grab. Starting with the decker, each runner, in order, can buy one card from the Black Market. This Scene ends after the last runner buys a card or passes. Play continues in Scene 3 with the runner to the left of the runner that defeated the last Host card.

WINNING THE MISSION

During Scene 3, at the end of any round, if the number of obstacles is less than the number of runners the team has managed to get a hole through the security’s defenses. The team gets out with the pay data and wins the mission.

KARMA AWARDS

If the team wins, each runner earns 1 Karma plus an amount of Karma equal to the total Attack Strength of the obstacles retrieved from the Host. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner earns 1 Karma plus an amount of Karma equal to half (round down) the total Attack Strength from the Host obstacles. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

BLACK IC The Attack Strength of each obstacle from the Host deck is increased by 1: The increased Attack Strength increased Karma as well

HYPERACTIVE HOST The decker flips the next obstacle from the Host deck at the Start of his turn, instead of the end: +2 Karma

HIGH-THREAT RESPONSE Start the game with one card in the Crossfire discard: +2 Karma (in the same game, the team can choose this option up to once for each runner)

HEAVY SECURITY Flip up one additional obstacle at the start of each Scene: +1 Karma

KARMA SCALING

Each runner receives the following penalties to Karma based upon their current total Karma.

KARMA       AWARD/PENALTY
0–25                                    Full
26-50                                    -1
51-75                                    -2
Each additional +25      Additional -1
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Keithric on <11-30-14/2328:01>
Cache Out!

THE JOB
You’ve got inside information on a “barely guarded” cache of Aztechnology’s finest illegal tech and magic. Just take out the guards before the alarm is tripped - Drek! New plan: grab everything that’s not nailed down and shoot your way out before too many reinforcements show up.

Difficulty: Normal (No upgrades needed)   
Runners: 2 - 4

MISSION SET UP
Divide the Black Market deck into two decks: the first deck should contain all cards that cost 2 or 3 Nuyen. The second deck contains all cards that cost 4 or more Nuyen, and is not used until the end of the first scene.
   Deal out the Black Market from the first deck only. Each runner may select one card from the Black Market and add it to their hand.
    Reveal 4 Hard Obstacles. In order, each runner selects a Hard Obstacle to flip in front of that runner, as well as a card from the Black Market to place under that obstacle. When that obstacle is defeated, add that Black Market card to any runner’s hand.
    Next, draw a Crossfire card and place it face up in play. Follow the normal rules for Crossfire cards. Reinforcements arrive at the start of each round, after the “Draw a new crossfire card” step: flip a Normal Obstacle in front of the runner whose role color matches the obstacle’s color.

MISSION GOAL
The team must survive through two scenes. Each scene ends when you have defeated all obstacles facing runners. In the first scene, you face a constant stream of reinforcements while you attempt to open the vault. In the second scene, you use the vault’s contents to clear a path to freedom.

Catch Your Breath
When there are no obstacles in play, finish the current turn. Then remove the current Crossfire event from play (put it on the bottom of the Crossfire deck), and each runner heals 1 HP. Distribute 12 Nuyen evenly to the runners. Remove the Black Market entirely and build a new Black Market using the second deck of cards valued 4 or more Nuyen. Finally, each runner may buy 1 card from the Black Market.

All the Guns and Glory
Reveal 4 Hard Obstacles and 4 Normal Obstacles. In order, each runner selects a Hard Obstacle and a Normal Obstacle to flip in front of that runner, as well as a card from the Black Market to place under the Hard obstacle. When the Hard obstacle is defeated, add that Black Market card to any runner’s hand.
    Crossfire events and Reinforcements are added each round, exactly as in the first scene.
 
Playing with Fewer than Four Runners:
If there are fewer than four runners, some of the runners will take more than one role. In a 3-player game, one of the runners will take two roles. In a 2-player game, both runners will take two roles. If you have more than one role, choose a starting deck for one of those roles. If you take more than one role, increase your starting nuyen by 1.

If there are only 3 runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first round. If there are only 2 runners, do not flip a Crossfire card at the start of the first or second rounds.

WINNING THE MISSION
After all obstacles are defeated in the second scene, the team wins the Mission!

KARMA AWARDS
If the team wins, each runner gets 3 Karma. If the team aborts, and has a successful abort run round, each runner gets 1 Karma regardless of any bonuses or penalties. The team can also choose the following bonus challenge options:

Empty Vaults: The runners do not start with a free Black Market card during Setup: +1 Karma
Earlier Alarm: Start the game with one card in the Crossfire discard: +2 Karma

KARMA SCALING
KARMA IN UPGRADES      AWARD/PENALTY

0–10                                  FULL KARMA AWARD
11–25                                 -1 KARMA PENALTY
26–40                                 -2 KARMA PENALTY
Each Additional +20             ADDITIONAL -1 KARMA PENALTY
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: voltronx on <12-30-14/1922:54>
Cache Out!

THE JOB
You’ve got inside information on a “barely guarded” cache of Aztechnology’s finest illegal tech and magic. Just take out the guards before the alarm is tripped - Drek! New plan: grab everything that’s not nailed down and shoot your way out before too many reinforcements show up.

Difficulty: Normal (No upgrades needed)   
Runners: 2 - 4

MISSION SET UP

    Reveal 4 Hard Obstacles. In order, each runner selects a Hard Obstacle to flip in front of that runner, as well as a card from the Black Market to place under that obstacle. When that obstacle is defeated, add that Black Market card to any runner’s hand.


Just had a quick question. When you are playing with 2 runners, you still reveal (face off) 4 hard obstacles in the first scene? Sounds really brutal for normal difficulty. Or do you decrease -1 hard obstacle for each missing runner? Thanks
Title: Re: Crossfire Mission Contest Submissions
Post by: Keithric on <01-02-15/0319:12>
Intent is they look at the 4 obstacles and select only one each. It's actually a pretty powerful "scouting" mechanic for smaller groups (which helps make up a bit for the difficulty of Hard obstacles off the bat with only a couple runners). It's probably appropriate to add a line about discarding any obstacles not selected to both scenes.