The Shadowrun Companion: Beyond the Shadows

Beyond The Shadows is a rules expansion book for the Shadowrun (2nd edition) role-playing game. To quote the introduction page, it 'expands on the basics of the Shadowrun rules, offering more flexibility in character creation, campaign design, magic, and uses of Karma and nuyen, as well as providing new optional rules and creative ideas and solutions to common problems that plague game play.' So there you have it in a nutshell. The layout of the book is good, and it's a reasonably easy read if you're used to role-playing game books. A particular feature I like, which is common to many of the Shadowrun books, is that there are occasional running ...  Read the complete review