• ProstheticBrain
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    17 hours ago

    Amazingly, I read that whole article and still have absolutely no idea what Cyberpunk RED is.

    Fantastic bit of journalism there.

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      10 hours ago

      Yeah, I’ve been getting sick of the journalists just assuming they’re only getting to their own crowd who should automatically know what they’re talking about.

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        9 hours ago

        In all honesty, I was being a bit unfair. It’s a wordpress site, so it’s probably a fan just nerding out to other fans about something they love.

        Still though, a word to other nerds - it’s good to put up signposts for the curious, that’s how you draw them in.

    • Catpurrple@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 hours ago

      What they neglected to explain was that Cyberpunk Red is the fourth, and latest, edition of the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG on which Cyberpunk 2077’s world and game mechanics are based. This document they included in the game files is a rule book for that.

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        9 hours ago

        Thank you. I feel like that should have been a key bit of info, but what do I know?

        E: words are hard.

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          10 hours ago

          What they also didn’t explain is you get 82 Punk tokens, which you can use in reschooch your chumwang in Alfalfa.

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          12 hours ago

          The site seems to be focused on tabletop and board games, so I guess they assumed their target audience already knew what it meant.

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      10 hours ago

      Unless your console has a file browser with an Extra Content folder in it, I’m gonna guess no.

      However, the same rulebook is also available for free on Roll20.