The Cyberpunk series is a pen & paper RPG created by Mike Pondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games. Created in 1988, Cyberpunk was heavily inspired by the novels of Phillip K. Dick and William Gibson, and in particular the 1982 film Blade Runner. The world is set in an alternate future in which crime is at an all time high, murder is a common sight on the streets, and corporations have become more powerful than world governments. The core series is set in Night City, a fictional west-coast