# Shadowrun

Shadowrun is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 3.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1992
- **Categories:** Campaign Setting (game world), Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Race Based (Player Race/Species affects gameplay), Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Dice Pool (Roll multiple dice vs target), Exploding Dice (Die may 'explode' into a second roll)
- **Owned by:** 2 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Nigel D. Findley, L. Ross Babcock, III, Dave Wylie, Sam Lewis, Karl Wu, Phillip McGregor, Paul Hume, Tom Dowd, Bob Charrette, Jordan Weisman

**Artists:** Joel Biske, Dana Andrews, Dan Smith, Duane Loose, Jeff Laubenstein, Steve Venters, Mike Nielsen, Janet Aulisio, Tim Bradstreet, Earl Geier, James Nelson, Larry Elmore

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/shadowrun-2)
- [Shadowrun in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/shadowrun-2)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/44169)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._