R. Talsorian Games is having a pretty big year. The studio is riding high on the release of The Witcher RPG last year, with expansion Lords and Land in the works. Cyberpunk Red, the latest edition of the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG is releasing in August, 15 years after Cyberpunk V3.0. And, of course, Cyberpunk 2077 played a starring role in this year’s E3.
Cyberpunk creator and tabletop industry veteran Mike Pondsmith was at the show, mirrored sunglasses and all, so we sat down to talk about Cyberpunk Red, netrunning, poster and sending CD Projekt Red back to the drawing board on guns.
So, exciting times for R. Talsorian right now…
Mike Pondsmith: Pretty exciting.
Quite a lot going on!
Mike Pondsmith: Yeah and if I get some sleep I’ll let you know!
So obviously Cyberpunk is something you’ve been at the helm of for as long as I’ve been alive actually.
Mike Pondsmith: Oh boy yeah make me feel young, oh yeah!
But R. Talsorian is about to put out the next chapter in the Cyberpunk story and 2077 is further on down the timeline from that so at this point I feel like it’s relevant to ask again, what is Cyberpunk to you? Has that definition changed at all?