On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Craig Berry <cdberry@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the central moral of most of the Traveller games I've played over the years is "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

In line with what somebody upthread said, that sounds a lot like something from Shadowrun. The published adventures for that game routinely featured Patron doublecrosses and/or hidden agendas that my players came to regard the initial up-front payment as all the nuyen they were ever likely to get from that particular Mr. Johnson . . .

Richard Aiken

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