Tales from the Forlorn Hope (1991) is an 8 scenario campaign for Cyberpunk 2020 focusing on a fraternity of solos (that is, Cyberpunk merc types) and ancient history involving a ranger team during a drug war. Its aimed at starting players with the intent of forging them into a team (the notion of teams is a powerful one in a world where everyone is out for themselves – they ensure that players won’t screw over their pals; at least not too much).

This is very much pre-occupied with the specter of late 80s military dirty dealings like Iran Contra. The past comes back to haunt many of the patrons of the Forlorn Hope in ugly, violent ways and the various situations take PCs all over the world.

It’s a solid enough set of scenarios, if not earth shattering.

Which makes this an excellent time to bring up something about collecting Cyberpunk right now. Because of the forthcoming videogame from CD Projekt Red, there is a crazy bubble for Cyberpunk 2020 RPG books in the second hand market. As of this writing, there are copies of Forlorn Hope on eBay going for anything from 50 to 100 bucks. For the love of god, don’t pay that kind of money for this book. Just go to the R. Talsorian website and get it new for $12.