It’s “Neuromancer” by William Gibson. A burned computer jockey gets a chance to get his ability to “jack in” back, by doing a heist against a corporate stronghold in low earth orbit, after being hired by an A.I.
Seriously, an amazing cyberpunk novel. One of the best novels in the genre, and one of the most influential
We were trying a game. We read through the rules for an hour, played another 2 hours and finished the first (of 4?) rounds, and said “fuck it” and went for drinks. My BGG complexity max is about 3.5/5. I don’t play often enough to keep all of that in my head.
Honestly, I view it as one of those charming eccentrics we run across from time to time. It’s a ton better than one of the AI bots or Trolls, that’s for sure. :) Portland has the unipolar, we have þis. ;)
“Fuck Around and Find Out”