My thoughts on the game...<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em><strong>Solo/Buddy/Team</strong></em></span>- Because the individual members of the group are starting out more powerful than your average starter - 100 extra BP, 50 Karma after that, plus a raising on the levels of some starting limits - having this be a story where you've got less than a full team, and maybe having sides team up occasionally is not out of the question.<br/><br/>I will say that I don't think solo is a good idea.  Not only do you have to cope with having a bunch of different stories at the same time, but...well, see below.<br/><br/>Buddying up isn't a bad idea, as long as the GM remembers to properly calibrate non-Matrix combat.  Yes, we're tougher than the average cookie, but even a group of persons would be able to overcome.  If you look at the Prime Runner Creation table in Friends & Foes in the 20th Anniversary book, we're in the Superior range - 110-150% of average PC total (500 BP being 125%).  We'll be able to take on any starting character no problem, but a group of them would be an issue.<br/><br/>In short, buddy-running is a viable option, but mainly if we stick to what are starting-level threats for a team of runners.<br/><br/>Teaming up - everyone together - is the best route if, Sinestra, you want us to face more than the average threat from the get-go, and not just on occasion.  If you want the group routinely facing down Ares Firewatch or Renraku Red Sams, we'll need to be a team for that.<br/><br/>Overall?  The one I'd recommend going is dividing the team into two smaller groups.  On the one hand, we'll be facing off with what are basically team-level threats for starting runners, but if you want us to fight something bigger, then get all of us together on the same job.<br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><em><strong>Genre</strong></em></span>- I've seen<em>plenty</em>of SR games that go the gritty street level route.  I've almost never seen comedy - except for that of the black variety - openly.  If it were me, I'd go with an epic action-comedy style, throwing in the Cinematic Rules from the system chapter.  Something in the vein of<em>Lethal Weapon </em>or<em>Ghostbusters </em>variety.  Maybe throw in a touch or two of<em>Romancing the Stone</em>.