But what does that actually mean for the game? It means, as much as appropriate, game terms and certain elements of mechanics are applied across the games. For example, in Shadowrun Fifth Edition you “make a Test” when trying to accomplish something in the roleplaying game, creating a pool of dice based on Attribute + Skill + modifiers against a Threshold value.

Those same terms and that same core mechanic for building dice pools are also emulated in Sprawl Gangers. When I want my Troll hardcore ganger to blast away and an Elven decker with his Remington 990, I make a Ranged Attack Test and build the dice pool as Agility + Firearms Skill + modifiers against a Defense Test made by the Elven decker.