GURPS Mecha is a supplement that allows players and gamemasters to design mecha for use in a GURPS campaign.[1] The book includes a campaign, "Cybermech Damocles" in which the player characters are members of a secret agency fighting alien invaders.[2]
Publication historyedit
In the 2014 book Designers & Dragons: The '80s, game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that Steve Jackson Games decided in the early 1990s to stop publishing adventures, and as a result "SJG was now putting out standalone GURPS books rather than the more complex tiered book lines. This included more historical subgenre books. Some, such as GURPS Camelot (1991) and GURPS China (1991), were clearly sub-subgenres, while others like GURPS Old West (1991) and GURPS Middle Ages I (1992) covered genres notably missing before this point."[3]: 45
GURPS Mecha is one such standalone book, designed to use previously published rules in GURPS Robots (1995) and GURPS Vehicles (1996). It is a 128-page softcover book designed by David Pulver, with additional material by John Nowak, and interior art by Alex Fernandez and Dan Smith. Smith also supplied the cover art. The book was published by SJG in 1997 for use with the 3rd edition of GURPS.[2]
Receptionedit
In the January 1998 edition of Dragon (Issue #243), Rick Swan liked the concept, but warned that the design process required "solid math skills." He concluded, "Clearly this is best-suited for anime fans who aced algebra."[2]
gurps, mecha, supplement, david, pulver, published, steve, jackson, games, 1997, gurps, generic, universal, role, playing, system, cover, smith, 1997, contents, contents, publication, history, reception, other, reviews, referencescontents, edit, supplement, th. GURPS Mecha is a supplement by David Pulver published by Steve Jackson Games SJG in 1997 for GURPS Generic Universal Role Playing System Cover art by Dan Smith 1997 Contents 1 Contents 2 Publication history 3 Reception 4 Other reviews 5 ReferencesContents editGURPS Mecha is a supplement that allows players and gamemasters to design mecha for use in a GURPS campaign 1 The book includes a campaign Cybermech Damocles in which the player characters are members of a secret agency fighting alien invaders 2 Publication history editIn the 2014 book Designers amp Dragons The 80s game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that Steve Jackson Games decided in the early 1990s to stop publishing adventures and as a result SJG was now putting out standalone GURPS books rather than the more complex tiered book lines This included more historical subgenre books Some such as GURPS Camelot 1991 and GURPS China 1991 were clearly sub subgenres while others like GURPS Old West 1991 and GURPS Middle Ages I 1992 covered genres notably missing before this point 3 45 GURPS Mecha is one such standalone book designed to use previously published rules in GURPS Robots 1995 and GURPS Vehicles 1996 It is a 128 page softcover book designed by David Pulver with additional material by John Nowak and interior art by Alex Fernandez and Dan Smith Smith also supplied the cover art The book was published by SJG in 1997 for use with the 3rd edition of GURPS 2 Reception editIn the January 1998 edition of Dragon Issue 243 Rick Swan liked the concept but warned that the design process required solid math skills He concluded Clearly this is best suited for anime fans who aced algebra 2 Other reviews editAlarums amp Excursions Issue 262 June 1997 p 29 Ringbote Issue 13 July August 1997 p 11 in German References edit GURPS Mecha RPGnet RPG Game Index index rpg net a b c Swan Rick January 1998 Roleplaying Reviews Dragon No 243 TSR Inc p 114 Appelcline Shannon 2014 Designers amp Dragons The 80s Evil Hat Productions ISBN 978 1 61317 081 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title GURPS Mecha amp oldid 1127954052, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
