Space (3rd Edition, POD, Black & White)

This is a print on demand copy and is not an original copy.

The Future is Yours! GURPS Space is the star-spanning sourcebook for GURPS - now revised and expanded for its third edition. In the 176 pages of GURPS Space you'll find: Scientifically accurate and up-to-date rules for creating star systems and planets . . . either randomly or to fit a specific campaign. Detailed guidelines for creating futuristic and alien governments and societies. An informed look at the technologies of tomorrow: what will be, what might be, and beyond! Character-creation resources for space campaigns, featuring 24 character types, three variant human races, and four alien races. A full science-fiction equipment list, including weapons, gadgets, and medical technology. Realistic treatments of the dangers of noxious atmospheres, crushing gravity, vacuum, radiation, and other hazards of space travel and exploration. A self-contained, GURPS Vehicles - compatible starship construction system, covering TL8 (just around the corner) to TL13+ (superscience). Complete ship combat rules - no ship counters, just roleplaying - for playing out ship-to-ship battles. GURPS Space does not tie your game to a single background. Rather, it is designed for the creative GM who wants to develop his own universe! This book presents a wide variety of choices and background information to let you recreate your favorite science-fiction background - or build your own. Years in the making and now extensively revised and updated, GURPS Space is a survey of the whole space-adventure genre as it relates to roleplaying. If you're ready to create your own future . . . it's yours.