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Coverage of spacecraft is aimed at setting level issues such as choosing the technology used by spacecraft in the game. This section does not worry about game mechanics issues, but rather helps players and gamemasters determine the broad capabilities of the vessel in question.
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was released in 2006, and covered the creation of star systems, worlds and alien races, either completely randomly or with any amount of gamemaster intervention during the process. Advice is also provided on planning campaigns and other related material.
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is ideal for any referee who isn't satisfied with existing SF systems and wants to design their own or to convert a favourite book into a rolegaming environment Every SF referee should have one."
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game is worth picking up on the basis of its ideas alone. For GMs who enjoy designing unique backgrounds for their players, and for
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as a 128-page book. The book features additional material by W. G. Armintrout, Stephen Beeman, Ben Ellinger,
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This first-tier genre book is supported by several second-tier sourcebooks that helped expand the
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was one of the broad genre books that was published after the 1986
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rules. Guidelines are provided for designing games using
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was published in 1990 to conform with the new ruleset.
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players everywhere, this book is well worth getting."
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genres, by creating worlds, planets and alien races.
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The Third Edition includes a reprint of some of the
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Index


Designers
Steve Jackson
David Pulver
Steve Jackson Games
Science fiction
GURPS
Steve Jackson Games
GURPS
gamemasters
science fiction
science fantasy
space opera
hard science fiction
GURPS Basic Set
Steve Jackson
Steve Jackson Games
John M. Ford
David Ladyman
GURPS Space Atlases
Unnight
GURPS Aliens
GURPS Vehicles
Dragon
Jim Bambra
Games International
Origins Awards
GURPS
List of GURPS books

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