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Creatures of Rokugan (Legend of the Five Rings)

Creatures of Rokugan (Legend of the Five Rings)

by Brian Bates, Shawn Carman, Sean Holland, Douglas Sun, Brian Yoon

Rokugan has never belonged to humans alone. Ages before the dawn of the Empire, great civilizations built by non-human races, such as the naga and ogres, marked the land. Though their civilizations are gone now, their descendants still dwell upon the earth and in the seas. Since the catastrophic Fall of Fu Leng, oni - spawn of Jigoku - and their terrible offspring have walked the Shadowlands and warred against the... (more)

GURPS Basic Set: Characters, Fourth Edition

GURPS Basic Set: Characters, Fourth Edition

by Steve Jackson, Sean Punch

GURPS Basic Set: Characters combines information from the Third Edition GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Compendium I, plus hundreds of new and updated rules! This 336-page, full-color hardcover contains everything you need to create and play a GURPS Fourth Edition character.

GURPS LensmanSean Barrett

GURPS Lensman

by Sean Barrett

Based on the Classic Novels by E.E. "Doc" Smith The Galactic Patrol is the army and police force of the Civilization that fills two galaxies. Its prime agents are the Lensmen . . . incorruptible, powerfully psionic, ready for anything. They stand between Civilization and the ancient evil of Eddore. The Eddorians infiltrate with drugs, crime and corruption. The Lensmen fight back with everything from blasters to... (more)

GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1 : Zhodani, Vargr and Other Races of the Spinward Marches (GURPS Traveller)

GURPS Traveller: Alien Races 1 : Zhodani, Vargr and Other Races of the Spinward Marches (GURPS Traveller)

by David Pulver

Two Major Races . . . In contrast to the Imperium, the human-descended Zhodani have long embraced psi powers. Within their vast interstellar empire, crime is almost unknown, workers are uniformly happy in their jobs, and mental illness is as easy to cure as a paper cut, thanks to advanced powers of the mind . . . and periodic visits from the Thought Police. The Vargr are a race of aliens descended from... (more)

by Graeme Davis

To the victims of a Viking raid, the Norsemen were bearded giants with bloody axes. But the Viking was much more - a skilled navigator, a brave explorer, a hard-working trader. A dreamer whose songs and stories live even today. And a Viking was a free man - a man to whom honor and reputation were more important than life itself. Vikings is a complete guide to the Norse world, including maps, historical background,... (more)

GURPS For Love of Mother-Not: Solo Adventure in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth

GURPS For Love of Mother-Not: Solo Adventure in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth

by W.G. ARMINTROUT

"A kid's best friend is . . . an alien pet? You're an orphan from the streets of Drallar, the capital of a trading world in the star-spanning Humanx Confederacy. Even though your guardian, "Mother" Mastiff, takes good care of you, you've been lonely all your life -- that is, until you found an unusual pet in the alley behind your home. It could be a flying snake . . . Or a green-furred, long-eared mammal . . . Or... (more)

GURPS Humanx: Roleplaying in Alan Dean Foster's "Humanx Commonwealth"

GURPS Humanx: Roleplaying in Alan Dean Foster's "Humanx Commonwealth"

by Curtis M. Scott

"600 years ago, in the early 24th century, mankind met alien intelligence the insect Thranx. Despite their physical differences, humans and thranx soon found they had much in common. Within a hundred years, they had united as the Humanx Commonwealth. Today, humans and thranx stand shoulder-to-thorax against the ruthless reptilian A Ann, defending the dozens of intelligent races and hundreds of inhabited worlds... (more)

GURPS WWII: All the King's MenBrian Underhill

GURPS WWII: All the King's Men

by Brian Underhill

Winston Churchill promised the British forces would "never give up, never surrender." Now you can fight as one of His Majesty's own in GURPS WWII: All the King's Men! Watch as the storm clouds gather over Europe in the late '30s . . . and an unprepared England declares war against Germany in its fighting prime. Experience the fear and heroism of Dunkirk, the sweltering seesaw of Africa, and the final triumphs of... (more)

GURPS Discworld

by Phil Masters, Terry Pratchett

Vampire : The Masquerade (Revised Edition)

Vampire : The Masquerade (Revised Edition)

by Richard Dansky, Mark Rein Hagen, Graeme Davis

THE MIDNIGHT DANCE CONTINUES... They stalk in the shadows, moving gracefully and unseen among their prey. They are the blood-drinking fiends of whispered legends –Kindred, Cainites, the Damned. Above all, they are vampires. Their eternal struggle, waged sicne the nights of Jericho and Babylon, plays itself out among the vampires' grand Masquerade is imperiled, and the night of Gehenna draws ever closer. ... (more)

GURPS Reign of Steel: The War is Over, the Robots Won

GURPS Reign of Steel: The War is Over, the Robots Won

by David Pulver

It is 2047 A.D. The robot revolt is over, and the machines have won. Ruthless Artificial Intelligences have exterminated most of humanity, while the survivors are hunted like animals, or face slow death in the robots' brutal labor camps. But a lucky few have escaped death or enslavement. While most of mankind has succumbed to despair, some refuse to give up hope. Around the world small groups of dedicated... (more)

GURPS Blood Types: Dark Predators and Deadly Prey: Vampires and Vampire Hunters (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System)

GURPS Blood Types: Dark Predators and Deadly Prey: Vampires and Vampire Hunters (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System)

by Lane Grate

Vampires. Immortal and nearly invulnerable, their mystic powers and supernatural servants protect them from danger. They thrive in the darkest hours of night and haunt the dreams of every culture and every age of man. Some merely crave your blood; others drain the very essence of life, leaving you an empty, bitter husk. And they always thirst for more . . . GURPS Blood Types is a look at the vampire in legend .... (more)

The Great Maze (Deadlands (Paperback))

by Shane Lacy Hensley

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

by Spider Robinson

Callahan's Place is the neighborhood tavern to all of time and space, where the regulars are anything but. Pull up a chair, grab a glass of your favorite, and listen to the stories spun by time travelers, cybernetic aliens, telepaths...and a bunch of regular folks on a mission to save the world, one customer at a time.

GURPS Fantasy

by William H. Stoddard

Create a world that could never be! GURPS Fantasy is the complete toolkit to let you build a campaign of heroic deeds and wondrous magic. It discusses the genre in depth - with all its subgenres and inspirations (myth, novels, movies, etc.) - letting you design just the kind of fantasy setting that you want. GURPS Fantasy gives detailed, concrete advice - from the basics of the landscape itself, through its... (more)

GURPS Discworld Also

by Phil Masters, Terry Pratchett

In GURPS Discworld, gamers visited the strange and wonderful setting of Terry Pratchett's best-selling novels. Everyone had such a good time that we've booked a second trip! Our guide for GURPS Discworld Also will again be Phil Masters; he promises that the Dungeon Dimensions are not on the itinerary, and Mr Dibbler's meat pies are not on the menu. You will, however, visit the Lost Continent of XXXX (and its... (more)

GURPS Cyberworld: High-Tech Low-Life in the One-And-Twenty

GURPS Cyberworld: High-Tech Low-Life in the One-And-Twenty

by Paul Hume

GURPS ChinaSteve Jackson

GURPS China

by Steve Jackson

Legend Of The Five Rings: Roleplaying Game (Legend of the Five Rings)

Legend Of The Five Rings: Roleplaying Game (Legend of the Five Rings)

by Rich Wulf, Shawn Carman, Seth Mason, Brian Yoon, Fred Wan

Return to Rokugan, where honor is a force more powerful than steel. For one thousand years, the Empire of Rokugan has stood as a bastion of nobility, honor, and virtue. These lands are ruled by the samurai, powerful heroes who carry the katana and wakizashi as their badge of rank. Eight Great Clans vie with one another for supremacy over these lands, all under the eye of the mighty Emperor. And to the... (more)

GURPS Basic Set

by Steve Jackson Games

GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System) is the most flexible roleplaying system ever created. With just this Basic Set, players can adventure into any world they can imaging. Rules are included for all types of weapons from clubs to lasers. For wizards and magic there are more than 100 spells. For psionic powers -- the imagination is the only limit! GURPS avoids having to switch game systems whenever the... (more)

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by Brian Bates, Shawn Carman, Sean Holland, Douglas Sun, Brian Yoon

by Steve Jackson, Sean Punch

by Sean Barrett

by David Pulver

by Graeme Davis

by W.G. ARMINTROUT

by Curtis M. Scott

by Brian Underhill

by Phil Masters, Terry Pratchett

by Richard Dansky, Mark Rein Hagen, Graeme Davis

by David Pulver

by Lane Grate

by Shane Lacy Hensley

by Spider Robinson

by William H. Stoddard

by Phil Masters, Terry Pratchett

by Paul Hume

by Steve Jackson

by Rich Wulf, Shawn Carman, Seth Mason, Brian Yoon, Fred Wan

by Steve Jackson Games