[New Release] GURPS Social Engineering - Page 5

whswhs · 11-07-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Essentially it's about a company specializing in Body Language, Psychology, Detect Lies, voice stress analysis (BTW, what skill covers that?) etc., doing odd social jobs for whoever's paying (jealous husband, investigating police, CIA trying to figure the less-obvious stuff from a terrorist's video message etc.). About the same level of hypercompetence of lead characters as in Dexter and House - no less realistic than usual for the genre.

I would guess it's some form of Electronics Operation.

Bill Stoddard

Jürgen Hubert · 11-11-2011, 06:20 AM

Nice to see the "Social Traits as Rewards" box on p. 17, since it echoes my earlier Pyramid article "The Fine Art of Social Climbing" (which was published way back in 2008).

PK · 11-11-2011, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Þorkell

I bought the book, and read it. While it is interesting I can't see that I'd use it in a game.

Out of curiosity, is this because your games don't generally include social interaction?

Þorkell · 11-11-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

Out of curiosity, is this because your games don't generally include social interaction?

It's just way more detail that we've used so far. We've mostly just improvised and it's worked fine. The thing I see as most likely to make it into a game of ours is the extended reaction tables.

RevBob · 11-17-2011, 04:23 PM

If any of you are still on the fence about picking this one up...

We've got the bibliography up now.

ClayDowling · 11-18-2011, 12:10 PM

It warms my heart that such a large portion of that bibliography sits on my shelves.

And if you're looking to run an espionage game, the Aubrey Maturin series (Master and Commander being the first book) is nearly a must-read. Steven Maturin is an awesome spy.

SCAR · 11-23-2011, 05:36 AM

Social Engineering has passed the 500 sales mark in 26 days; it stands a decent chance of making the Top50 by the end of November!

Rasputin · 11-24-2011, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SCAR

Social Engineering has passed the 500 sales mark in 26 days; it stands a decent chance of making the Top50 by the end of November!

A slim chance, as sales have slowed a bit. I think end of the year is a better bet.

11-11-2011, 06:20 AM	#42
Jürgen Hubert Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oldenburg, Germany	Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering Nice to see the "Social Traits as Rewards" box on p. 17, since it echoes my earlier Pyramid article "The Fine Art of Social Climbing" (which was published way back in 2008). __________________ GURPS Repository • Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles - translating German folk tales into English!

11-17-2011, 04:23 PM	#45
RevBob Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Here on the perimeter, there are no stars	Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering If any of you are still on the fence about picking this one up... We've got the bibliography up now. __________________ Find me at @RevBobTnJ * Goodreads Looking for a St. Aosbczkcs medal.

11-18-2011, 12:10 PM	#46
ClayDowling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, MI	Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering It warms my heart that such a large portion of that bibliography sits on my shelves. And if you're looking to run an espionage game, the Aubrey Maturin series (Master and Commander being the first book) is nearly a must-read. Steven Maturin is an awesome spy. __________________ Online Campaign Planning

11-23-2011, 05:36 AM	#47
SCAR Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK	Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering Social Engineering has passed the 500 sales mark in 26 days; it stands a decent chance of making the Top50 by the end of November!