GURPS Low-Tech

[Kromm]

Saddle, spear, and helm
Ink and brush, parchment and seal
All the tools of kings

— Some hack

This week brings the e23 release of the long-awaited GURPS Low-Tech, by our friends Peter Dell'Orto, Dan Howard, Matt Riggsby, and Bill Stoddard. For those who haven't been following this project, it's the TL0-4 tech catalog for GURPS Fourth Edition, the final volume in the set that started with GURPS Ultra-Tech (TL9-12) and continued with GURPS High-Tech (TL5-8). It covers everything from the basics of human survival, through the tools of settled artificers, to the arms and armor of warriors forging settlements into empires – and onward to the refinements of the resulting civilizations. Whether you've been longing for a detailed equipment list for a historical campaign or craving The Big Book of Weapons and Armor for a fantasy campaign, your wait is over.

[Kalzazz]

Whoa, it really came out, awesome

[Harald387]

The inevitable question: When do we see the Low-Tech Companions?

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by Harald387

The inevitable question: When do we see the Low-Tech Companions?

When the art is done. I truly cannot say more than that. In an ideal world, that would be very soon . . . and I'd live in a secret underground base and have flunkies.

[ADAXL]

I grabbed the PDF of Low-Tech from the store just more than an hour ago. First impression: Really good work. My thanks to all the people who worked on it.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Kromm

Grr . . . it's almost certainly behind that piece of art there. I hate when that happens. The note simply repeats info given earlier:

[6] Attacks at Shield-2 or Staff-4.

Thanks, and please let us know if any other text terminates unexpectedly suspiciously near art.

Thanks, btw, are the numerous missing tables for things like Animal Armors, Helmets, Neck Protection and such purposeful omissions?

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Good job guys!

Figured I'd make that clear ahead of time before anyone takes my critical commentary the wrong way once I've had time to digest the book.

[Crakkerjakk]

YOINK!

I love you, SJGames, Kromm, Matt, Bill, Peter, Dan, and others. Thank you for making awesome products!

[lexington]

Thank you guys for all this work. I picked it up a half hour ago!

[PK]

Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha

Thanks, btw, are the numerous missing tables for things like Animal Armors, Helmets, Neck Protection and such purposeful omissions?

There aren't any missing tables for those. Read the intro to each section carefully -- you calculate the cost, weight, etc., relative to an existing type of armor. So all the tables you need are there.

For example, the Animal Armors use the table on pp. 110-111, modified using the rules on p. 117.