GURPS After the End 2: The New World

[PK]

Pro: no traffic jams
Con: everything wants you dead
Seems a fair trade, right?

— From "The Wasteland on Five Bullets a Day"

This is a dangerous world. Hell, I've lost track of the ways I've seen a person die. Plenty starved, some froze, others got sick from bad food or disease, a few fell through rotten floors, one even knocked a whole damned building down onto her own head . . . and that's without even bringing up the things that are trying to kill us all! If you're going to head out into the wasteland, you'd better make sure you're prepared; keep your copy of GURPS After the End 2: The New World close at hand.

Everything started with the apocalypse, so The New World first walks you through choosing yours -- not just the big, obvious one, but also the smaller problems that snowballed from it. And by the time you're done, you've also generated all of the hazards specific to your particular setting! The end result is a unique post-apocalyptic world stocked with a mix of challenges both general and campaign-specific, along with advice on how to use them to run an exciting GURPS After the End game.

But this isn't "the After the End GM's guide," because these rules are even more important for the players. While GURPS After the End 1: Wastelanders has templates and advice, The New World has the rules for overcoming specific dangers, fighting specific foes, and accomplishing specific things. Does your trader want to inspire a new religion? Then be sure he loads up on skills for Making Followers. Is your scavenger supposed to be an expert looter? Read Scavenging to learn how. Has your trooper been fighting killer robots for years? Rogue Bots will tell you how to represent that via traits and tactics.

This isn't just a book of hazards -- it's the guide for surviving and thriving in this world. Because a little knowledge can make the difference between dying alone in a ditch and becoming a wasteland legend.

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[Bruno]

Eeeeee! I have to wait until I get home, longest 90 minutes ever!

[Litvyak]

Perfect! Just what I need to start my ATE campaign this weekend!

[safisher]

Two thumbs up. It's a lot like Action 2. And if you know that book, you know that is high praise.

[Harald387]

Showed this to friend who likes post-apoc but hates GURPS. She likes it.

[Wavefunction]

Originally Posted by safisher

Two thumbs up. It's a lot like Action 2. And if you know that book, you know that is high praise.

Honestly, I'd say it's better. And that's very high praise.

[Christopher R. Rice]

It is, in my humble opinion, the best book that PK has written to date (and there's a metric sh*tload of GOOD stuff to top) and possibly one of the greatest GURPS books written thus far. It is extremely. Extremely. EXTREMELY. GOOD. You don't need to be playing After the End to get use out of this book it's very much like GURPS Action 2: Exploits in that regard. Go buy a copy. It's $10.00 and worth ten times as much.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by safisher

Two thumbs up. It's a lot like Action 2. And if you know that book, you know that is high praise.

High praise! Action 2 is very integral to my game... I can't wait to get ATE 2 into my hands!

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by ATE2, p9

If there’s no organic way to introduce a hazard, consider a new apocalypse!

Which leads one naturally to the classic story The Liberation of Earth, by William Tenn. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be a legitimate copy online.

[Pseudonym]

Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

It is, in my humble opinion, the best book that PK has written to date (and there's a metric sh*tload of GOOD stuff to top) and possibly one of the greatest GURPS books written thus far. It is extremely. Extremely. EXTREMELY. GOOD. You don't need to be playing After the End to get use out of this book it's very much like GURPS Action 2: Exploits in that regard. Go buy a copy. It's $10.00 and worth ten times as much.

Honestly, I'm not even a post apocalypse type player, but after some friends told me about what's going on in it, it looks so useful even outside of a post apocalyptic setting, I'm still tempted to buy it. Tons of content, and the scavenging rules are supposedly pretty cool.