GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

When the talk is done
Great guns will challenge stone fort
And blade will test shield

— Some hack

The newest e23 release is GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors, by Peter Dell'Orto, Dan Howard, and Bill Stoddard. GURPS Low-Tech described lots of weapons and armor, but what if your entire campaign is about fighting – or what if you simply want something a little out of the ordinary? Then have no fear, because Low-Tech Companion 2 is here! Or rather, have lots of fear . . . This supplement kicks off with a brief history of how our ancestors beat, trampled, stabbed, and blew up each other, and then segues into a wide variety of optional rules for arms and armor: tacking on extra bits, varying the materials, scaling things up and down, keeping track of wear and tear, and so on. But it isn't all fun and games for the individual combatant; there are also sections on basic military logistics, fortifications, naval combat, siege towers, truly gigantic cannon, and warships from penteconters to frigates. Whether your thing is tangling rival ninja in the kusari attached to your pronged, hilted sickle or dishing out mass death with the 16 ballistae and four scorpions of the Helepolis of Demetrios Poliorketes, you're sure to find something that meets your needs in this one.

Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

Woohoo!

In a matter of hours, it will be mine! Which is good, as our game has scaled down from Mass Combat resolution back to small adventuring party resolution, but I still need to deal with that army, even though it isn't the focus anymore.

Edit: Mine, all mine!

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Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

Ordering right now, looking forward to the scaling rules.

EDIT: Look good to me on first glance! Haven't looked at anything else as I don't have time, but it looks like a great book!

Thanks!


EDIT x2: Wait. No rules for scaling shields?

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"I want a girl with a short sword and a long .... long .... dagger."

Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

At last! Great release.

And looking at pages 20-21, my little Norse Giant is starting to smile at GURPS.

Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

Ordered... reading... amazed!

Thx

Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 2: Weapons and Warriors
 

Yeah, and I want her to be as cool as Kim Deal.

More seriously, enjoy the book. Let the nitpicking begin!

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Great book! Doesn't have scaling for shields, but I guess I can just use the armor scaling rules for weight and the DB is easy to house rule.

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It's MINE! Will read today. But I havent finished the Low-Tech =). Oh God, when I think to finish read it, you guys put out another companion =) =) =)