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whswhs

11-07-2011 10:03 AM

Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh (Post 1274215)

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 07:20 AM

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).

PK	11-11-2011 03:43 PM

Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering

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Originally Posted by Þorkell (Post 1272296)

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 06:44 PM

Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering

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Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty (Post 1276774)

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 05:23 PM

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.

ClayDowling

11-18-2011 01:10 PM

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.

SCAR	11-23-2011 06:36 AM

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!

Rasputin

11-24-2011 01:25 PM

Re: [New Release] GURPS Social Engineering

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Originally Posted by SCAR (Post 1282717)

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.

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