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GURPS Low-Tech Companion 3: Daily Life and Economics
The latest from e23 is GURPS Low-Tech Companion 3: Daily Life and Economics, by Matt Riggsby and Bill Stoddard. It completes the GURPS Low-Tech series, bringing you the pillars that hold up any empire, large or small. It covers hunting, gathering, raising, and preparing food; crafting everything from fine metalwork up to huge buildings; the trade that generates the money that pays for everything; and the craftsmen and other professional who do all the work. All very mundane, one could say . . . but heroes must come from somewhere, and ignore these things at their peril. And let's face it: Those cool swords come from somewhere, too, and it's rarely Sword-Mart.King and general
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01-14-2011, 06:03 AM | #2 |
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Re: GURPS Low-Tech Companion 3: Daily Life and Economics
At last! (Goes to check it).
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01-14-2011, 07:42 AM | #3 |
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Seems like an excellent book. But what machines predate humanity?
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01-14-2011, 07:48 AM | #4 |
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Earlier hominids appear to have used wedges and levers.
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01-14-2011, 08:31 AM | #5 |
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01-14-2011, 08:45 AM | #6 |
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Picked it up yesterday and it seems great -- my congratulations to Matt and Bill. The Jobs listing is especially useful; the only thing that struck me as odd is that while there is a listing for 'judge' there is no corresponding entry for 'lawyer,' a specialization which grew out of 'orator' in classical times.
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01-14-2011, 08:48 AM | #7 |
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HAAAAAAA!
I am low of money... I am moving to another city... I WANT IT!!!
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01-14-2011, 08:53 AM | #8 |
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Sweet. This now means that GURPS Low-Tech is effectively 288 pages. Has something like these been considered for GURPS High-Tech?
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Quote:
IIRC, High Tech is already 240 or 256 pages in itself!
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