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Old 01-14-2011, 05:26 AM   #1
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King and general
Still desire meat, drink, and robe
And roof overhead
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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.
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Old 01-14-2011, 06:03 AM   #2
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At last! (Goes to check it).
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Old 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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Old 01-14-2011, 07:48 AM   #4
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But what machines predate humanity?
Earlier hominids appear to have used wedges and levers.
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Old 01-14-2011, 08:31 AM   #5
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... and it's rarely Sword-Mart.
Sword-Mart is driving Mom-and-Pop corner sword smithies out of business with all their imported swords made with cheap dwarf labor. Please don't shop there.

Also: nice work completing (so far?) the LTC series.
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Old 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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Old 01-14-2011, 08:48 AM   #7
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Old 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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Old 01-14-2011, 08:54 AM   #9
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Earlier hominids appear to have used wedges and levers.
Many apes and some birds use simple tools. Apes even work on tools to better use them (e.g., they clean branches to make sticks).

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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?
IIRC, High Tech is already 240 or 256 pages in itself!
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IIRC, High Tech is already 240 or 256 pages in itself!
And got volumes of Pulp Guns allready
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