GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor

Kromm · 12-15-2011, 05:52 PM

Helm upon his head
Stout breastplate atop hauberk
He stood girt for war
— Some hack

What, you thought we were done with the GURPS Low-Tech series? Never! From e23 comes the next-best labor-saver after a squire for your armored warriors: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor.

No longer will you have to fumble around matching this armor technology with that body part, figuring out how much the results cost and weigh . . . assuming you didn't miss some footnote or special case. This handy supplement breaks down armor by location and type, enabling you to read all the stats off a table in an instant. Even gamers who like to do math in their head will appreciate the item-by-item donning times and Holdout stats, adjusted to take into account the peculiarities of each piece of armor. They'll also find it handy to have all the special notes in one place – and to have exceptions to TL accounted for in cases where some pieces become available a little earlier than others.

And you get more than just armor tables (or we would have called this GURPS Low-Tech: Armor Tables). All the special materials and modifications for armor are tabulated by TL, showing applicability, cost, and effect, with page references to GURPS Low-Tech. There's also a list of historical helmets, which are among the trickiest bits of armor to work out. Finally, there are new optional rules for sublocations within the abdomen; for arming garments, boots, cloaks, gauntlets, and pectorals; and for layering, looting, and sleeping in armor.

Do you like low-tech armor? Then you'll love Low-Tech: Instant Armor!

Icelander · 12-15-2011, 05:55 PM

Was Dan working on another armour book besides this one or will this include all the stuff he's been slyly hinting at?

Kromm · 12-15-2011, 05:58 PM

Dan also has GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor (working title only!) in the pipes.

ericbsmith · 12-15-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Icelander

Was Dan working on another armour book besides this one or will this include all the stuff he's been slyly hinting at?

I'm pretty sure he was working on an Armor Loadouts (or Loadouts: Armor) as well.

This book is essentially a shopping list of armor pieces built using the rules from Low-Tech. Of the 21 pages 12.5 of them are nothing but Armor Tables. I'm suspecting that Loadouts will take pieces of Armor from this book, and possibly some more customized pieces, and make historically accurate Armor Suits.

Icelander · 12-15-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kromm

Dan also has GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor (working title only!) in the pipes.

Ah, I thought I saw him hint at two things. Well, sounds like I'll buy both.

Did he get permission to put his corrected weights for scale and segmented plate in either book or are we stuck with the ones that appeared in LT (and made it through all our revisions without anyone noticing that they were making metal armour worse than some varieties of leather and textile armour)?

Gef · 12-15-2011, 06:03 PM

Picked up Instant Armor but really looking forward to historical fullsuits by cullture. Math is my strong suit, history not so much. -GEF

Wraithe · 12-15-2011, 06:20 PM

Slapped my money down!

vierasmarius · 12-15-2011, 06:58 PM

Oh, this is torture! Two great new supplements, and me without a dime to spare... well, I'm sure I can scrape something together. =P

Gef · 12-15-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Two great new supplements, and me without a dime to spare...

It's like that at Christmas. Alas I find that e23 is outside most of my family's cybershopping repertoire. -GEF

Beoferret · 12-15-2011, 07:45 PM

Happily purchased it. Now I'm just waiting to hear more about Dan's other project. As for the price, it's less than a six-pack of decent beer, so how can you go wrong (aside from a not being able to get aforementioned beer)?

Now the big question: aside from Dan's Load-out project, what other Low-Tech supplements might we see? What would people like to see (though perhaps this is best for another thread)?

12-15-2011, 05:52 PM	#1
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Helm upon his head Stout breastplate atop hauberk He stood girt for war — Some hack What, you thought we were done with the *GURPS Low-Tech* series? Never! From e23 comes the next-best labor-saver after a squire for your armored warriors: *GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor. No longer will you have to fumble around matching this* armor technology with that body part, figuring out how much the results cost and weigh . . . assuming you didn't miss some footnote or special case. This handy supplement breaks down armor by location and type, enabling you to read all the stats off a table in an instant. Even gamers who like to do math in their head will appreciate the item-by-item donning times and Holdout stats, adjusted to take into account the peculiarities of each piece of armor. They'll also find it handy to have all the special notes in one place – and to have exceptions to TL accounted for in cases where some pieces become available a little earlier than others. And you get more than just armor tables (or we would have called this *GURPS Low-Tech: Armor Tables). All the special materials and modifications for armor are tabulated by TL, showing applicability, cost, and effect, with page references to GURPS Low-Tech. There's also a list of historical helmets, which are among the trickiest bits of armor to work out. Finally, there are new optional rules for sublocations within the abdomen; for arming garments, boots, cloaks, gauntlets, and pectorals; and for layering, looting, and sleeping in armor. Do you like low-tech armor? Then you'll love Low-Tech: Instant Armor! __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

12-15-2011, 05:55 PM	#2
Icelander Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Iceland*	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Was Dan working on another armour book besides this one or will this include all the stuff he's been slyly hinting at? __________________ Za uspiekh nashevo beznadiozhnovo diela!

12-15-2011, 05:58 PM	#3
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Dan also has *GURPS Loadouts: Low-Tech Armor* (working title only!) in the pipes. __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

12-15-2011, 06:03 PM	#6
Gef Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Yucca Valley, CA	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Picked up Instant Armor but really looking forward to historical fullsuits by cullture. Math is my strong suit, history not so much. -GEF

12-15-2011, 06:20 PM	#7
Wraithe Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Shore-ish, MA	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Slapped my money down!

12-15-2011, 06:58 PM	#8
vierasmarius Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Oh, this is torture! Two great new supplements, and me without a dime to spare... well, I'm sure I can scrape something together. =P

12-15-2011, 07:45 PM	#10
Beoferret Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa	Re: GURPS Low-Tech: Instant Armor Happily purchased it. Now I'm just waiting to hear more about Dan's other project. As for the price, it's less than a six-pack of decent beer, so how can you go wrong (aside from a not being able to get aforementioned beer)? Now the big question: aside from Dan's Load-out project, what other Low-Tech supplements might we see? What would people like to see (though perhaps this is best for another thread)?