GURPS Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Horror

[Kromm]

Frankenstein Treatment
Odic Maschinenmenschen
The Tsarevich Curse

— Some hack

What do GURPS Horror and GURPS Infinite Worlds have in common? Ken Hite. Against which brilliance it is hard for me to justify being remiss in my duties last week: I forgot to let everyone know that e23 had just released a new Hite supplement that lives in the cracks between those two books. That would be GURPS Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Horror.

This PDF brings you six horrific worlds to use as destinations for (unfortunate, doomed) parachronic adventurers . . . or as apocalyptic visions of our own world. It offers you the choice of throwing the heroes to zombie hordes, Etruscan vampires, 1930s combat robots, monarchs made immortal by mad science, a complete Gothic monster mash, or Stalinists allied with Things Man Was Not Meant To Know. And if they prevail, well, there's always the next world. The challenge is in deciding which one to use first!

[somecallmetim]

It really is awesome. My favorite world is Gothic 2, illuminated alchemical horror. But all six world's are cool.

[David Johnston2]

Duzakh: Frankly I'm wondering how long before the Spartans turn on the Etruscans now that they have the same kind of durability and probably better troops. Although they do need a new tactical doctrine. Phalanxes won't cut it against things that can only be killed by beheading.

Gotha-Z: Ugh. Sick of Romero Zombies. Although having the remainder of humanity dominated by mad scientists is intriguing. And the logical problem of producing new zombies when the old ones eat brains is gotten around if there's a prior active infectious stage.

Gothic-2: OK so Gothic-1 is the land of insane wives in attics, and governesses with sinister employers, plus Jane Austen characters. I can't quite see how European Union bigwigs expect to profit from Gothic-2. Do they want the process used on their own bad selves?

Kaiserreich-4: I like that there's a way to work netrunning into it that actually makes a lot more sense than traditional cyberpunk netrunning.

Taft-1: So DID Homeline have a Lovecraft? Merlin appears to be walking Homeline's path, now.

Tsarevich: 150 years of peace versus the occasional appearance of monsters. Is it a trade you'd make?

[Stone Dog]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Gotha-Z: Ugh. Sick of Romero Zombies.

So is Gotha-Z a different thing than the IW-Gotha virus? In IW the Gotha Zombies are more like 28 Days Later infected turned towards death worship instead of mere mindless frenzy. Possibly even Night of the Comet survivors.

[tratclif]

Originally Posted by Stone Dog

So is Gotha-Z a different thing than the IW-Gotha virus? In IW the Gotha Zombies are more like 28 Days Later infected turned towards death worship instead of mere mindless frenzy. Possibly even Night of the Comet survivors.

The initial infection gets you 28 Days Later zombies. When you kill them, they come back as Romero zombies.

That's an impression, I haven't gone over the templates closely.

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Stone Dog

So is Gotha-Z a different thing than the IW-Gotha virus? In IW the Gotha Zombies are more like 28 Days Later infected turned towards death worship instead of mere mindless frenzy. Possibly even Night of the Comet survivors.

They got them both. One thing I wondered was whether the Romero zombies would go after the infected.

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

Gothic-2: OK so Gothic-1 is the land of insane wives in attics, and governesses with sinister employers, plus Jane Austen characters. I can't quite see how European Union bigwigs expect to profit from Gothic-2. Do they want the process used on their own bad selves?

Possibly, but I read it more that the E.U. had been subverted from the Gothic-2 end than that they'd made an active offer. The chance of Treatment would be one possibility, but an experienced conspirator (and these people are the best) would look for whatever price would buy a useful agent - wealth, power, a chance to work around those annoying limitations imposed by Infinity...