GURPS Bio-Tech (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) [Paperback]

David L. Pulver (Author), Sean M. Punch (Editor), Dan Smith (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556343361
• ISBN-13: 978-1556343360
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,039,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Are you still using last year's genes?, March 14, 2000

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Fredrick L. Mcdonald (Bristol, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GURPS Bio-Tech (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) (Paperback)

In this age of cloning and genetically altered crops it's hard to create a game book that won't seem hopelessly outdated by next year. David Pulver (GURPS Psionics, GURPS Vehicles and other) has done an excellent job with GURPS Bio-Tech! Rather than a simple list of advantages and disadvantages available, David takes advantage of existing rules to explain how select gene-mods would work in game mechanics.

Also covered are modifications to animals, plants, alien organisms and a extensive section on germ warfare. (Better make sure that the target genome doesn't appear in your population!) Addition information discusses specific changes that bio-modification could bring to a society.

This book is tailored to the GURPS game system, but with a bit of thought could be used for virtually any game system.