GURPS Black Ops (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) [Paperback]

Jeff Koke (Author, Contributor), S. John Ross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games; 1st edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556343337
• ISBN-13: 978-1556343339
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,404,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeff Scott Koke is a graphic designer, writer and musician. Although he has been writing professionally for many years, Princess Alex is his first fiction novel. The main character is inspired by his own daughter Alex, and he wrote most of the book on a laptop watching Alex train and earn her black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Angela, two children Alexandra and Carson, two feisty golden retrievers, and one massive Maine Coon cat.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what you might think, October 6, 2000

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M. Kuffler (Bastrop, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GURPS Black Ops (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) (Paperback)

This world book is a combination of diverse elements; it's part Illuminati, part Men in Black, part X-Files, part Call of Cthulhu, and part Paranoia-- all at the 700 point level! The book details The Company that works behind the scenes, and The Conspiracy that keeps it hidden. Players have the opportunity to become operatives working behind the scenes and handling situations that civillians just couldn't deal with. I feel somewhat Illuminated just from reading this book. I'm just itching to start a Black Ops campaign in my group!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars pros and cons, January 27, 2000

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This review is from: GURPS Black Ops (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) (Paperback)

My feelings on this title are mixed. It is well written and organized. The idea is interesting (basically an rpg version of the Men in Black movie). It has very limited usefulness in any other type of campaign. The characters are very powerful (700 points). They do not cross well and are sort of hard to handle for a GM. Buy this is you loved Men in Black, but otherwise I would reccomend gurps illuminati.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The good stuff!, March 6, 2004

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Paul O'Connor (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GURPS Black Ops (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) (Paperback)

This book is a wonderful collection of rules for playing high-powered characters combined with a nightmarish conspiracy theory that makes just a little too much sense for my comfort.

Although gamers may not want to play in the world presented by the book (it's HARD playing a character with that many skills and advantages), GM's can dredge the well-constructed world for inspiration in other settings and use the many short-cut rules for keeping their own high-point campaigns running smoothly.