GURPS Egypt: Tombs, Temples, Trouble (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) [Paperback]

Thomas Kane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1998 | Series: GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System

When Greek historians first declared the Pyramids to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World, they had already been ancient for almost 3,000 years. The nameless Pharaoh confronted by Moses before the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt was only one out of an unbroken string of 200 "living gods" in that country. Tutankhamun, Cleopatra, Rameses, mummies, evil priests of Set: the names have resonated in the Western world for five millennia.
There's a lot of adventure to be found in 5,000 years . . .

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556343426
• ISBN-13: 978-1556343421
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,301,867 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Yet Another Winner from S J Games, June 23, 2000

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This review is from: GURPS Egypt: Tombs, Temples, Trouble (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) (Paperback)

This is another comprehensive worldbook from SJ Games. It's designed for GURPS, but it could be used by ANYONE wanting to design an Egypt-based RPG. In fact, it should be useful to fiction writers wishing to set fiction in ancient Egypt--just throw out the game statistics and use the chapters on history and culture.

It's in chapters such as these that SJGames supplements shine. A richness of detail backed by solid research put at the fingertips of any GM the basic and not-so-basic knowledge that turn a generic adventure into a vivid, fulfilling story set against a rich backdrop.

Egypt is more than pyramids and mummies, and this book proves it. You want to know about the historical rulers? The details of the religion--and how it changed over time? The technologies we understand (and those we don't)? It's all here.

An egyptologist might find this book lacking; a gamer will probably find more than she needs.

Worth every penny.