GURPS Steam-Tech: A Compendium of Mervelous Devices for the Age of Steam [Paperback]

William Stoddard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556345631
• ISBN-13: 978-1556345630
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,880,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful supplement to the slightly cockeyed world of Steampunk, December 6, 2006

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This review is from: GURPS Steam-Tech: A Compendium of Mervelous Devices for the Age of Steam (Paperback)

This is William H. Stoddard's expansion on his outstanding GURPS Steampunk. It contains an amazing number of real and mythical pieces of equipment that can be used in a Steampunk campaign. These items range from the ingenious and realistic to the might-have-been to outright Victorian fantasy.

Not only does the book contain full descriptions of these strange and wonderous gizmos but it frequently includes humorous comments about their effectiveness, sometimes in the form of advertising intended to sell the item. My favorite was:

The villain aimed for the hero's head

And surely would have shot him dead

And sent him to his eternal rest,

If not for his Magnetic Anti-Bullet Vest!

The whole book is like this, another winner from the redoubtable Mr. Stoddard!