Suppressed Transmission (Steve Jackson Games) [Paperback]

Ken Hite (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556344236
• ISBN-13: 978-1556344237
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,029,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What can I say? A terrific supplement., June 23, 2000

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This review is from: Suppressed Transmission (Steve Jackson Games) (Paperback)

Page after page of USEFUL, INTERESTING material that will go a long way toward enhancing any roleplaying game. I use it as a source of inspiration. Just about any item in this book could serve as the source for an adventure, a series of adventures, or even a full campaign--and most will work in any setting. This is NOT a supplement simply to GURPS or other SJGames systems; it's something that any gamer can use. In fact, it something that anyone interested in the strange history of our planet would enjoy.

SJ Games has a reputation for putting out good supplements; this does NOT fail to deliver on that promise.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Column from the Best Online Magazine, December 28, 2000

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Brad Smith (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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If you're a gamer, it's a good idea to subscribe to Steve Jackson Games' Pyramid online magazine...if nothing else, because you get to read the Suppressed Transmission, Ken Hite's weekly column on fringe theory for gaming. This book is a compilation of the best columns, covering a variety of subjects, from pole shifts to the Tunguska blast to, and this was my favorite, the occult nature of Coca-Cola.

Mr. Hite has a distinctive writing style; it's slightly dense, a tad erudite, but very, very readable, and downright funny, when you think about it. When I go to Pyramid every Friday, his is the first column I go to.

If you're at all into gaming, or fringe theory, this is a great book. It's easily the most useful gaming product I've purchased in the last two years.

5.0 out of 5 stars Alternate histories to stoke the fire of your imagination, March 30, 2010

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Abel Vargas (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suppressed Transmission (Steve Jackson Games) (Paperback)

This was written as a series of columns meant to give RPG gamers story seeds for their sessions, but anyone who is a fan of the alternate history genre will find plenty in here to love. These are well-researched essays that cover dozens of personalities and topics that provide points of departure for any number of secret histories or conspiracies. Wonderful stuff.