High-Tech: Adventure Guns
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Armed For Adventure
The mid-19th through early 20th centuries were the time of rough-and-tumble Wild West gunslingers and gentlemanly Victorian adventurers alike¸ an age when death was just a bullet away whether you found yourself in a sooty industrial metropolis or the wilds of the Great White Hunter. With so many people living and dying by the gun¸ gunsmiths were spurred to revolutionize the art of killing and develop the innovations that made the Great War the bloody spectacle it was. GURPS High-Tech: Adventure Guns brings heroes of this period everything they need to shoot their way out of trouble:
- Both iconic and unusual firearms from the mid-1800s through early 1900s -- revolvers¸ semiautomatic pistols¸ shotguns¸ rifles¸ machine guns¸ and even a few cannon -- complete with their accessories and variants.
- All the associated gear: ammo¸ cartridge belts¸ fast-draw rigs¸ and hand grenades that don't rely on a fizzing fuse.
- Rules unique to period designs¸ covering both defects and innovations... which were often one and the same!
- Support for the crazy stuff that adventurers get up to¸ like customizing weapons¸ improvising ammo¸ rigging traps¸ and even mounting TL5-6 cannon and machine guns on steampunk spacecraft.
- Bits and pieces needed to get into costume: the history and description of each weapon¸ a glossary of slang¸ guidelines for converting costs to period currency¸ and notes on firearms legality.
GURPS High-Tech: Adventure Guns takes a magnifying glass to one of the most interesting eras covered by GURPS High-Tech and reveals details that will have your TL5-6 heroes shooting up the scenery in style.