GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures

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GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures is a trio of near-future cyberpunk role-playing adventures published by Steve Jackson Games in 1992 for the third edition of GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System).

Contents

Contents

This book contains three role-playing adventures using the third edition GURPS rules. All three adventures evoke the cyberpunk genre:

Publication history

GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures is a 128-page softcover book written by Loyd Blankenship, Tim Keating, Jak Koke, and David L. Pulver, with artwork by Carl Anderson, Michael Barrett, Guy Burchack, Dan Carroll, C. Bradford Gorby, Rick Harris, Darrell Midgette, Paul Mounts, Rob Prior, Dan Smith, Jeffrey K. Starling, Ruth Thompson, and Gary Washington. It was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1992.

Reception

In the December 1993 edition of Dragon (Issue #200), Rick Swan called the book "three solidly plotted scenarios drenched in high-tech grunge." While Swan thought that "All three boast smart premises and breakneck pacing", he criticized the authors for too many instances of deus ex machina , saying, "the designers struggle with methods for feeding information to the PCs, relying on such hokey devices as a fortuitous computer printout (some 700 words long) and a tape-recorded confession." He also was not impressed with the artwork, commenting that "The pedestrian illustrations and dull maps pale before those of, say, FASA's Shadowrun game supplements." Swan concluded with a swipe at the book's Origin Award, saying, "One of 1992's best? No question. The best? Nahh..." [2]

Awards

At the 1993 Origins Awards, GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures won Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1992. [3]

Other reviews

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References

  1. "Cyberpunk Adventures". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
  2. Swan, Rick (December 1993). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon (200). TSR, Inc.: 117.
  3. "Origins Award Winners (1992)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-03-24.