GURPS Russia

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Cover art by Gene Seabolt, 1998

GURPS Russia is a role-playing game supplement by S. John Ross, published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998 for the GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System) rule set.

Contents

Description

This book enables gamemasters to design a GURPS campaign set in medieval Russia. Chapters include:

Twelve ideas for adventures are also included, some using strictly historical background, others using mythical fantasy. [1]

Publication history

In the 2014 book Designers & Dragons: the '80s, game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that after Steve Jackson Games published the unusual In Nomine in 1997, SJG decided to try broader experiments: "GURPS Russia (1998), which released on February 28, was the most controversial experiment. Because retailers were unwilling to order a game on medieval Russia in more than token numbers, Jackson released GURPS Russia through a new 'straight line' program that made it available only through SJG's website. There was considerable anger and distress over this, from fans and retailers alike. As Jackson expected, the book did well, and it was later reprinted for release through the standard distribution network." [2] :49

GURPS Russia is a 128-page book designed by S. John Ross, with additional material provided by Romas Buivydas, Graeme Davis, Steffan O'Sullivan, and Brian J. Underhill, with interior art by Heather Bruton, Eric Hotz, and Ramon Perez, and cover art by Gene Seabolt. SJG published it in 1998.

Reception

In the August 1998 edition of Dragon (Issue #250), Ray Winninger called this "quite a bit better than the average GURPS historical sourcebook." Winninger found some of the historical material dry, and suggested that replacing some of it with more material on "designing and running Russian campaigns would have made for a much better book." Despite this, he concluded that "GURPS Russia still boasts plenty of useful tidbits between its covers." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Russia". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN   978-1-61317-081-6.
  3. Winninger, Ray (August 1998). "Role-playing Reviews". Dragon . No. 250. TSR, Inc. p. 110.
  4. "Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 09".
  5. https://archive.org/details/IQ.Gamer.Partial.Collection/inquest.039.-.july.1998.-.exodus.preview.lq/page/n19/mode/2up