Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Another gaming bargain

This time, it wasn't at Half-Price Books, but at Dragon's Lair in San Antonio, which has a clearance table with games, comics, and other merchandise marked 75% off the original price.

I don't actually play GURPS (the Generic Universal Role Playing System), but I'm a big fan of the Vorkosigan series of SF novels by Lois McMaster Bujold.  So the chance to snag a $40 hardback detailing the setting of those books for ten bucks was one I had to grab.  So I did. 

The sourcebook from Steve Jackson Games has a lot of background on the novels' locations, characters, technology and history.  It also contains a streamlined version of the game called GURPS Lite.  I don't think I'll be starting a GURPS campaign anytime soon, but I'm enjoying reading this supplement.

I'm curious, has anyone else ever bought a game product just for the background material?
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5 comments:

  1. DoomsdaveMarch 6, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    About 90% of my vast RPG & Wargames rules collection are never played. But read & re-read constantly. It is a sickness.

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  2. HoldFastMarch 7, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    Glad to see that book get sold. Was running a GURPS game a few months ago and I love to collect the sourcebooks. They are very well researched.

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  3. GonsalvoMarch 7, 2012 at 12:46 PM

    Not much interest in non spaceship sci-fi gaming, but I am also a big fan of her Vorkosigan saga books!

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  4. Christopher SheetsJune 24, 2012 at 3:38 AM

    I buy most gaming books, especially GURPS, just for the background materials.

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  5. UnknownNovember 30, 2016 at 8:13 PM

    I am a longtime GURPS fan and GM. I heard of the Vorkosigan Stories way back in 1993 when Steve Jackson wrote an article on gameable fiction featuring Miles and company. I bought every book in the series. 15 years later, I introduced the Vorkosigans to my future wife.

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