In the year 2000, the whole town of Grantville, West Virginia, found itself encircled by a mysterious ring of fire, transported to 1630s Germany . . . and determined to change the world.
Eric Flint's collaborative Ring of Fire series – with its tales of castaways in time making the most of a one-way trip to the 1630s – has encompassed hundreds of books, anthologies, and magazines, making it the largest alternative-history setting yet created. Now it ventures into a new frontier: the gaming table.
GURPS Ring of Fire is both an exciting setting to explore and an invaluable resource for fans of the book series. With contributions by Ring of Fire authors, it presents:
The alternate history, including a timeline from 1632-1637.
Descriptions for dozens of interesting individuals and nine famous organizations.
Character-creation rules for unlimited possibilities to explore this new frontier.
Maps of important locales, including Grantville and beyond.
Key equipment, weapons, and vehicles, plus a system for copying or reinventing up-time gear.
And much more!
With GURPS Ring of Fire, tomorrow may be a memory, but today is what you make it!
GURPS Ring of Fire requires the GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition, and players who do not have a copy or wish to upgrade can secure their copy of the upcoming GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition Revised book in the campaign, but it will also be available late this summer on Warehouse 23.
In the year 2000, the West Virginia mining town of Grantville was sent across the globe and 369 years into the past. Everything within six miles, including about 3,500 people, arrived in a Europe reeling with the chaos of the Thirty Years’ War.
The people of Grantville were thrust into war, sectarian violence, famine, and plague. But they didn't just survive. They thrived, and they set about helping the people around them. They changed the world.
Eric’s vision in 1632 was that good people could and would rise to any challenge. The heroes of 1632 are no-nonsense blue-collar Americans – and, as the series develops, are joined by many people, both nobles and commoners, who adapt to freedom and democracy with a speed that amazes even their "up-time" guests.
With their new friends and allies, the people of Grantville fight against oppression, slavery, disease, and simple ignorance. They explore, invent, and build.
What will yourRing of Fire campaign be like?
GURPS Ring of Fire covers historical content, including slavery. We provide guidance to help players approach this and other campaigns with mutual respect and open communication.
We are very thankful for the skills and input of four Ring of Fire series authors, as well as one of our accomplished GURPS editors, to bring this book to you. Thank you very much to Griffin Barber, Charles E. Gannon, Walter H. Hunt, Robert E. Waters, and William H. Stoddard for everything they have done!
Cover art by Larry Elmore. Some interior art by Tom Kidd. Cartography by Michael Knopp.
GURPS Ring of Fire is a great addition to your library, whether you’re a fan of the series or a GURPS player looking to enhance your low-tech catalog.
GURPS lets you be anyone you want in any world you can imagine. Elves in fantasy, Musketeers in historical France, action heroes or superheroes in today's world, futuristic space explorers, cartoon characters . . . GURPSprovides tools for all this and more. That's why it has been the premier universal roleplaying game for four decades!
When GURPS Fourth Edition came out in 2004, those tools needed two books: Characters combined some of theGURPS Basic Set, Third Edition withGURPS Compendium I, while Campaigns merged the rest of the Basic Set with swaths ofGURPS Compendium II. Ever since, gamers have asked us to put it all in one place.
592-page, full-color hardcover (PDF available)
New cover and a two-column layout
Contains everything from Characters and Campaigns, lightly edited for internal consistency, errata fixes, sensitivity, and to bring a few bits of information up to date.
BONUS: Includes 25 pages of rule highlights from GURPS books andPyramid articles published between 2004 and 2025.
The GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition Revised is not a new edition. It is fully compatible with all Fourth Edition material in print, and all text appears on the same pages, preserving page references.
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