GURPS Classic: Cliffhangers

Living on the Edge! Adventure on the crumbling brink of disaster, dodging the jaws of death with barely a pause for breath between perils. This is the world of the dauntless men and daring women of 1920s and 1930s adventure tales. Live the pulse-quickening, heart-stirring, cliche-inspiring exploits chronicled in pulp magazines, movie serials, and newspaper comic strips. Visit the exotic trouble-spots of a world in peril; travel the trackless wastes of unexplored continents; soar through the wide, blue skies of the first generation of manned flight. GURPS Cliffhangers gives you: Background material on the world of 1925–1939, including a detailed timeline of this turbulent period. Rules and guidelines for generating characters with the style and stamina for cliffhanging adventures. New hazards to be faced by the intrepid adventurer! Feel the slashing jaws of the savage piranha; thrill to the ululating war cries of the wild Tuareg; shudder at the sinister schemes of the mad scientist! Suggestions for campaigns and adventures, and adapting the cliffhanging style to other milieux. A guide to the style, rhetoric, and fiendish cunning of pulp-era villainy. Written by Brian J. Underhill