GURPS Classic: Alternate Earths

✍ Scribed by Kenneth Hite, Craig Neumeier, Michael S. Schiffer

• Publisher: Steve Jackson Games Incorporated
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 131
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/altearths2/

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction
About the Authors
About GURPS
Page References
1. Again, Infinite Worlds
Crossworld Campaigning
The Alternate-Based Campaign
Parallel-World Campaigns
Homeline and Infinity
Campaign Crossovers
Visiting the World Next Door
More Reality Seeds
What to Bring to Visit
For an Extended Visit
Conquistador Variations
2. Cornallis
History
The British Empire and the Quadruple Alliance
Anne-Robert Jacques Turgot
The Rise of Russia
The War of the Quintuple Alliance
The American Rebellion
Locales
The British Empire
The Russian Revolution
Colonial Cities
Cornwallis Map
The Russian Dominate
Red Nations, White King
Europe
Being Monarchist
Spanish America
The Rest of the World
Being a Good Grazhdanin
First Citizen Boris Gromov
Technology and Society
Transportation
Communications
The “Red Armies”
Medicine
Campaigning in Cornwallis
“Scarlet Pimpernel” in Russia
Mercantilism, Napoleonics
Steel Men and Iron Ships
The Next American Revolution
Washingtonian Freemasonry
Cornwallis Timeline
Illuminating Cornwallis
Campaigning in the Lincoln-Lee Rebellion
Tarleton’s Legion and the Sepoys
Outtimers in Cornwallis
Cornwallis’ World of the Mind
Characters
Typical Character Types
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Economics, Jobs, and Wealth
Job Table
Military Technology
3. Ming-3
History
China’s Age of Discovery
Jeng Ho (Cheng Ho)
GURPS China
Other Chinese Parallels
The Center Holds
A Note on Spelling
Chinese Calendars
The Sword Dance and Disorder Under Heaven
All Under Heaven
The Middle Kingdom
The Mandate of Heaven
Datsin
Chinoiserie
Southern Africa: Ming-3’s Casablanca
Tsinghau (England)
The Lands of the Western Morning
Technology and Society
The Irish Triads
Transportation
The Mountains are High, The Emperor is Far Away
Ascending Ki Dragon Carp
Ming Map
Medicine
Psionics and Chi Powers
Science
Campaigning in Ming-3
Spring and Autumn
Outlaws of the Ocean Margin
Fists of Jade, Swords of the Dragon!
Weird Menace and Ming-3
Ming-3 Crosstime
Wuxia
Ming-3 Timeline
Being Ming-3 Chinese
Three Swords Against the Mandarin Li Shelyeu!
Ming-3’s World of the Mind
Characters
Typical Character Types
Advantages
Job Table
Disadvantages, Skills
Economics, Jobs, and Wealth
Military Technology
Weapons Table
4. Midgard
History
The Fury of the Northmen
The Northern Light
The Sack of Mikligardr
Locales
Lands of the North
The Vinland Colony
Iceland
Every Man a King: Vinlander Government
Midgard Map
Lands of the South
The Far Faring
Ketsalsland (Mexico)
Nihon
Technology and Society
Medicine
Other Religions
Seagoing Vessels
Other Technology
Midgarder Religion
The Nine Worlds
Campaigning in Midgard
Worldreavers
How to be Norse
Outtimers in Midgard
Wyrd Tales
Illuminating Midgard
Midgard's Life of the Mind
Midgard Timeline
Characters
Character Types
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Economics, Jobs, and Wealth
Job Table
Weapons
5. Caliph
History
Caliph Map
Other Muslim Worlds
The Abbasids
The Great Transformation
The Millennium
The Calendar
Lesser Breeds Without the Shari’a
Locales
The House of Islam
Science and the Faith
Why is This Map Upside Down?
First Contact
Personal Names
Who is a Muslim?
The House of War
Cities of Diamond and Dreams
The Fronts
The Rightly-Guided Stellar Caliphate
Humanity in Space
Colony Planets
Legends of Far Worlds
Technology and Society
Lifestyles
Tech Level
Transportation
Parachronics and Space Travel
Robofacs and Strategy
Readers
Artificial Intelligence and Djinn
Computers
Longevity and Society
Medicine
The Infowar
Biotechnology
Campaigning in Caliph
A World at War
Xenotech
Science Fiction and the Arabian Nights
A World in Flux
Worlds Beyond
Outcomes of the War
Alien PCs;Which Aliens?
Caliph Timeline
Speed of Advance
Caliph’s World of the Mind
Outtimers in Caliph
Psionics
Characters
Character Types
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Economics, Jobs, and Wealth
Job Table
Weaponry
Weapons Table
6. Aeolus
History
The Age of the Monarchies
The “Protestant Wind”
Independence Abroad
Revolution!
The Angel of Liberty
Locales
Europe
The United Kingdom
Aeolus Map
Versailles
Beyond Europe
The Russian Diaspora
Technology and Society
Transportation
Italy and the Catholic Church
Military Technology and Tactics
Venice
Blockade Runners
Science and Medicine
Spies
Campaigning in Aeolus
The Good War
The Kingdom of Louisiane
Trust in God and Keep Your Powder Dry
Aeolus Mark III
Aeolus Timeline
C’est La Guerre, or Does Wealth Matter?
Clerical Magic for Puritans
Being Republican
Aeolus’ World of the Mind
Characters
Typical Character Types
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Economics, Jobs, and Wealth
Job Table
7. Centrum
Centran Society
History
Centrum Dark, Centrum Light
The White Ship
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Roger Bacon
After the Apocalypse
Centrum Today
Thinking Like A Centran
The Interworld Service
The Uplift Service
Indentureds
Centran Technology
Security
The Zones
Parachronics
How Many Worlds?
Psionics
Plots to Foil
Medicine and Bionics
Centrum Campaigns
Uplift Projects
The Dimension War
Playing Centrans
Secundus: Homeline Through
Centran Eyes
Timeline Shifts
Sample Projects
Centrum Timeline
Other GURPS Worlds
The Language Barrier
Characters
Character Types
Advantages
Disadvantages
Skills
Weaponry
Bibliography
Index
Maps
Cornwallis
Ming
Midgard
Caliph
Aeolus

✦ Subjects

GURPS