PDF - GURPS - Swashbucklers. Adventure in a World of Gallantry & Grace. Come to the age of the Swashbuckler, when the world was wide and fortunes could be made in an afternoon of smoking cannons and bloody cutlasses!
Contents.Contents GURPS Swashbucklers is a supplement of rules for musketeer and pirate campaigns. The book includes a historical overview of the era 1559-1815, rules for sailing ship design, travel, combat, and info on famous pirates and musketeers. Publication history GURPS Swashbucklers was written by, with a cover by and illustrations by, and was published by in 1988 as a 96-page book. GURPS Swashbucklers was published in 1990.: 319GURPS Swashbucklers was one of the smaller subgenre books published after the first broad genre GURPS books.: 107 Reception reviewed GURPS Swashbucklers for magazine #152 (December 1989). Bambra said: 'Extensive background notes define the historical setting, but they fall short of really bringing the fictional worlds of pirates and Musketeers to life. As a basis for establishing swashbuckling campaigns it does a good job, but more detailed development of the individual settings is really needed to bring out the true potential of the genre.' Notes that the book includes 'such helpful sections as 'How to be French.'
4e Swashbucklers was also part of the 'Denizens' series for GURPS Dungeons Fantasy. References.