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[[File:GURPS Mecha, role-playing supplement.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Cover art by [[Dan Smith (artist)|Dan Smith]], 1997]]
'''''GURPS Mecha''''' is a supplement by [[David Pulver]], published by [[Steve Jackson Games]] (SJG) in 1997 for ''[[GURPS]]'' (''Generic Universal Role-Playing System'').
==Contents==
''GURPS Mecha'' is a supplement that allows players and [[gamemasters]] to design [[mecha]] for use in a ''GURPS'' campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=1866|title=GURPS Mecha - RPGnet RPG Game Index|website=index.rpg.net}}</ref> The book includes a campaign, "Cybermech Damocles" in which the [[player characters]] are members of a secret agency fighting alien invaders.<ref name="dragon243" />
==Publication history==
In the 2014 book ''Designers & Dragons: The '80s'', game historian Shannon Appelcline noted that Steve Jackson Games decided in the early 1990s to stop publishing adventures, and as a result "SJG was now putting out standalone ''GURPS'' books rather than the more complex tiered book lines. This included more historical subgenre books. Some, such as ''[[GURPS Camelot]]'' (1991) and ''GURPS China'' (1991), were clearly sub-subgenres, while others like ''[[GURPS Old West]]'' (1991) and ''[[GURPS Middle Ages I]]'' (1992) covered genres notably missing before this point."<ref name="designers80s">{{Cite book|last=Appelcline|first=Shannon |title=Designers & Dragons: The '80s|publisher=[[Evil Hat Productions]]|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-081-6}}</ref>{{rp|45}}
''GURPS Mecha'' is one such standalone book, designed to use previously published rules in ''[[GURPS Robots]]'' (1995) and ''[[GURPS Vehicles]]'' (1996). It is a 128-page softcover book designed by [[David Pulver]], with additional material by John Nowak, and interior art by Alex Fernandez and [[Dan Smith (artist)|Dan Smith]]. Smith also supplied the cover art. The book was published by SJG in 1997 for use with the 3rd edition of ''GURPS''.<ref name="dragon243" />
==Reception==
In the January 1998 edition of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' (Issue #243), [[Rick Swan]] liked the concept, but warned that the design process required "solid math skills." He concluded, "Clearly this is best-suited for anime fans who aced algebra."<ref name=dragon243>{{cite magazine|last=Swan|first=Rick|authorlink=Rick Swan| date=January 1998 |title=Roleplaying Reviews|magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|publisher=[[TSR (company)|TSR, Inc.]]|issue=243|pages=114}}</ref>
==Other reviews==
*''[[Alarums & Excursions]]'' Issue 262 (June 1997, p.29)
*''Ringbote'' Issue 13 (July/August 1997, p. 11, in German)
==References==
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[[Category:GURPS books|Mecha]]
[[Category:Mecha role-playing games]]
[[Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1997]]
[[Category:Science fiction role-playing game supplements]]