GURPS Ice Age
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 GURPS Ice Age cover | |
| Designers | Kirk Wilson Tate |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Steve Jackson Games |
| Publication | January 26, 1992 |
| Genres | fantasy games/role playing |
| Systems | GURPS |
GURPS Ice Age is a genre sourcebook published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989 using the rules of GURPS (Generic Universal Role-Playing System).
GURPS Ice Age is a supplement of GURPS rules for adventure set in prehistoric times. Character rules for various hominid races include Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Neanderthal, and Cro-Magnon peoples. New skills are also described, and there is a section on shamanism and magic. The book provides campaign setting data and animal descriptions for Pleistocene Europe and Pliocene Africa, and as Lawrence Schick noted in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, dinosaurs are "thrown in for those who don't care too much about scientific accuracy".[1] The book also includes campaign suggestions and sample scenarios, including an introductory adventure, "Wolf Pack on Bear River".[1]
Publication history
GURPS Ice Age: Roleplaying in the Prehistoric World was written by Kirk Wilson Tate, with cover art by Guy Burchak and illustrations by Donna Barr, and was first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1989 as a 64-page book.[1]
Most of the material was later slightly reworked and republished in GURPS Dinosaurs, excluding the interior art by comics artist Donna Barr and the introductory adventure.