Let's Roll: GURPS Time Travel

Siskoid and special guest Pout Ouellet discuss yet another chapter of their Shiftworld campaign by addressing time travel in gaming, and how GURPS specifically deals with what can be a difficult genre. Plus, GameMaster Advice on that very topic.

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Here are some images relevant to this episode of Let's Roll:

GURPS Time Travel was designed by Steve Jackson and John M. Ford. Cover art by John Zeleznik.

Some of the books connected to GURPS Time Travel:

The character sheets (2 styles, the first from the early 2000s, the last from a couple years ago when we picked the campaign back up):
The soundtrack is available as a YouTube playlist HERE and includes:
1. Time Tunnel - BT Express (Time Travel Theme)
2. Big Time - Peter Gabriel (Twelve's Theme)
3.  Time Tunnel Theme (Travel Theme)
4. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper (Johnny's Theme)
5. Time Tunnel - Kosmonova (Danger Theme)
6. Nothing But a Good Time - Poison (Ace's Theme)
7. Dr. Who Theme (all-purpose)
8. Back in Time - Huey Lewis & the News (End theme)
9. Every Time You Go Away - Paul Young (Simone's Theme)
10. My Heart Will Go On - CĂ©line Dion (Titanic Theme)
11. Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles (Bonus track for unused adventure)
12. Jurassic Park Theme - Daniel Radcliffe (Willie's Back)

Credits: Community's "Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons", starring Jonathan Banks, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, and Joel McHale; "Time Tunnel" by B.T. Express; "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" by Jay Roach, starring Mike Myers; the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon's "Day of the Dungeon Master", starring Don Most and Sidney Miller; and "Time Tunnel" by Kosmonova.

 All ready? Let's roll!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Cool episode. I always liked GURPS Time Travel, although Cliffhangers is my favourite (which could fit into a Time Travel campaign, of course).

And it's nice to know I'm not the only one who liked Dimetrodons as a kid :)

Mike W.