GURPS Classic: Low-Tech

http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/low-tech/3e/ Introduction 1. Cultures and Civilizations Tech Levels 0-3 Historical Periods Before TL0 “Take What You Like,” Said God Prices in $kins Variations Some Anomalies Prices Job Table 2. The Stone Age Man and His Environment Life of the Wandering Hunter-Gatherer Gathering Hunting The Ice Man Food and Water Fishing Horticulture Trapping Technologies Fire Crafts Domestication of Animals Cutting Trees and Clearing Ground The Fish Wheel Fire and the Landscape Irrigation Sources of Stone Bridges The Beginnings of Astronomy Construction Signals Memory and Lore Transportation and Travel Health and Medicine Social Organization Bands, Tribes, and Chiefdoms Stone Age Economics Warfare Settling Down Arms and Armor Vehicles Tools and Equipment 3. The Bronze Age Life in the Bronze Age Man and His Environment Farming Domestication of Animals TL1 Without Cities? The Pazyryk Ice Maiden Forestry Mining and Smelting The Cost of Living Irrigation Technology Technologies Architecture and Fortifications Animal Traction Elephants Crafts Brewing Furnace Heat What is Bronze? Fuels Travel and Transportation Armoury Social Organization Political Systems Law Trade Warfare Transportation Costs Guarding the Walls Advances in Learning Writing and Literacy Siegecraft Slavery Mathematics Tombs Record-Keeping Astronomy and Navigation Media of Exchange Medications Medicine Public Health Weapons and Warfare Vehicles and Transportation Tools and Equipment 4. The Iron Age Man and His Environment Farming Life in the Iron Age Indirect Heating Domestication of Animals Forestry Mining and Smelting Miles Herculaneus Technologies Architecture and Fortifications Crafts Irrigation Travel and Transportation Social Organization Water Mills Political Systems Law Oleiculture Sericulture Trade and Money The Workshops of Dionysius Warfare Postal Service Writing Materials Advances in Learning Writing and Literacy Marking Time Locks Mathematics Navigation Gadgets and Automata Medicine Iron Age Medicines Chinese Medicine Weapons and Warfare Vehicles and Transportation Tools and Equipment 5. The Middle Ages Man and His Environment Farming Life in the Middle Ages Domestication of Animals Fishing Forestry The Ladby Ship Jarl Mining Technologies Architecture and Fortifications The Horse Collar Windmills and Water Mills Crafts Like Clockwork Travel and Transportation Locks The Concept of Feudalism Social Organization Political Systems Law The Papacy Paper and Printing Alchemy/Chemistry Trade and Money Warfare Advances in Learning Writing and Literacy Pyrotechnics Mathematics Astronomy and Navigation Medicine Making Things Burn Weapons and Warfare Vehicles Tools and Equipment Appendix Hand Weapons Table Ranged Weapons Table Artillery Table Armor Table Shields Table Vehicles Tables Glossary Bibliography Index

From the dawn of civilization to the Middle Ages . . . or in any fantasy game . . . GURPS Low-Tech is a universal resource for any campaign set before the age of gunpowder and the printing press. It's 128 pages of detailed research and game ideas:
Weapons: Cleave an enemy's skull with a stone axe, stab him with a bronze sword, or impale him on your obsidian-tipped spear.
Armor: Whether it's the crudest leather or the finest iron chain, any armor is better than none. Plus new rules for piecemeal armor!
Vehicles: Steer a dogsled across the Arctic, sail a trireme across the Mediterranean, or ride your chariot over the battlefields of Asia.
Equipment: Yokes and plows, adzes and hammers, sundials and locks; everything it takes to build a town or a nation.
Plus shelter, science, and civilizations . . . from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages.
Whether you're playing cavemen fighting to stay alive, armored knights jousting for honor, or time travelers searching for the truth about history, GURPS Low-Tech brings the past to life!