I'm giving consideration (pending sufficient interest) to running a Transhuman(ish) game. Not the Gurps 3e setting, although I will likely borrow from it,  but a hard science game involving both genetic engineering and cybernetics for human improvement.

TL 10, although Characters over 40 years of age would be limited to TL 9 gene mods. Your parents can not have bought it for you until it was invented, after all.

The game could, in potential, go into space, but I would be starting it on Earth. Characters would be recent hires of some sort, giving a campaign Patron fo sorts to provide equipment that might be considered restricted or unavailable to your basic citizen.

At least 250 points, possibly a bit more to allow for some interesting gene mods or cyber gear.

Specific nature of the first campaign/objective/mission or whatever is undetermined, as yet.

Does this interest anyone?

This is definitely interesting to me! What kinds of characters are you willing to try out? Would you allow an AI for instance? This seems like an awesome campaign idea.

Also, we're talking gurps 4e?

Psi?

Gurps 4E, yes.

Psi, no. That adds a bit more than I want to deal with right now. Dealing with the ramifications of full immersion AR is enough to start.

And AIs aren't exactly transhuman, or any sort of human. No AI or robotic characters. Certainly no Intelligent supercomputer as a character.....although maybe as a villain or patron, I suppose.

Basically, the emphasis would be on bio mods and genetic mods, with certain obvious sorts of cyber mods common, such as neural jacks, implant computers and enhanced senses (particularly eye displays). Although uncommon types of cyber would be available as well. Still why replace a missing arm with a machine that needs a mechanic twice a month when you can just grow a new arm?

An AI companion in a wearable computer would likely be something everyone would have, but it won't have a very high intelligence unless you can pay for a LOT of extra complexity. At least not a Volitional AI. And, if, after calculating IQ and mental and physical advantages and disadvantages, it had a positive point total it would be an Ally. But that's not very likely.

Definitely interested. I presume extreme human performance enhancement is the theme? Regenerating limbs sure but also enhanced strength, agility, intelligence from a purely biological perspective? As well as cybernetic enhancements?

Anything more on the political/economic nature of the world?  Are we talking largely post-scarcity or hyper-capitalism?  I'm assuming it's not monolithic (though that's possible, too), but what's the lay of the land in terms of actual politics?  Theocracies, technocracies, socialism, communism, corporatocracies?

Yes, but cybernetic enhancements would be less common, simply because so many of them are easily doable with bio mods, or hit legality levels that make them unavailable for the average citizen. Certainly the whole suite of Information enhancements: Sensies, neural jacks, implant communicators, implant computers, etc.

Armor, implant weapons, etc wouldn't be available for starting characters, because there would be nowhere legal to get them, save the military, and much of that sort of thing would have been removed on mustering out.

In addition to legal issues, social issues would make extreme or obvious body mods prevalent, mostly, to assorted subcultures. Or fashion statements for suburban wannabes. Much like extreme piercing and other body mods today. The difference being that, at TL 10, they are easily reversed, income permitting.



Well, this is just an interest check, not a World Setting write up, and, frankly, I'm still working out some of the ramifications in my head, but, following current trends:

Population levels that make space a premium, hence fewer houses, many more fairly dense apartment complexes, plus under-sea cities, desert developments, arctic developments, etc. Agricultural land at a premium, but hydroponics would help offset some of that.

Also a resource issue leading to self cleaning clothing, sonic sink and showers in homes, electric motors, solar cells, etc.

As to politics, mostly reasonably modern, most likely, although many fringe environment (Undersea, desert, arctic, etc) communities might well be corporate run, especially if they are company towns.

And, of course, it's the modern Information Age taken to an extreme: Augmented Reality where your wearable computer is  your lifeline, a heavily monitored society given the growing modern preponderance of public and private security and traffic cameras, etc.

Sounds really interesting! Count me in if you get things off the ground.

How many players are you thinking you will need?
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I would be interested in this.

I'm hoping for at least 4 or 5.

You can put me down for between interested and extremely interested depending how the setting and story play out.

Definitely Interested.

I've done up the basics of a game page. Some setting aspects still need to be filled in, but the general overview is there. link to another game

As the page is still under construction, there may be gaps here and there.

If I can get 5 completed characters, I'll start the game up.
This message was last edited by the user at 19:02, Thu 02 June 2016.