GURPS Illuminati University

Infobox RPG
title= GURPS Illuminati University


caption= "GURPS Illuminati University" cover
designer= Elizabeth McCoy, Walter Milliken
publisher= Steve Jackson Games
date= 1995
genre= "unknown"
system= GURPS
footnotes=

"GURPS Illuminati University" (1995) (ISBN 1-55634-206-3), also called "GURPS IOU", is a 128-page softbound campaign setting sourcebook for the "GURPS" role-playing game. The authors are Elizabeth McCoy and Walter Milliken; the illustrations are by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio. The book details a fictional college where absurdity and awful puns are the order of the day; its students range from witches and werewolves to secret agents and space aliens. Adventures can involve joining fraternities, surviving dorm life, dealing with rampaging lab accidents, conquering other worlds on field trips, getting caught up in faculty bloodfeuds and even attempting to pass a class. "GURPS Illuminati University" won the 1992 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement. [cite web| url=http://www.originsgames.com/awards/1992|title= 1992 Origins Awards|accessdate=2007-08-24]

The setting began life as an online campaign run on the Steve Jackson Games BBS Illuminati Online. It was codified into a book for the Third Edition of "GURPS". There have been no announced plans to officially update the setting for 2004's Fourth Edition ruleset. Characters from every "GURPS" setting can be fitted into the campaign with little or no difficulty; the setting shares much in common with the equally bizarre game "Teenagers from Outer Space". Agatha Heterodyne, from the Foglio's "Girl Genius", is also featured in the book.

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External links

* [http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/IOU/ "GURPS Illuminati University"] at Steve Jackson Games
* [http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_2058.html Independent review] at RPGnet
* [http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/fiction/games.html Masonic references in games] (Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon)