Rulebook for players and the GM

#Rules

IF YOU'RE A PLAYER

If you're a player, these are the only books you'll probably need.

• Basic Set (for 99% of the rules)
• Ultra-Tech (for equipment)

And maybe:

• Power-Ups 2 - Perks (for minor 1 point advantages)
• Power-Ups 3 - Talents (for quick ways of boosting skill levels)
• Power-Ups 6 - Quirks (for minor -1 point disadvantages)

IF YOU'RE A GM

Books not suggested by the genre guide but are probably essential:
From the GURPS Genre Guide

• Basic Set
• GURPS Lite
• How to be a GURPS GM
• Ultra-Tech
• Power-Ups 2 - Perks
• Power-Ups 3 - Talents
• Power-Ups 4 - Enhancements
• Power-Ups 5 - Impulse Buys
• Power-Ups 6 - Quirks
• Power-Ups 7 - Wildcard Skills
• Power-Ups 8 - Limitations
• Power-Ups 9 - Attributes
• Powers
• Gun-Fu
• Tactical Shooting
• Martial Arts
• Thinking Machines (3/37)
• Odds and Ends - Ad-Tech! (3/37)
• High-Tech

Note - PU1 is about imbuements so not relevant.

Recommended books:

• Action 1-7,
  • Action 1 - Heroes
  • Action 2 - Exploits
  • Action 3 - Furious Fists
  • Action 4 - Specialists
  • Action 5 - Dictionary of Danger
  • [Action 6 - Tricked-Out Rides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbTwCaIBZAjRU4InCazTvwEfbVDjyfls/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YbTwCaIBZAjRU4InCazTvwEfbVDjyfls/view?usp=sharing)
  • Action 7 - Mercenaries
• Cyberpunk (3rd Edition)

Suggested books:

• Cyberworld (3rd Edition)

Recommended Pyramid articles:

• Console Cowboys and Cyberspace Kung-Fu (3/21),
• Live Better With Cybernetics (3/51)

Suggested Pyramid articles:

• Better Living Through Pharmaceuticals (3/24)
• Chrome Commandos (3/55)
• Cutting Edge Armor Design (3/85)
• Cyberme (3/20) - seems to be a setting so probably less relevant?
• Hexopersonality (3/96) - doesn't seem to be as relevant
• Loving the Dead (1/17, BoP2) - a story/adventure module
• Remixing the Rocker (3/85) - very "rock band" themed look at what music etc. is like in the near future
• San Juan in the One-and-Twenty (1/14, BoP2) - an encounter
• Tactical Shooting Tomorrow (3/55),
• The Arrow of Progress (3/96) - bows and arrows in the future
• The Voices in My Head (3/21) - more rules for brain chips (PEP, etc.)
• Training for the Tech (3/85)
• The Perky L33t (3/85) - perks to pair with Console Cowboys, and also guided missile perks for Viper Rounds.
• U-Store-It (1/8, BoP2) - location/setting

Non-GURPS:

• https://www.lib.ru/STERLINGB/interzone.txt

Things that may be useful:
https://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=85061&page=5
This forum post adds commentary (seasong's posts all over the thread on all pages) - including how to build software that may change the hacking rules?
This breaks down gang common features from a real-world standpoint.