Why did the Secret Service Raid an RPG Company? | Nerd Crime

In 1990, US Secret Service launched a raid on Steve Jackson games, the publisher of GURPS, seizing their cyberpunk expansion when they did so. To learn the full story, we need to dive head first into the world of 80's and 90's hacker organizations, and understand what ultimately led the Secret Service to claim that GURPS was a 'Handbook for computer crime.' Yell at me on Twitter:   / willsysrefdoc   RPG HISTORY READING LIST: Historical RPG Reading List: The Hacker Crackdown: https://amzn.to/3IkxcMr Storytelling in the Modern Board Game: https://amzn.to/3zbyaHf Tales of Glass Town, Angria and Gondal: Selected Early Writings: https://amzn.to/3pDdKDW The Book of the Courtier: https://amzn.to/3mDdUJF