Is Gurps a good RPG?

GURPS won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Rules of 1988, and in 2000 it was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame. Many of its expansions have also won awards.

How many people play Gurps?

I finally got a game going here recently and it’s going well. I was wondering how many people here on Roll20 play GURPS? According to the 2015-Q1 Orr Report, GURPS accounted for 592 games and 1279 players.

Is Gurps alive?

GURPS is not dead but it is not what it used to be. But it is currently stable as a 2nd or 3rd priority product. , Playing RPGs since 1976: Gaming Dinosaur Second Class!

What is GURPS Classic?

GURPS Classic is the term used to refer to still in print books that use the pre-4e rules (basically anything before 2004). Because GURPS 3e came out in 1988 it tends to be the defacto term for any material before 2004 but this is an incorrect way of doing it.

What is needed to play GURPS?

The only books required to play GURPS are Basic Set: Characters for the Game Master and players, and Basic Set: Campaigns for the Game Master.

When was GURPS 4th edition released?

August 19, 2004
GURPS Fourth Edition was released by Steve Jackson Games at the first day of Gen Con on August 19, 2004. It promised to simplify and streamline most areas of play and character creation.

What is a GURPS game?

GURPS was designed to be a game system that transcended genre. Where there existed fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and even superhero role-playing games, GURPS went in the direction if being all of those and more; 1986 saw both the 1st and 2nd editions of the system released as boxed sets.

Why is GURPS 3rd edition so popular?

Although it never cracked into the top three for RPG sales, GURPS 3rd Edition became—and remains—one of the most successful lines of role-playing material ever published. GURPS 3rd Edition was stable; perhaps too much so. The core rules, called the Basic Set, contained a fixed set of advantages, disadvantages, and skills.

What makes GURPS so versatile?

GURPS ‘ approach to versatility includes using real world measurements wherever possible (“reality-checking” is an important part of any GURPS book). This allows players to fairly trivially convert things from the real world, other games or their imagination to GURPS statistics.

What’s the difference between GURPS Magic and GURPS Fantasy?

GURPS Fantasy was seen as a good, fresh look at the genre with few miss-steps. GURPS Infinite Worlds was an interesting compilation of alternate worlds and the campaign from GURPS 3e’s Time Travel. GURPS Magic, on the other hand…