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The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, commonly known as GURPS, is a role-playing game system designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming environment. It was created by Steve Jackson Games in 1986. 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.
History
Prior RPG history
Prior to GURPS, roleplaying games (RPGs) of the 1970s and early 1980s were developed especially for certain gaming environments, and they were largely incompatible with one another. For example, TSR published its Dungeons & Dragons game specifically for a fantasy environment. Another game from the same company, Star Frontiers, was developed for science fiction-based roleplaying. TSR produced other games for other environments, such as Gamma World, Top Secret, Gangbusters, Boot Hill, and more. Each of these games was set with its own self-contained rules system, and the rules for playing each game differed greatly from one game to the next. Attempts were made in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons to allow cross-genre games using Gamma World and Boot Hill rules, but the obscure rules went largely unused. Though it was preceded by the extremely obscure and poorly designed Supergame (DAG Productions, 1980), GURPS was the first successful attempt to create an all-encompassing, "universal" roleplaying system that allows players to roleplay in any environment they please without having to create a new set of rules for each game.The GURPS "Concept"
GURPS was part of the first wave of roleplaying games that eschewed random generation of characters in favor of a point-based system. GURPS was not the first roleplaying system to present a "universal" set of rules for different gaming environments. More on [ GURPS ]
@dhewlett Quick Question: Do you play tabletop RPGs like D&D, GURPS, etc.? You claim to be a "nerd", but I want proof.
DocDraconis (Kevin Wilson) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:26:33 -0000
@dhewlett Quick Question: Do you play tabletop RPGs like D&D, GURPS, etc.? You claim to be a "nerd", but I want proof.
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pronastolki (Alexander Bulgakov) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:32:02 -0000
#ru #rpg Очередная неделя из жизни системы ролевых игр #GURPS (http://bit.ly/6wpjDm). Выпуск от 4 декабря 2009.
@ephealy Top Secret, Time & Temp, GURPS Deadlands, Dusk, Pyramid... about $90.
grantrdavis (Grant Davis) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:36:01 -0000
@ephealy Top Secret, Time & Temp, GURPS Deadlands, Dusk, Pyramid... about $90.
#Fantasy! #GURPS! NOW!!!!!! Spielen will!!!! -.-
Faekalbroetchen (Nerdism at it's best) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:11:54 -0000
#Fantasy! #GURPS! NOW!!!!!! Spielen will!!!! -.-
"(...)contra a guerra dos sistemas (...) porque todos sabem que Gurps é o caminho, a verdade e a vida!" by Tio Nitro http://bit.ly/7OonZx
dudavilanova (Duda Vila Nova) Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:12:54 -0000
"(...)contra a guerra dos sistemas (...) porque todos sabem que Gurps é o caminho, a verdade e a vida!" by Tio Nitro http://bit.ly/7OonZx
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GURPS Lite - A distilled, complete version of the GURPS Basic Set in 32 pages, available as a free download. Designed both for newcomers to GURPS and as a tool for experienced GMs to teach the game to others.
Roleplayer: The GURPS Magazine - An online archive of articles, adventures, and features from the sadly out-of-print SJ Games magazine/newsletter devoted entirely to GURPS. The complete (text) contents of the magazine's paper run is present.
Blue Room GURPS - A large collection of classic era GURPS articles, adventures, design notes, and product ratings by S. John Ross, author of GURPS Warehouse 23 and other supplements. Includes the Unlimited Mana rules.
Meta Description: [ Male supermodel S. John Ross cleverly disguises himself as some kind of fat hairy adventure gamer with this carefully crafted page. Home of Truly Badass, Gladiatorial GURPS, and more GURPS articles than you can read in one go without your butt getting REALLY sore. ]
DM's GURPS Page - Quite a number of articles, including tech discussions, rules articles, adventures seeds, and the Amber Nebula SF campaign.
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Dreambird's Lair - A broad collection of articles, characters, rules, equipment, adventures and settings for use with GURPS.
Meta Description: [ Dreambird's Lair is a GURPS roleplaying fansite. It is collection of roleplaying aids for the Generic Universal RolePlaying System, GURPS, by Steve Jackson Games. For players, game masters, shops, and fan site web masters. ]
Ebon Tower Fantasy Gaming - A general-purpose fantasy gaming webzine with a strong GURPS slant. Site includes templates, revised rules, and a campaign setting.
Meta Description: [ Ebon Tower Fantasy Gaming is an informally styled website dedicated to roleplaying games and other geeky subjects. ]
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Fantasy Geographic Society: GURPS - An assortment of GURPS options and articles, with links to several others.
GURPS Character Repository - A collection of characters, adventures, house rules and links. By SD Anderson.
GURPS Frequently Asked Questions - The official FAQ maintained by Steve Jackson Games.
GURPS Stuff by Scott Maykrantz - A collection of articles, rules, and notions from the keyboard of Scott Paul Maykrantz, author of GURPS Creatures of the Night.
Meta Description: [ GURPS stuff written by Scott Maykrantz. Characters, new rules, adventures, etc. ]
GURPS WebWorlds - Coordination site for a number of game worlds for the GURPS system.
GURPS: Generic Universal Roleplaying System - The official Steve Jackson Games page for GURPS. Features news on new and upcoming releases, and links to the massive SJ Games library of online resources.
GURPSnet - Mailing list on GURPS with archive of vehicles, gear, characters and adventures.
GURPSWiki - Articles on general GURPS topics.
Meta Description: [ The home page for the GURPS Wiki project. ]
MOD-RPG - New and altered rules for GURPS campaigns.
Rare GURPS Items - Incanus' collection of scraps, tidbits, articles, and variants - dozens of GURPS items, including original work and articles culled from Usenet and sundry sources.
Meta Description: [ Some rules and variants for GURPS ]
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Tbone's GURPS Diner - The home of an enormous stew of GURPS variants and expansions, most notably GURPS Gulliver, which begins by adressing issues of scale and goes on to re-tool half the system for sharper performance.
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The Krommnotes - An extensive collection of rulings for GURPS by Sean Dr. Kromm Punch, the GURPS Line Editor.
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