Finished our GURPS campaign on Monday, with a catastrophic ending due to a bit of confusion. With hindsight, my character should have emptied a magazine of his enchanted assault rifle on the mysterious NPC when he had the chance, no question asked. The only reason I did not was because as a player I found it an anticlimatic ending and wanted some exposition, but this opened the door to another character summoning a horde of creatures we lost control of and in the ene the world is toast. "Han shot first" will be added to my list of reminders when playing.

Campaign generation by randomized GURPS sourcebook

This table was inspired by a quote from Robin D. Laws’ saying

When in doubt, blindfold yourself, take any two GURPS sourcebooks off the shelf at random, and combine the results.

Ok, this is a bit pointless but also… not. I mean, who has a d140 anyway? Or in fact even so many GURPS books? But I wanted to list all the GURPS books, excluding some of the sub-books for different lines, no matter how good they are (so e.g. no Discworld Also, and none of the Traveller supplements EXCEPT Interstellar Wars, which is a distinct enough setting in my book).

I bet I missed some.

So what is it? Just a list of all GURPS sourcebooks except the most mechanical.

I’ve been thinking of adding some quality fan-made books as well, which are floating around the net. I bet one could get some good stuff out of those as well.

I never really cared for GURPS as a rule system, but I always love using their sourcebooks as a starting point to work out ideas for my own games. And most of the stuff is indeed so generic that I can easily rework things into DnD, Traveller, Shadowrun, or what have you. So take a d140 (sigh, or go to a website that does it for you) and roll up your next campaign.

2d140 table of Campaign Generation by GURPS book1. GURPS Age of Napoleon2. GURPS Aliens3. GURPS Alpha Centauri4. GURPS Alternate Earths5. GURPS Arabian Nights6. GURPS Atlantis7. GURPS Atomic Horror8. GURPS Autoduel 9. GURPS Aztecs10. GURPS Banestorm11. GURPS Bestiary12. GURPS Bio-Tech 13. GURPS Black Ops14. GURPS Blood Types15. GURPS Blue Planet16. GURPS Bunnies & Burrows17. GURPS Cabal18. GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon19. GURPS Camelot20. GURPS Casey and Andy21. GURPS Castle Falkenstein22. GURPS Celtic Myth23. GURPS China24. GURPS Cliffhangers25. GURPS Conan26. GURPS Conspiracy X27. GURPS Cops28. GURPS Covert Ops29. GURPS Creatures of the Night30. GURPS Cthulhupunk31. GURPS Cyberpunk32. GURPS Cyberworld33. GURPS Dark Places34. GURPS Deadlands35. GURPS Dinosaurs36. GURPS Discworld37. GURPS Dragons38. GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 39. GURPS Egypt40. GURPS Espionage41. GURPS Faerie42. GURPS Fantasy43. GURPS Fantasy Folk44. GURPS Goblins45. GURPS Greece46. GURPS High-Tech 47. GURPS Horror 48. GURPS Horseclans49. GURPS Hot Spots: Constantinople, 527-1204 A.D50. GURPS Hot Spots: Renaissance Florence51. GURPS Hot Spots: Renaissance Venice 52. GURPS Hot Spots: Sriwijaya53. GURPS Hot Spots: The Silk Road 54. GURPS Humanx55. GURPS Ice Age56. GURPS Illuminati University57. GURPS Illuminati58. GURPS Imperial Rome59. GURPS In Nomine60. GURPS Infinite Worlds61. GURPS Infinite Worlds: Britannica-662. GURPS Infinite Worlds: Collegio Januari 63. GURPS Infinite Worlds: I.S.T. 64. GURPS Infinite Worlds: Lost Worlds65. GURPS Infinite Worlds: Nightreign 66. GURPS Infinite Worlds: Worlds of Horror 67. GURPS Japan 68. GURPS Lensman69. GURPS Low-Tech70. GURPS Mage: The Ascension71. GURPS Magic 72. GURPS Mars73. GURPS Martial Arts 74. GURPS Mecha75. GURPS Middle Ages I76. GURPS Monsters77. GURPS Mysteries78. GURPS Myth79. GURPS New Sun80. GURPS Ogre81. GURPS Old West82. GURPS Places of Mystery83. GURPS Planet Krishna84. GURPS Planet of Adventure85. GURPS Prime Directive86. GURPS Psionics.87. GURPS Random Table88. GURPS Reign of Steel89. GURPS Religion90. GURPS Riverworld91. GURPS Robin Hood92. GURPS Robots93. GURPS Russia94. GURPS SWAT95. GURPS Scarlet Pimpernel96. GURPS Screampunk97. GURPS Shapeshifters98. GURPS Space99. GURPS Special Ops100. GURPS Spirits101. GURPS Steampunk102. GURPS Super Scum103. GURPS Supers104. GURPS Supertemps105. GURPS Swashbucklers106. GURPS Tales of the Solar Patrol 107. GURPS Technomancer108. GURPS Terradyne109. GURPS The Prisoner110. GURPS Time Travel111. GURPS Timeline112. GURPS Transhuman Space113. GURPS Traveller: Interstellar Wars 114. GURPS Traveller: Science Fiction Adventure in the Far Future115. GURPS Ultra-Tech116. GURPS Undead117. GURPS Uplift118. GURPS Vampire: The Masquerade119. GURPS Vikings120. GURPS Voodoo: The Shadow War121. GURPS WWII122. GURPS War Against the Chtorr123. GURPS Warehouse 23124. GURPS Werewolf: The Apocalypse125. GURPS Wild Cards126. GURPS Witch World127. GURPS Y2K128. GURPS Zombies129. Girl Genius Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game130. Hellboy Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game131. Vorkosigan Saga Sourcebook and Roleplaying Game1132.-140. Roll again twice and combine

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Steve Jackson Games - the creators of #GURPS, among other games. - talk about how the #tariffs will drive the price of #BoardGames way up.

https://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2025-04-03

Say what you will about #GURPS as a System, I am fully convinced it has the greatest collection of published statblocks of any game

I realized something about #GURPS today.

I prefer my #TTRPG games to be sandboxes. I want to play/GM in a world where PCs can go anywhere, and do anything.

And what I realized is that #GURPS takes that concept even further, because it does away with the restraints of classes in #DND, #PathFinder, and similar games. #GURPS turns your PC itself into a sandbox.

You got bored of being a fighter? Okay, just leave the Fighters' Guild and join the Paladins and train with them instead!

Ich bin ja seit 30 Jahren GURPS Spielleiter und habe die Crunchyness immer geliebt... aber ich durfte gestern einen Blades in the Dark-Oneshot mitspielen und das war noch mehr ein Augenöffner als die kurze Wearing the Cape-Kampagne vor ein paar Jahren. Ich werde wohl alt, dass mich Storytelling und nicht im Weg seiende Regeln inzwischen mehr reizen, als das pseudo-realistische Urgestein.

#pnpde #gurps #fate WtC #PbtA BitD

New GURPS game inspired by Darkest Dungeon and gothic horror! 250 point human characters, -125 Disadvantages, flawed, dark, compelling. Learn the horrific secrets of Harrow House, and the isolated island that holds the estate.
Gothic horror, Eldritch horror, all played theatre of the mind on Discord. Every other Sunday at 7 PM EST. #ttrpg #gurps #GothicHorror #EldritchHorror
https://startplaying.games/adventure/cm8m921w300xbt8ldvl24ffvn

After having flipped through my basic #GURPS Characters book, I've come to realize what I think is the problem with GURPS adaption.

Most people say it's very crunchy, and I'm sure that's a factor. But what really stood out to me when it comes to character creation, is that there are SO MANY OPTIONS because of the classless nature of it. ANYTHING in the book could be relevant to the character you're creating, meaning you should read basically ALL OF IT in order to be able to make a character.

It's hard to find #DungeonFantasy reviews on YouTube (which I where I usually go for reviews), but I nevertheless decided to take the plunge and order the Dungeon Fantasy Roleplaying System (powered by #GURPS), despite the heavy 50+ USD shipping (ugh!)

Looking forward to reading through it when it arrives, should hopefully be by Friday next week. Anyone have any experience with it?

Sure, I'll give this a go.

1. First #TTRPG ever played? Second edition AD&D
2. First you ever ran? Star Wars d20
3. Played the most? #Genesys or #GURPS, hard to say
4. Run the most? Genesys
5. Favorite? Genesys
6. Most recently played? #LastSabbath
7. Most recently run? A mash-up of Genesys and #BladesInTheDark #BitD

Yeah, let's do this. My turn now:

1. First #trpg ever played? - Moldvay D&D
2. First you ever ran? - Moldvay D&D
3. Played the most? - Call of Cthulhu
4. Run the most? - Moldvay D&D
5. Favourite? - #GURPS
6. Most recently played? - Shadows of Esteren
7. Most recently run? - Little Heroes

Okay, let's do this, too, as I'm still down with the flu and not able to post anything actual productive:

1. First #ttrpg ever played? The Dark Eye 1st edition
2. First ever ran? ditto, we didn't have anyone with previous experience in our group
3. Played the most? The Dark Eye 4E (I need a surprising low number to beat this, being a forever GM)
4. Ran the most? Rules: #gurps or some d20 hack, Setting: The Dark Eye's Aventuria or Greyhawk
5. Favorite? Rules: Masterbook, Setting: Hârn/Homebrews
6. Most recently played? Electric Bastionland
7. Most recently run? Talislanta 2E