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I will say, I think the way GURPS works in chargen does kind of necessitate a very different approach to a lot of other TTRPGs- it works...

Another thing to consider is a failure on a skill roll, even driving, isn't necessarily a catastrophic failure. A failure could mean I...

Worlds Without Number (very different system than D&D IMO), or The One Ring if that's too close for you. Maybe GURPS.

I like GURPS for dungeon crawling, especially requiring resource management. You can make it as mechanically heavy or light as you want.

I suppose you could do that. Though, I'm not sure that I fully understand the ability to Feint being a property of the weapon rather...

Every time I see all this talk about a stripped down version of GURPS to get people into the game, I feel the need to point out GURPS...

Thanks for pointing that out. I've been playing the game long enough that I didn't even realize that was so late in the book. When I was...

TBH, I still consider Dungeon Fantasy a weird choice to draw in new people ... While I can see why anyone who already plays GURPS might...

I have to ask: is there a driving need to always follow the cultural zeitgeist? And by this I mean that I think SJG is doing the right...

Sorta, but most of the effort was focused on Dungeon Fantasy, which still starts at a high power level. That's what it says. Quick...

I was just reminiscing about GURPS a few days ago and started looking into 4th ed. Looks like I'll wait a bit until 4.x is made and...

Over 60 hrs. I’ve actually played very little D&D this calendar year. The games I’ve played in or run have included: Shadowdark...

Easily over 60.

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I am inclined to agree with you, I like GURPS, but the GURPS corebooks are like dense reference manuals that assume you're already...