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To qualify, I don't think that most players are going to invest points in a skill that will maybe be used once and then ignored. I also...

Ok, now that's gonna drive me crazy. I seem to recall a few war/board games from the 1970s that made use of that type of map. I just...

The Army had these roles as well. 5 parts for a mission. Planning Reconnaissance Security Control Common Sense The acronym is not...

The squares / hexes debate reminded me of Steve Jackson's development of GURPS. In Space Gamer issue 75 he wrote an update on how it...

Here's how I accounted for it back in the late 1980s and into the 1990s when it cropped up occasionally. "No". No fuss, no muss and very...

Ran GURPS as my main system from 1987 until 2000. Mostly 2e with early 3e. ( Don't care for later 3e or 4e) Love the system, still do...

Hexes are just better, IMO. I often use hexes even on the rare occasions I run D&D - it just makes movement so much smoother. No more...

I would definitely use Sorcery if I wanted to bring in other powers-based systems like the divine and psionic powers books. It’s very...

Talking about magic, the classic system for GURPS is known as ‘spells as skills’ by many people. Here. magic is implemented through an...

There are many ‘generic’ systems, for sure. I have most of them since I love flexible engines. But I would agree that GURPS is...

Indeed, as @Staffan says, within the Guns skill description it says specialisation is mandatory, and there are other limiting factors...

GURPS has separate skills for Artillery, Beam Weapons, Guns, Gunner, and Liquid Projector (flame throwers, sprayers, and such), with...

I chose GURPS over Champions because my friends were already playing the former. We never really gave Champions a chance because we...

For me personally, I chose GURPS over Hero because I liked how GURPS handled gear and equipment better. I've also found that I have an...

Steep price, but it’s not WOTC. So must be ok.