GURPS settings appreciation thread

[Committed Hero]

GURPS IST is one of my favourite superhero worlds.
Superheroes, a U.N. with teeth...sold!
I liked it so much I updated it on my blog.

GURPS: IST - Operation Blue Capes - 2023 edition

GURPS IST is easily one of my most favorite superhero universe. The idea of a U.N. with teeth that can actually make the world a better pl...

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A setting created by the guiding hand of George RR Martin no less.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

A setting created by the guiding hand of George RR Martin no less.

er where does it say this?

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I like the way GURPS Banestorm does Goblins a lot.
They can be sneaky, but they are also communal and all mad scientists at heart.

I once made a goblin duelist/swashbuckler that was an absolute blast to play.

They are the default short species of that world, and they are so low-cost that they can be customized to your heart's content, while still being your crazy but loyal friend.

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GURPS Illuminati was a fantastic book that I still use the pics as memes to this day. It breaks my heart that we missed the window when conspiracies were fun and not incredibly problematic.

I also really liked GURPS Humanx. I'd love to see this done as a movie, as it adds a unique perspective to a space opera and is fun in its own right. I never understood why it was never made as a tv show, movie or video game.

 

[dbm]

Are you thinking of Wild Cards, @Committed Hero ?

 

[Committed Hero]

Are you thinking of Wild Cards, @Committed Hero ?

I must be. I didn't realize they were different.

 

[giant.robot]

I loved GURPS world books and have a bookshelf full of them to this day. I've used them for GURPS and other systems. I don't know that I've really used any as-written, at least not fully.

I thought Banestorm was a good backdrop for mash-ups. Drop in a group from another world book and you've got adventure seeds right there.

I also liked GURPS Traveller, the rules and lore were a good fit I thought. I've never been a Traveller lore stickler so I didn't really care much about the mind any lore changes.

Transhuman Space was also a really cool setting. I thought it was pretty clever setting. I didn't get to use it as much as I wanted to unfortunately.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

I learned how to make gunpowder from GURPS High Tech.
I also learned of the Duck's Foot Pistol from the same book.
GURPS Hight Tech basically gave me my first primer on the development of modern warfare.

I really liked Middle Ages 1 and really wish that series had continued.

I'm glad to own GURPS Autoduel, but it always felt incomplete. I throw down my Uncle Als and AADA as additional supplements. I stand by this franchise would make a fantastic video game and/or MMO; an old game from the 80s just doesn't cut it. And watching Twisted Metal, the series really shows the raw potential, as it is essentially Car Wars, the TV Show.

Bio Tech was a significant influence, providing the basics for my own work and sparking my fascination with genetic tinkering.

Cthulhu Punk is a genuinely original mash-up that deserves all the accolades.

 

[Oryzarius]

GURPS Hight Tech basically gave me my first primer on the development of modern warfare.

Y'know, I'd buy a GURPS Hite-Tech on sight: Ken's take on gadgets for vampire-hunting, conspiracy-laden inventions hidden from the common man, reality-distorting shards from alternate universes, etc.

 

[dbm]

That almost exists…
Suppressed Transmissions 1 & 2

 

[Oryzarius]

Yep, own 'em both, in print and PDF, and wish there were more.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

Yep, own 'em both, in print and PDF, and wish there were more.

Well, besides Weird Wars 2 (Ken Hite wrote that), there's always Ken and Rob talk about stuff podcast.

It is chock full of Ken Hite goodness.

Really liked their 666 episode.

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but one area I particularly like is when they do an ip and compile it

I've already got my copy of Humanx, but Horseclans, Conan, Wildcards, Witch World, and that's just off the top of my head.