I am totally down for this. And, being weird, Im not super-nuts that it’s a box set, but still, pretty cool.
Also interesting to see SJG go down the “contained versions of our house universal system” road that Hero Games has also traveled. At least, I am aware of this and the upcoming new edition of their standalone Discworld RPG.
h/t Jürgen Hubert
I’m just happy that SJG is doing something with GURPS at all, being that it isn’t Munchkin.
I think they did a similar thing with Transhuman Space as well, self contained game line that used 3e rules but didn’t require any of the books.
< ![CDATA[I'm just happy that SJG is doing something with GURPS at all, being that it isn't Munchkin. I think they did a similar thing with Transhuman Space as well, self contained game line that used 3e rules but didn't require any of the books.]]>
Jason Bossert I remember THS had a version of the main book that had GURPS Lite in it (I own it), but the line as a whole wasn’t stand-alone, was it?
< ![CDATA[Jason Bossert I remember THS had a version of the main book that had GURPS Lite in it (I own it), but the line as a whole wasn’t stand-alone, was it?]]>
Mark Delsing I believe that was its initial form. I own the books and near as I can recall, it was a self contained line later on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhuman_Space
EDIT: From the THS website, it looks like there were two versions, a hardback and a softcover with different contents.
This Powered by GURPS line was created by David L. Pulver and illustrated by Christopher Shy. The core book, Transhuman Space, opens with close to a hundred pages of world and background material. The hardback edition includes a customized GURPS Lite – no other books are required to use it, although the GURPS Basic Set and Compendium I are recommended for GMs. The softback requires the Basic Set and Compendium I, but nothing else.
< ![CDATA[Mark Delsing I believe that was its initial form. I own the books and near as I can recall, it was a self contained line later on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhuman_Space
EDIT: From the THS website, it looks like there were two versions, a hardback and a softcover with different contents.
This Powered by GURPS line was created by David L. Pulver and illustrated by Christopher Shy. The core book, Transhuman Space, opens with close to a hundred pages of world and background material. The hardback edition includes a customized GURPS Lite – no other books are required to use it, although the GURPS Basic Set and Compendium I are recommended for GMs. The softback requires the Basic Set and Compendium I, but nothing else.]]>
I literally cannot imagine sitting down for an evening of GURPS.
< ![CDATA[I literally cannot imagine sitting down for an evening of GURPS.]]>
Paul Beakley Oh no. You won’t get there even. First you have to spend three hours building your vehicle.
< ![CDATA[Paul Beakley Oh no. You won't get there even. First you have to spend three hours building your vehicle.]]>
I was the huuuugest GURPS fanboy during the ’90s, too. They even had me on contract to do GURPS Inferno at one point, when Blankenship was their editor.
< ![CDATA[I was the huuuugest GURPS fanboy during the '90s, too. They even had me on contract to do GURPS Inferno at one point, when Blankenship was their editor.]]>
Paul Beakley OMFG CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH
I dunno what it is, but I’ve developed a huge fascination with GURPS lately. I honestly would love to sit down to play it — with the right group of people.
< ![CDATA[Paul Beakley OMFG CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH I dunno what it is, but I've developed a huge fascination with GURPS lately. I honestly would love to sit down to play it — with the right group of people.]]>