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Re: The Gygax Legacy (was: mech legality)
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Fri, 11 May 2001 21:27:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler wrote:
> GURPS is weird. I have, in a box in my attic, about 40 GURPS books, but
> I've never played it. It was a brisk seller at the hobby store, but no one
> else ever seemed to play it, either. I think they're popular because the
> info is so cool and is so readily applied to other systems (generic AND
> universal!).
Yeah, GURPS is different. I think it's partly because the source
material is so ... generic ... the writing is umm, maybe 'bland' is the
word I'm looking for? Anyway, I also think it's because it's very easy
to modify GURPS into a different system. Don't like GURPS's combat
rules? Through them out and use your own. Heroes aren't powerful
enough? Toss them a few more points at the start.
The first RPG I seriously played was HAGS -- the GM created it as a
modification of GURPS. Oh, wait -- the first RPG I played was a
Traveller campaign. Anyway, with HAGS, we got to use all the GURPS
source material, but play it our way. Very much fun.
Steve
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