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Originally Posted by ak_aramis
Licensing a setting to direct competitors is usually bad form. Savage Worlds and GURPS are about as close as it gets for direct competition; equally as close as D&D 5 and Pathfinder.
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They’re hardly direct competitors like D&D and Pathfinder, which were the same game as recently as a dozen years ago. Almost all gamers who go beyond D&D play more than two systems and are used to adapting. And despite genericness, Savage Worlds and GURPS systems have big differences; different levels of detail of task resolution is a big one. They’re as much competition as Savage Worlds and Palladium. And Palladium Books still sells Rifts with its house system.
A good comparison is Far Future Enterprises. It has one important asset, the Traveller IP, which is a situation akin to that of Palladium Books, whose one key asset is the Rifts IP. And FFE will license that IP freely, and letting licensees jump around the timeline, helping prevent any competition between them. Something could happen here if you’re worried about competition. Maybe things are before the Siege on Tolkeen.
Addendum: Having said that, I agree that there may be some reluctance on Siembieda's part to have a GURPS version, but it isn't owing to competition, but rather owing to the fact it took the guy a quarter century to license his game world in the first place. I think the most likely scenario is Munchkin Rifts. If that's fruitful, both parties would be willing to talk about GURPS Rifts or other joint endeavors.
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Originally Posted by Shostak
Infinite Worlds, Transhuman Space, Yrth ... those are pretty cool.
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None of those are cool. Infinite Worlds is a framing story to showcase GURPS’s adaptability, plus let you kill some Nazis (see the Munchkin card for more). Transhuman Space is alright but uninspired hard sci-fi setting. Yrth is an uninspired fantasy setting with a gimmick to let you play yourself but also to prevent you from changing the setting too much. Basically, those prove my point.
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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
Reign of Steel.
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This, however, is the great exception. There are few RPG settings that let you hold up the book to make your elevator pitch. This does that, with its tag line and cover art.