Making the leap to GURPS

GM Joe · 10-22-2017, 07:24 AM

I've decided to make the leap:
https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...ONp1f7ADG2zVWo

No more Man to Man for me, I'm making the leap to the GURPS Basic Set! I wasn't sure whether to do it, but with the $5 gift certificate they're offering for people who "make the leap" and upgrade, I figured I'd go ahead.

Anyone wanna play?

(Ah, nostalgia...I couldn't resist this first edition GURPS Basic Set when it came up on eBay. The box is just OK, but the contents are shiny and new-looking, right down to the flyers, envelope, and cardstock heroes (plus a copy of 1e GURPS Fantasy!) Oh, how I remember sitting on the floor at my girlfriend's house after I bought my 1e GURPS Basic Set, reading the intro while she watched Days of Our Lives. What's your first GURPS memory?)

sir_pudding · 10-22-2017, 01:32 PM

I started with 3e. I was browsing Barnes and Nobles or Waldenbooks and at the time had just gotten over running a lot of homebrew systems (which mostly resembled the one-page systems that you see around today) and here was a game that looked liked it could be all of those things that I needed. I think I saved up and came back and bought it. I do remember reading it straight through in one night though!

mr beer · 10-22-2017, 03:27 PM

I also started with 3e. My GM bought it and then insisted it was better than D&D and we were switching systems. Turns out, he was right.

Eventually switched to 4e, a bit before the time I joined this forum.

dbm · 10-22-2017, 03:32 PM

I had that box set, too, but at the time I wasn’t ready for GURPS. I think I must have sold it on because my predominant memory of starting to play was with the 3e book.

tshiggins · 10-22-2017, 03:40 PM

The high school friend of mine who had taught a bunch of us to play AD&D, and been our GM for years, introduced us to GURPS 2e.

I read the rules, and my first character came walking out of my mind, almost fully formed.

Refplace · 10-22-2017, 04:07 PM

I started with First Edition but may have run my first game with Second, dont recall. I was with a group playing mostly D&D, Traveler and Champions out of a game store that later moved to our homes.

The appeal to the group was ...

Hit Locations and more tactical combat choices
Spells as Skills instead of Cast and Forget, some of us liked the style change
variety in spells, including cantrip like effects
The Advantage/Disadvantage system

adm · 10-22-2017, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I started with 3e. I was browsing Barnes and Nobles or Walndenbooks and at the time had just gotten over running a lot of homebrew systems (which mostly resembled the one-page systems that you see around today) and here was a game that looked liked it could be all of those things that I needed. I think I saved up and came back and bought it. I do remember reading it straight through in one might though!

The best typo ever.

adm · 10-22-2017, 04:14 PM

Started with 3E, pre-Compendiums. I had bought Horseclans when it came out, but did not get into the system until later.

sir_pudding · 10-22-2017, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adm

Started with 3E, pre-Compendiums. I had bought Horseclans when it came out, put did not get into the system until later.

I didn't get put into the system until much later, but now I can quote RAW when I am not giving up when other men would. :)

adm · 10-22-2017, 05:58 PM

Aren't we a pair. :)

10-22-2017, 07:24 AM	#1
GM Joe Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Chicagoland	Making the leap to GURPS I've decided to make the leap: https://www.amazon.com/photos/share/...ONp1f7ADG2zVWo No more Man to Man for me, I'm making the leap to the GURPS Basic Set! I wasn't sure whether to do it, but with the $5 gift certificate they're offering for people who "make the leap" and upgrade, I figured I'd go ahead. Anyone wanna play? (Ah, nostalgia...I couldn't resist this first edition GURPS Basic Set when it came up on eBay. The box is just OK, but the contents are shiny and new-looking, right down to the flyers, envelope, and cardstock heroes (plus a copy of 1e GURPS Fantasy!) Oh, how I remember sitting on the floor at my girlfriend's house after I bought my 1e GURPS Basic Set, reading the intro while she watched Days of Our Lives. What's your first GURPS memory?) __________________ GMing Since 1982. Last edited by GM Joe; 10-22-2017 at 02:12 PM.

10-22-2017, 01:32 PM	#2
sir_pudding Wielder of Smart Pants Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ventura CA	Re: Making the leap to GURPS I started with 3e. I was browsing Barnes and Nobles or Waldenbooks and at the time had just gotten over running a lot of homebrew systems (which mostly resembled the one-page systems that you see around today) and here was a game that looked liked it could be all of those things that I needed. I think I saved up and came back and bought it. I do remember reading it straight through in one night though! Last edited by sir_pudding; 10-22-2017 at 04:14 PM.

10-22-2017, 03:27 PM	#3
mr beer Join Date: Mar 2013	Re: Making the leap to GURPS I also started with 3e. My GM bought it and then insisted it was better than D&D and we were switching systems. Turns out, he was right. Eventually switched to 4e, a bit before the time I joined this forum.

10-22-2017, 03:32 PM	#4
dbm Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lancashire, UK	Re: Making the leap to GURPS I had that box set, too, but at the time I wasn’t ready for GURPS. I think I must have sold it on because my predominant memory of starting to play was with the 3e book.

10-22-2017, 03:40 PM	#5
tshiggins Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado	Re: Making the leap to GURPS The high school friend of mine who had taught a bunch of us to play AD&D, and been our GM for years, introduced us to GURPS 2e. I read the rules, and my first character came walking out of my mind, almost fully formed. __________________ -- MXLP:9 [JD=1, DK=1, DM-M=1, M(FAW)=1, SS=2, Nym=1 (nose coffee), sj=1 (nose cocoa), Maz=1] "Some days, I just don't know what to think." -Daryl Dixon.

10-22-2017, 04:07 PM	#6
Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Re: Making the leap to GURPS I started with First Edition but may have run my first game with Second, dont recall. I was with a group playing mostly D&D, Traveler and Champions out of a game store that later moved to our homes. The appeal to the group was ... Hit Locations and more tactical combat choices Spells as Skills instead of Cast and Forget, some of us liked the style change variety in spells, including cantrip like effects The Advantage/Disadvantage system __________________ My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries

10-22-2017, 04:14 PM	#8
adm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MO, U.S.A.	Re: Making the leap to GURPS Started with 3E, pre-Compendiums. I had bought Horseclans when it came out, but did not get into the system until later. __________________ Xenophilia is Dr. Who. Plus Lecherous is Jack Harkness.- Anaraxes Last edited by adm; 10-22-2017 at 05:57 PM. Reason: Spelling

10-22-2017, 05:58 PM	#10
adm Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: MO, U.S.A.	Re: Making the leap to GURPS Aren't we a pair. :) __________________ Xenophilia is Dr. Who. Plus Lecherous is Jack Harkness.- Anaraxes