04-20-2012, 08:26 PM | #1 |
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Compendiums the same thing as the basic sets?
I'm new to GURPS. Are GURPS Compendiums I and II the same thing as the basic sets? Like could I buy the compendiums instead of the basic sets and know how to play the game?
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04-20-2012, 08:33 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Compendiums the same thing as the basic sets?
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You can read descriptions of all the GURPS releases linked from http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/
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04-20-2012, 08:36 PM | #3 |
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Re: Compendiums the same thing as the basic sets?
They are not.
GURPS has been around a long time and the Compendiums were additional rules, advantages and other stuff added to the 3e Basic book. 4e however is a new edition and added a lot of the material in the Compendiums to it. If your going with 3e then they have utility but if 4e then skip them. |
04-20-2012, 08:41 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Re: Compendiums the same thing as the basic sets?
In a word, no. GURPS, like many long running games, has seen a few versions over the years. The latest version is GURPS Fourth edition. The foundational works needed for a complete game are the Basic Set:Characters and Basic Set: Campaigns. They look like this.
The previous edition, GURPS Third edition has a basic set in one book. It looks like this. The 3rd edition Basic Set was supplemented with Compendium I (here) and Compendium II (here), which offered expanded and variant rules. It is possible to run a 3rd Edition GURPS game using the Basic Set alone, or with the Basic Set and one or both Compendia, but it is not really possible to run a game using the Compendia alone. The fourth edition Basic Set incorporates many of the rules variants offered originally in the GURPS Compendia, and the compendia are not needed to run a Fourth edition game.
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04-21-2012, 01:07 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Re: Compendiums the same thing as the basic sets?
Thanks! :D
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