Hey total newby here

[JMason]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

GURPS has it own 'gameism' moments, take Luck only being useable once per game hour for instance.

Sure, luck is always going to be a bit meta-gamey. But the in game idea that from time to time a character seems to have great luck, doesn't bother me nearly as much as something like, "X number of time per day I can perform this special attack move... but after that I'll have to wait till tomorrow." YMMV

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by JMason

But the in game idea that from time to time a character seems to have great luck, doesn't bother me nearly as much as something like, "X number of time per day I can perform this special attack move... but after that I'll have to wait till tomorrow." YMMV

I've made those exact abilities in GURPS. Usually it's "takes one hour to recharge"...

And "Y" ability is only usable "X" times per day is Luck, to a 'T'. Which is why I don't care about those gamist things in other games.

GURPS appeals to me because I can build the character I want to play, which isn't usually possible in other games.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

GURPS appeals to me because I can build the character I want to play, which isn't usually possible in other games.

I have found it possible to do that both in Big Eyes Small Mouth and in FUDGE. If anything, FUDGE gives you more leeway than GURPS does.

[WingedKagouti]

Originally Posted by JMason

Sure, luck is always going to be a bit meta-gamey. But the in game idea that from time to time a character seems to have great luck, doesn't bother me nearly as much as something like, "X number of time per day I can perform this special attack move... but after that I'll have to wait till tomorrow." YMMV

That restriction made some sense with the old style of D&D Magic where you had to spend time focusing on what spells you wanted to use and then could use those spells once (per time you'd memorized them) until you rested again.

But it feels rather silly for abilities that aren't enabled by some sort of explained power source.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by whswhs

I have found it possible to do that both in Big Eyes Small Mouth...

When I last played BESM the whole "things cost what the GM decides they cost" was anathema to me (around 2000). I suspect I would have less issue with that now.

and in FUDGE.

Never even seen FUDGE.

If anything, FUDGE gives you more leeway than GURPS does.

If it's like FATE (which is derived from it) I can see people having that opinion. The whole concept of Aspects was so foreign to my group they've never wanted to play FATE though.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

If it's like FATE (which is derived from it) I can see people having that opinion. The whole concept of Aspects was so foreign to my group they've never wanted to play FATE though.

FUDGE does not include Aspects. Fate was originally formed by adding Aspects to FUDGE.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

FUDGE does not include Aspects. Fate was originally formed by adding Aspects to FUDGE.

The FUDGE dice mechanic was also not a big draw in my crew. This was one of the three things that turned off my group from FFG's Star Wars ('funny' dice mechanics).

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

The FUDGE dice mechanic was also not a big draw in my crew. This was one of the three things that turned off my group from FFG's Star Wars ('funny' dice mechanics).

On one hand, I find the GURPS dice mechanic more transparent. On the other hand, the basic logic of GURPS, BESM, and FUDGE seems to be the same; it amounts to "roll N dice, and compare the sum to a required results based on character ability and task difficulty." On the gripping hand, though, issues about how FUDGE implements the dice mechanic are not issues about how generalizable or adaptable it is.

[Dalin]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Since 1992, I've run 35 campaigns of lengths from six months to several years (I started my longest-running one in 2014). Of those, 15 have been in GURPS, in varied genres: classic science fiction, modern fantasy, postapocalyptic, weird, contemporary science fiction (mixed with mystery and with cosmic horror), swashbuckling, mythic fantasy, supers, caper, alternate history, historical fantasy, and steampunk/planetary romance. I've found it quite adaptable.

I've enjoyed reading about your creative campaigns since the old Pyramid forums. Have you kept a running list of them, perhaps with the blurbs from your campaign prospectuses? I'd love to see such a thing if it exists. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a GURPS supplement called The Campaigns of William H. Stoddard.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Dalin

I've enjoyed reading about your creative campaigns since the old Pyramid forums. Have you kept a running list of them, perhaps with the blurbs from your campaign prospectuses? I'd love to see such a thing if it exists. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to buy a GURPS supplement called The Campaigns of William H. Stoddard.

I don't have all of the campaign prospectuses; I didn't keep them around at the start. I could certainly do a list of the campaigns I've run over the past quarter century, though not right at this moment; I need to catch a bus. . . .