Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board

xandarr2000 · 10-26-2018, 09:02 AM

Hi there, I was trying to find local GURPS games in Colorado area. I found a message board (http://www.denvergurps.com/forum/) that appears fairly active for GURPS gamers in Colorado but it appears to not be open for new members to join. I am hoping maybe just maybe members of this group check in here on the SJ Games forums. I have been roleplaying since 1982, but majority of my experience has been with D&D, MERP, Rolemaster and Runequest. GURPS has always eluded me simply due to not having the time to sit down and properly absorb the rules, something that I am rectifying currently due to being retired now. I am hoping to actually find a game to be a player in for awhile before once more resuming my normal position behind the screen.

This is mainly to both learn the system (I have minor brain damage from Multiple Sclerosis that makes intake of new information challenging and generally requires me to DO something several times in order to retain it) and to meet other long time GURPS players that can perhaps point me in the right direction for some of the past products as well.

Thanks for any information!

Mark Skarr · 10-26-2018, 11:24 AM

Welcome to Denver.

Hey, I'm one of the members of the Denver GURPS Forum. As are Gold & Appel, Inc and TSHiggins.

Gold & Appel, Inc is also one of the moderators of that fora so you'll probably want to reach out to him.

We had a huge problem with spambots joining up and the owner of the board had to lock down registration.

Most of my gaming now takes place on-line via Discord and TableTop Simulator as I have gamers here in Denver, New Mexico and Florida now.

xandarr2000 · 10-26-2018, 02:49 PM

Ahh I am up in the tri-town area in between Denver and Boulder and Fort Collins. I looked all over the forum and could not find any way to contact the owner of the forum. No one had an active email link, which viewing the aforementioned spambot situation makes a lot more sense.

~~evileeyore~~ · 10-26-2018, 05:07 PM

This is tshiggins campaign report here; Facets.

You can pm him and G&AI through their profiles.

Mark Skarr · 10-27-2018, 10:48 AM

I'm out in Aurora, so way south of you. TSHiggins and Gold & Appel Inc are in Denver, proper. I'm not sure of anyone in the Boulder/Fort Collins area.

tshiggins · 10-28-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

I'm out in Aurora, so way south of you. TSHiggins and Gold & Appel Inc are in Denver, proper. I'm not sure of anyone in the Boulder/Fort Collins area.

I'm in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood, which is not a bad drive and easily accessible. It's not inconsequential, though.

Dammann · 10-29-2018, 02:43 AM

I’m in Ft Collins. There are at least a couple groups up here, and far more players than GMs. I never have too much trouble finding players, but finding a game...

I think I registered for that forum, but I have had so much luck finding players, I have never been active on the forum.

xandarr2000 · 10-29-2018, 04:11 PM

This is a total gear shift for me. I have run D&D for a very very long time. I have owned various GURPS editions, but have had a lot of difficulties fielding a group. Part of this was due to my being in the military for a large portion of those years, now its just location honestly, and I am slightly handicapped which limits how safe I feel driving. Denver or Ft Collins is not bad drives, even Aurora for that matter. Colorado Springs is a bit too far as is Parker.

I spend a ton of time at Black & Read in Arvada which has a wonderful used GURPS selection. In the end, for many reasons, I am done supporting WotC because of their numerous decisions over the last couple of years that have really hurt small brick and mortar stores. So, I decided to just cut ties entirely, which now has me transferring a fantasy world with 32 years of history tied to it slowly over to GURPS. Since a lot of the creatures are customized to the setting that makes it especially important I get the nuts and bolts down. Just transferring characters from my home campaign over to GURPS has been pretty challenging.

I had to choose between two systems Hackmaster new edition versus GURPS. In the end, the idea one set of rules could be applied to anything won out. Now, I just have to work past my own mental limitations which are impeded by a brain injury from MS. My long term memory is great but my short term for intake and retention is the part that is wonky. I have been working with the VA to develop learning strategies to combat this, but man learning GURPS is a monumental task.

Refplace · 10-29-2018, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by xandarr2000

Just transferring characters from my home campaign over to GURPS has been pretty challenging.

I had to choose between two systems Hackmaster new edition versus GURPS. In the end, the idea one set of rules could be applied to anything won out. Now, I just have to work past my own mental limitations which are impeded by a brain injury from MS. My long term memory is great but my short term for intake and retention is the part that is wonky. I have been working with the VA to develop learning strategies to combat this, but man learning GURPS is a monumental task.

If you need help a lot of conversions have been done and many are willing to help when they are familiar with the system being converted.

Gold & Appel Inc · 01-24-2019, 03:07 PM

I hope you're enjoying Denver! Sorry that it took me so long to get back to you about this. It was because, ironically for this thread, I have moved away from Denver for various reasons. This will hopefully be temporary, and we have done at least one game in which a player was telepresent (the Cyberpunk one, fittingly). I enjoy this group very much because we have multiple people who can and will GM, so everybody gets to play, too. To get registrations unlocked for a few minutes, log on to our forum as a guest and PM Christopher.

10-26-2018, 09:02 AM	#1
xandarr2000 Join Date: Oct 2018	Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board Hi there, I was trying to find local GURPS games in Colorado area. I found a message board (http://www.denvergurps.com/forum/) that appears fairly active for GURPS gamers in Colorado but it appears to not be open for new members to join. I am hoping maybe just maybe members of this group check in here on the SJ Games forums. I have been roleplaying since 1982, but majority of my experience has been with D&D, MERP, Rolemaster and Runequest. GURPS has always eluded me simply due to not having the time to sit down and properly absorb the rules, something that I am rectifying currently due to being retired now. I am hoping to actually find a game to be a player in for awhile before once more resuming my normal position behind the screen. This is mainly to both learn the system (I have minor brain damage from Multiple Sclerosis that makes intake of new information challenging and generally requires me to DO something several times in order to retain it) and to meet other long time GURPS players that can perhaps point me in the right direction for some of the past products as well. Thanks for any information!

10-26-2018, 11:24 AM	#2
Mark Skarr Forum Pervert (If you have to ask . . .) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere high up.	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board Welcome to Denver. Hey, I'm one of the members of the Denver GURPS Forum. As are Gold & Appel, Inc and TSHiggins. Gold & Appel, Inc is also one of the moderators of that fora so you'll probably want to reach out to him. We had a huge problem with spambots joining up and the owner of the board had to lock down registration. Most of my gaming now takes place on-line via Discord and TableTop Simulator as I have gamers here in Denver, New Mexico and Florida now.

10-26-2018, 02:49 PM	#3
xandarr2000 Join Date: Oct 2018	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board Ahh I am up in the tri-town area in between Denver and Boulder and Fort Collins. I looked all over the forum and could not find any way to contact the owner of the forum. No one had an active email link, which viewing the aforementioned spambot situation makes a lot more sense.

10-26-2018, 05:07 PM	#4
~~evileeyore~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: 100 hurricane swamp	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board This is tshiggins campaign report here; Facets. You can pm him and G&AI through their profiles.

10-27-2018, 10:48 AM	#5
Mark Skarr Forum Pervert (If you have to ask . . .) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere high up.	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board I'm out in Aurora, so way south of you. TSHiggins and Gold & Appel Inc are in Denver, proper. I'm not sure of anyone in the Boulder/Fort Collins area.

10-29-2018, 02:43 AM	#7
Dammann Join Date: May 2011	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board I’m in Ft Collins. There are at least a couple groups up here, and far more players than GMs. I never have too much trouble finding players, but finding a game... I think I registered for that forum, but I have had so much luck finding players, I have never been active on the forum.

10-29-2018, 04:11 PM	#8
xandarr2000 Join Date: Oct 2018	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board This is a total gear shift for me. I have run D&D for a very very long time. I have owned various GURPS editions, but have had a lot of difficulties fielding a group. Part of this was due to my being in the military for a large portion of those years, now its just location honestly, and I am slightly handicapped which limits how safe I feel driving. Denver or Ft Collins is not bad drives, even Aurora for that matter. Colorado Springs is a bit too far as is Parker. I spend a ton of time at Black & Read in Arvada which has a wonderful used GURPS selection. In the end, for many reasons, I am done supporting WotC because of their numerous decisions over the last couple of years that have really hurt small brick and mortar stores. So, I decided to just cut ties entirely, which now has me transferring a fantasy world with 32 years of history tied to it slowly over to GURPS. Since a lot of the creatures are customized to the setting that makes it especially important I get the nuts and bolts down. Just transferring characters from my home campaign over to GURPS has been pretty challenging. I had to choose between two systems Hackmaster new edition versus GURPS. In the end, the idea one set of rules could be applied to anything won out. Now, I just have to work past my own mental limitations which are impeded by a brain injury from MS. My long term memory is great but my short term for intake and retention is the part that is wonky. I have been working with the VA to develop learning strategies to combat this, but man learning GURPS is a monumental task.

01-24-2019, 03:07 PM	#10
Gold & Appel Inc Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: One Mile Up	Re: Looking for members of Colorado GURPS board I hope you're enjoying Denver! Sorry that it took me so long to get back to you about this. It was because, ironically for this thread, I have moved away from Denver for various reasons. This will hopefully be temporary, and we have done at least one game in which a player was telepresent (the Cyberpunk one, fittingly). I enjoy this group very much because we have multiple people who can and will GM, so everybody gets to play, too. To get registrations unlocked for a few minutes, log on to our forum as a guest and PM Christopher.