Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

Personally I think that SJG should use Web-Enhancement for such things. They would:

• shut down complaints
• tease customers
• avoid repetition in books (wasted pages)
• be updated to match latest products

If they can't, I prefer a little bit of overlap. You shouldn't need lots of books to run a campaign. What strikes me as odd is that they used two different stances for Space and Fantasy.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

WhsWhs rocks.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

I like the idea... but SJG has not gone this route... no harm in suggesting it, I suppose.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

What's even odder is that the decisions seem to have been made by the authors.

Does anyone remember the order in which Ultra-Tech and Space were playtested? I'm wondering whether the original intent was to release Ultra-Tech first. Magic came out only a month after Fantasy, so it's also possible that Ultra-Tech was expected to be released second, but much closer in time. Releasing Interstellar Wars before either one is also kind of a weird decision.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

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Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

The Space playtest was late last year, IIRC. The UT playtest was not too long after 4e came out, so about a year before the Space one.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

I understand SJG not wanting to repeat rule when necessary. I seen to recall much complaining about the overlap in BASIC SET: Campaigns and IW. You just can’t make everyone happy.

The tone of this review made me feel a bit like the author was irritated he couldn’t bash it more.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

"Unfortunately." Make of that what you will. It suffices to say that we did kind of plan for the tech book to be in place first . . .

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

OTOH, repeated material means, in theory, fewer books one has to carry around to gaming sessions or have at the table. I didn't mind Cyberpunk repeating the TL8 chapter from Ultra-Tech -- it means I didn't have to carry Cyberpunk *and* Ultra-Tech with me. In general, I don't like to carry more than 3-4 books with me as GM.

Re: Reviewer gives GURPS Space substance 3 out of 5
 

Bah! Carrying books builds character. I remember in the old days we had to lug around all these stone tablets that the first RPGs were inscribed on. AND we had to make our own dice from painstakingly carved ivory wrested from the mighty mammoths...the youth of today...