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Old 02-16-2021, 01:02 PM   #3
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Default Re: will there be a 5th edition for gurps?

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post

Lack of need. Fourth Edition is holding up rather well, and worthwhile supplements are continuing to be produced. The early 2020 printing of the Basic Set added some useful rules that have appeared in supplements.

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SJ Game are also not keen on "edition churn", creating a new edition of a game simply to stimulate fans to buy it all over again. That's laudable.

There is significant fan support for GURPS. The commonest activity is blogging, and the GURPSday feed at Gaming Ballistic is a good place to find out what's happening. My own contribution is co-editing a fanzine, The Path Of Cunning (link in signature) with RogerBW.

There are also third-party publishers: Gaming Ballistic publishes licensed supplements for the GURPS-based Dungeon Fantasy RPG, and the Prime Directive RPG from Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. does classic Star Trek under GURPS.
Agreed. Unless there is something that is agreed to be missing from GURPS 4E, our 4E supplements are all working just fine, thanks. Even the switch to 4E from 3E wasn't really as big of a change as many other systems. At most, I would welcome a 4E supplement with tricks and house rules that people use (although a lot of those ideas are available online anyhow)

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