Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e!

Proteus · 08-19-2020, 03:07 PM

Happy "sweet sixteen" to GURPS, 4th edition, released on this date in 2004!

Anders · 08-19-2020, 03:08 PM

Happy birthday!

Refplace · 08-19-2020, 04:30 PM

Yay! Happy Birthday!

Only 16 years?

Otaku · 08-19-2020, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Refplace

Yay! Happy Birthday!

Only 16 years?

I can't tell if it feels like it has been longer, or - since I've so rarely gotten a chance to play since 4e replaced 3e - nowhere near that long! XP

Happy birthday, 4e. :D

Phantasm · 08-19-2020, 04:56 PM

Our little set of twin hardcovers is old enough to drive. They grow up so fast. *sniff* Seems like only yesterday.... ;)

Happy Sweet Sixteen, GURPS 4e!

ProfessorDetective · 08-21-2020, 04:19 PM

Nice. You don't see a single edition of a game go that long anymore.

RyanW · 08-22-2020, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Otaku

I can't tell if it feels like it has been longer, or - since I've so rarely gotten a chance to play since 4e replaced 3e - nowhere near that long!

I was literally about to say the same thing. I think it's because I don't want to admit that I'm 16 years older.

On the other hand, the village elders tell me that people could once have actual face-to-face conversations without wearing masks, so our perception of time may have taken a beating in recent times.

Andrew Hackard · 08-22-2020, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Proteus

Happy "sweet sixteen" to GURPS, 4th edition, released on this date in 2004!

That was a fun Gen Con. A very busy Gen Con, too -- we sold almost 1,000 of the Deluxe Basic Set in the slip case (that's still on my game shelf of honor) plus I have no idea HOW many of the regular Basic Set books.

Still proud of those books, all these years later, and of the hard work the entire team put into making them happen.

Blind Mapmaker · 08-22-2020, 12:08 PM

Happy Birthday, 4th Edition!

I remember getting the Basic Set books singly - both because they were kind of expensive when I was a student and because they were still hard to get in Germany. Unfortunately, my go-to RPG store for GURPS products closed down soon after. I missed out on a lot of 1st printings for that reason alone.

But the books were really a revelation. The organisation and the colour-coding was so much better than the old Basic Set.

lordabdul · 08-23-2020, 05:30 PM

Happy birthday! I'm very pleased that GURPS is still going strong. My signed/limited edition 4e slipcase is all nice and cozy on my shelves, but my normal Basic Set books are all worn out. I also have a whole bunch of 3e books I still enjoy cracking open every now and then.

08-19-2020, 03:07 PM	#1
Proteus Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston, TX	Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Happy "sweet sixteen" to GURPS, 4th edition, released on this date in 2004! __________________ — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — - — Looking for a GURPS game in Houston, Texas.

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Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Happy birthday! __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius Author of Winged Folk. The GURPS Discord. Drop by and say hi!

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Refplace Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Yukon, OK	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Yay! Happy Birthday! Only 16 years? __________________ My GURPS publications GURPS Powers: Totem and Nature Spirits; GURPS Template Toolkit 4: Spirits; Pyramid articles. Buying them lets us know you want more! My GURPS fan contribution and blog: REFPLace GURPS Landing Page My List of GURPS You Tube videos (plus a few other useful items) My GURPS Wiki entries

08-19-2020, 04:56 PM	#5
Phantasm Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the road again...	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Our little set of twin hardcovers is old enough to drive. They grow up so fast. sniff Seems like only yesterday.... ;) Happy Sweet Sixteen, GURPS 4e! __________________ "Life ... is an Oreo cookie." - J'onn J'onzz, 1991 "But mom, I don't wanna go back in the dungeon!" The GURPS Marvel Universe Reboot Project A-G, H-R, and S-Z, and its not-a-wiki-really web adaptation. Ranoc, a Muskets-and-Magery Renaissance Fantasy Setting

08-21-2020, 04:19 PM	#6
ProfessorDetective Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Nice. You don't see a single edition of a game go that long anymore.

08-22-2020, 12:08 PM	#9
Blind Mapmaker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mannheim, Baden	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Happy Birthday, 4th Edition! I remember getting the Basic Set books singly - both because they were kind of expensive when I was a student and because they were still hard to get in Germany. Unfortunately, my go-to RPG store for GURPS products closed down soon after. I missed out on a lot of 1st printings for that reason alone. But the books were really a revelation. The organisation and the colour-coding was so much better than the old Basic Set. __________________ My GURPS and mapmaking blog: The Blind Mapmaker

08-23-2020, 05:30 PM	#10
lordabdul Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada	Re: Happy Birthday, GURPS 4e! Happy birthday! I'm very pleased that GURPS is still going strong. My signed/limited edition 4e slipcase is all nice and cozy on my shelves, but my normal Basic Set books are all worn out. I also have a whole bunch of 3e books I still enjoy cracking open every now and then.