GURPS Boardgame Aspects

Hurinironhammer · 07-13-2013, 12:44 PM

I have always been interested in that part of GURPS which said that it could be used as a stand alone board game of man to man combat. Melee/Wizard The Fantasy Trip was my second RPG system (yes, Melee/Wizard were not really RPG's in and of themselves) and I loved it. TFT was a blast! When a friend told me that GURPS was similar I always intended to take a look at it, but never did, playing a lot of ICE's Middle Earth Roleplaying, Star Fleet Battles, and eventually OGRE MINIATURES. I bought GURPS 3E specifically for the OGRE GURPS supplement. My hope was to play a BATTLESUIT like miniatures game, using various GW and Starship Trooper minis, since, sadly, there are no Cardboard Heroes for GURPS OGRE. Never quite worked it out to completion for a variety of reasons. The point of this post is to ask if anyone else has focused on the board game aspects of the GURPS and if they have what settings do they use, and what support materials, miniatures, house rules, or whatever they utilize. Just curious.

07-13-2013, 12:44 PM	#1
Hurinironhammer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Somehwere in Missouri	GURPS Boardgame Aspects I have always been interested in that part of GURPS which said that it could be used as a stand alone board game of man to man combat. Melee/Wizard The Fantasy Trip was my second RPG system (yes, Melee/Wizard were not really RPG's in and of themselves) and I loved it. TFT was a blast! When a friend told me that GURPS was similar I always intended to take a look at it, but never did, playing a lot of ICE's Middle Earth Roleplaying, Star Fleet Battles, and eventually OGRE MINIATURES. I bought GURPS 3E specifically for the OGRE GURPS supplement. My hope was to play a BATTLESUIT like miniatures game, using various GW and Starship Trooper minis, since, sadly, there are no Cardboard Heroes for GURPS OGRE. Never quite worked it out to completion for a variety of reasons. The point of this post is to ask if anyone else has focused on the board game aspects of the GURPS and if they have what settings do they use, and what support materials, miniatures, house rules, or whatever they utilize. Just curious.