George RR Martin on GURPS

[mhd]

Originally Posted by zuldan

if he likes gurps so much why didnt gurps, stg, get the rights to produce a supplement for his books in the gurps system. instead of green ronin games?

Guardians of Order, actually. They did a (award-winning?) D20 version before – huge book, quite well usable as a source book. But they went under, and so Green Ronin came when the license was offered again…

I bet SJG coulda been a contender, too. But these days, licensed games aren't that great at earning money – especially "hot" ones (i.e. where the licensed material is selling *right now*, as opposed to e.g. stuff like GURPS New Sun or Riverworld). Not that it ever was that much better, considering how much luck stuff like Star Wars brought their respective companies. Apparently even a relative giant like WotC couldn't make enough money out of that one…

[robkelk]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

Who is George RR Martin and why should I care?

He's an author and member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. He's won four Hugos, two Nebulas, six Locus, and many lesser-known awards for his work.

[Ronnke]

I just saw this and thought it was pretty cool. Does anyone know if the full interview is available anywhere?

[Trixbat]

"Malazan Book of the Fallen" back when it was especially popular would have seemed a natural fit for GURPS - the author even said it was based on their own GURPS campaign... Pity that for some reason a license wasn't possible.

Walter Jon Williams has even mentioned GURPS in some of his novels; pity that the only stuff he licensed went to R. Talsorian.