Alternatives to GURPS? Other tabletop RPGs to try?

mook · 07-23-2020, 10:17 AM

You may also be surprised at just how easy it is to run GURPS as a more "Fate-like" game. Officially, there are a few gems to help with this -- the Action series, Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys, the Template Toolkits -- but basically just use range bands, much simpler +/- modifier lists, metacurrency and lots of wildcard skills, you're off.

The nice thing about this is, it's still GURPS, so when you play that gritty post-apocalyptic game down the road where every bullet and liter of water matters, you don't have to change systems, just tweak a few dials.

07-23-2020, 10:17 AM	#14
mook Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles	Re: Alternatives to GURPS? Other tabletop RPGs to try? You may also be surprised at just how easy it is to run GURPS as a more "Fate-like" game. Officially, there are a few gems to help with this -- the Action series, Power-Ups 5: Impulse Buys, the Template Toolkits -- but basically just use range bands, much simpler +/- modifier lists, metacurrency and lots of wildcard skills, you're off. The nice thing about this is, it's still GURPS, so when you play that gritty post-apocalyptic game down the road where every bullet and liter of water matters, you don't have to change systems, just tweak a few dials. __________________ How to Be a GURPS GM, author Game Geekery, Blog (GURPS combat examples, fillable PDF sheets, rules summaries, campaigns and one-shots, beginners' intro) GURPS Discord, unofficial hangout and real-time chat