Old Books; still great

[Johnny Angel]

Originally Posted by Cernig

Just how difficult would it be to add a "converting to 4e" section to each 3e PDF on e23?

Probably not difficult; however, if I had to guess, it's still easier to simply have one pdf which is -again- free than add more content to every other pdf.

IIRC though, some of the old books have been updated. In particular, I think GURPS Dragons now includes 4E updates.




I was a little uneasy about picking up 3rd Edition books because I wasn't quite sure what to expect, and -not being familiar with 3E at all- I was unsure how much work it would be for me to update the old material. It did take some work, but it was fairly easy overall.

My biggest obstacle was/is trying to figure out how exactly 4E's damage reduction figures (i.e. PD) convert to GURPS 4th Edition.


Even not considering the plethora of crunch, the information concerning ecology and things of that nature made the books almost a steal at the price I bought them for. I highly recommend both of them as companion pieces to a GURPS 4th Edition collection; I'd even recommend them to someone who plays other game systems.

[mib2932]

Originally Posted by Johnny Angel

Probably not difficult; however, if I had to guess, it's still easier to simply have one pdf which is -again- free than add more content to every other pdf.

You mean something like this?

[Johnny Angel]

Originally Posted by mib2932

You mean something like this?

That's the pdf I mentioned in my OP, so yes.

[Cernig]

Yeah, but that one pdf currently really only covers characters, not weapons, vehicles, robots, magic or any of the one to a dozen things in each WorldBook that would need to be written as 4e powers. I'd personally be more inclined to shell out money for old 3e books if I had afreebie pdf chapter with it giving me what I need to know to use all of that book in 4e, rather than go to the time and hassle of doing it myself.

Having said that - yes, I've shelled out for 3e pdf's on occasions. I'd just be more inclined to do so if they each came with a book-specific update.

[Archangel Beth]

Originally Posted by Johnny Angel

IIRC though, some of the old books have been updated. In particular, I think GURPS Dragons now includes 4E updates.

GURPS Dragons was always 3e/4e split -- it was made so close to the change to 4th edition that they decided to put both stats in it.

I can't think of any old books that got updated with only new stats, off the top of my head. (Well, arguably GURPS Magic, but I don't think that's what you mean. O:> )