Has SJGames been working on GURPS 5th edition for 2 years, or is Steve just trolling?

[Taneli]

See the video for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqYPzIoOIMk&t=819s

[Taneli]

Somebody else pointed to the report to stakeholders (http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/) where this line was mentioned:

"Confidential unnumbered priority: Announce (maybe at Gen Con!) the Seekret Projekt that we have been working on for the past couple of years!"

Also it's good to note that Dr Kromm has been working on at least half a dozen different Seekret Projekts over time as per: https://dr-kromm.dreamwidth.org/272562.html for instance.

Dr Kromm being involved I think automatically means that it's GURPS related, right?

[TGLS]

Originally Posted by Taneli

Dr Kromm being involved I think automatically means that it's GURPS related, right?

Just because there are multiple projects referred to as secret projects doesn't mean that they're all the same secret project. I mean, given the whole "What do you want to see in a fifth edition" marketing stunt recently I am extremely skeptical anything resembling a fifth edition will be announced recently.

[Witchking]

Originally Posted by TGLS

Just because there are multiple projects referred to as secret projects doesn't mean that they're all the same secret project.

The references to 'sekreet projekts' might just mean that they have watched 'The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension' almost as many times as I.

That is a truly unhealthy number!

[Taneli]

Originally Posted by TGLS

Just because there are multiple projects referred to as secret projects doesn't mean that they're all the same secret project. I mean, given the whole "What do you want to see in a fifth edition" marketing stunt recently I am extremely skeptical anything resembling a fifth edition will be announced recently.

That is true, I am however sceptical about the "seekret projetks" not being about the same thing.

Oh well, whatever it is, I hope it's about GURPS, and that it'll be glorious!

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Taneli

That is true, I am however sceptical about the "seekret projetks" not being about the same thing.

Oh well, whatever it is, I hope it's about GURPS, and that it'll be glorious!

SJGames has a diverse product line and Gurps is a relatively small part of it. To be blunt they make more money from other things and Steve's labors in recent years have usually been on the non-Gurps parts.

One of Dr. Kromm's "sekrit projetks" could be any pdf release not fully announced or even teased by Author and Title. That's the secret part. When they are fully announced they aren't secret any more.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

I would think it makes more sense not to release a new edition so they can keep selling 4e products even to newbies.

[Stormcrow]

Originally Posted by TGLS

I mean, given the whole "What do you want to see in a fifth edition" marketing stunt recently I am extremely skeptical anything resembling a fifth edition will be announced recently.

If they've been secretly working on a new edition for two years, January of this year (the TikTok video) seems a bit late to be soliciting suggestions on what it should be like.

[Anders]

All good things come to those who wait... I doubt we'll be getting a 5th edition, but I've been wrong before.

[Michael Thayne]

Originally Posted by Taneli

See the video for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqYPzIoOIMk&t=819s

I've been assuming that one or more of Kromm's secret projects would be something along the lines of DFRPG or Girl Genius RPG, probably done via Kickstarter, but I confess watching that interview does make me wonder about a 5th edition—possibly something significantly simplified but obviously meatier than GURPS Lite.