[Sell me] Non-combat GURPS titles?

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

On another forum I got into a discussion on violence in TTRPGs, and now I'm trying to think how to do that in GURPS. Since one of the standard help techniques of this forum is to recommend products, I'm going to straight up ask which ones people recommend.

The idea isn't to make violence undesirable. I'm looking specifically for products that will be a help setting up and running activities where no one is expected to be physically hurt (accidents happen). Anything else is fine: exploration, social encounters, non-violent competitions, etc.

Thank you for your time.

[Refplace]

Social Engineering helps set up all kinds of social interaction, several supplements to it as well.
Its easy enough to set up a campaign or genre where violence is discouraged, especially if healing or medical care is limited.
GURPS Mysteries helps with detective stories.

A social campaign requires different GM skills than a combat focused one but pretty much any genre could work for you.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

Originally Posted by Refplace

A social campaign requires different GM skills than a combat focused one....

Considering my combat-focused ones weren't rousing successes, if I'm bad at social ones it's only a lateral move.

[whswhs]

GURPS Locations: Worminghall could work as a fantasy campaign setting with minimal violence; its emphasis is on the training of student mages. In a way it's ancestral to GURPS Social Engineering: Back to School.

Various other Locations titles also provide material that could be used for nonviolent campaigns.

There's usable material in GURPS Thaumatology. The chapter on Path and Book magic, in particular, is actually easier to use in a nonviolent campaign.

You might think about GURPS Horror. Not all horror turns on physical threats.

[SilvercatMoonpaw]

How about "Action: Exploits"? Is that any good for non-combat?

[Refplace]

Originally Posted by SilvercatMoonpaw

How about "Action: Exploits"? Is that any good for non-combat?

Yes. It covers a lot of cinematic action movie stuff and some of that does not involve violence or especially combat. It does have stuff for combat but the entire series is really focused on making things dramatic. Typically this involves shortcuts or quick rolls over lengthy tactical choices.
Exploits is probably the most useful item in the series for non-cinematic or other genres too.

When thinking about any GURPS book and if it would be useful to you I recommend downloading the free preview PDF which includes the table of contents.