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Old 02-28-2021, 05:30 AM   #1
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With GURPS Realm Management expected to be released in March (GURPS News email) I was wondering what would I expect to be in it. Thanks
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Old 02-28-2021, 11:54 AM   #2
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With GURPS Realm Management expected to be released in March (GURPS News email) I was wondering what would I expect to be in it. Thanks
That's not a simple question. There is a lot in it.

One thing I've been saying over and over and over to try and manage expectations is this: It is a roleplaying tool much like Mass Combat or Boardrooms and Curia. When I was coming up with the system I made a hard design choice that it would not be a economic simulator nor would it be a "bean-counting" system. It's meant to give players whose characters are "in charge" (for whatever that means) a method to see how well they are doing ruling.

It does describe a realm in a "character sheet" format. It has stats for things like how educated the general populous is or what the infrastructure is like or how wealthy it is. But those are just a few things. There is lots more information describing a realm since it interacts with the conflict-resolution system for realms (which is called "The Wheel") as well as other events.

That's really all that can be said at the moment without more targeted questions.
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Old 02-28-2021, 12:14 PM   #3
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It does describe a realm in a "character sheet" format. It has stats for things like how educated the general populous is or what the infrastructure is like or how wealthy it is. But those are just a few things. There is lots more information describing a realm since it interacts with the conflict-resolution system for realms (which is called "The Wheel") as well as other events.
Chris, are you at liberty to say whether or not Realm Management's gears mesh with GURPS City Stats?
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Chris, are you at liberty to say whether or not Realm Management's gears mesh with GURPS City Stats?
I reference it here and there. I borrowed some mechanics and expanded on them for certain things like Military Resources for realms


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Cool--looking forward to the release. Thanks, Christopher!
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Cool--looking forward to the release. Thanks, Christopher!
Me too. It was the hardest thing I've done to date and it took almost 2 years from inception to release so I hope people enjoy it and use it in their games. :-)
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