Converting material from other systems

[panton41]

I know one of the great benefits that people tout about GURPS is how easy it is to convert material from other systems into it. At least that's the theory. In practice how easy is it really?

I've found it difficult enough that it's easier to use another system's published adventure as inspiration rather than convert it outright. With settings I've found it easier to make the setting fit GURPS than vice versa, even if that means breaking some long-standing assumptions the other system provided. (Not always for the worse, though, but not always for the better, either.)