GURPS

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GURPS topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Development and publication and Mechanics of the game as prominent areas in the source structure around GURPS.

Related topics: 90
Source areas: 8
Connected nodes: 98
Extracted relationships: 178
Concept neighborhoods: 31
Bridge connections: 98

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Development and publication · 25 topics

Mechanics of the game · 16 topics

Precursors · 15 topics

Overview · 10 topics

Licensed works · 8 topics

Reception · 8 topics

Concept · 5 topics

Reviews · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Designers: Steve Jackson
Genres: Universal
Publication: 1985 (Man to Man) · 1986 (1st and 2nd editions) · 1988 (3rd edition) · 2004 (4th edition)
Publishers: Steve Jackson Games
Systems: GURPS

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Concept

Champions Champions (role-playing game)
C. J. Carella
Robin Laws
S. John Ross S. John Ross (game designer)
Steffan O'Sullivan

Mechanics of the game

Character points Character point
NPCs Non-player character
GURPS Monsters
Attributes Attribute (role-playing games)
Tables Mathematical table
Formulae Formula
GURPS Bio-Tech
Skills Skill (role-playing)
Acrobatics
Medieval
Fighter jet Fighter aircraft
Dice
Standard dice notation Dice notation
"average roll" Median
Criticals Critical hit
Hit Points Hit point

Licensed works

Interplay Interplay Productions
Nuclear war Nuclear warfare
Role-playing video game
Fallout Fallout (computer game)
SPECIAL System
Brian Fargo
GURPS for Dummies For Dummies
ISBN ISBN (identifier)

Reception

Abyss Abyss (magazine)
Dave Nalle
Marcus L. Rowland
White Dwarf White Dwarf (magazine)
The Games Machine
The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games
Rick Swan
Black Gate Black Gate (magazine)

Reviews

Casus Belli Casus Belli (magazine)
Breakout Breakout (magazine)
Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How GURPS connects Entity context

The extracted context around GURPS shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, GURPS → By April, Dallas, Dexterity, Fantasy Combat, Great Unnamed Universal Role-Playing, In, Intelligence, Jackson, Labyrinth, Man, Melee, Metagaming Concepts, Orcslayer, Origins, Several, Steve Jackson's, Strength, System, TFT, The Another extracted example is GURPS → Advanced Dungeons, American Old West, Another, Attempts, Basic Role-Playing, Boot Hill, Chaosium, Dragons, Dungeons, Each, For, Gamma World, Gangbusters, Hero Games, Hero System, Prior, Roaring Twenties, RPGs, Star Frontiers, Top Secret. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Development and publication · 22

GURPS → By April, Dallas, Dexterity, Fantasy Combat, Great Unnamed Universal Role-Playing, In, Intelligence, Jackson, Labyrinth, Man, Melee, Metagaming Concepts, Orcslayer, Origins, Several, Steve Jackson's, Strength, System, TFT, The

related to Precursors · 21

GURPS → Advanced Dungeons, American Old West, Another, Attempts, Basic Role-Playing, Boot Hill, Chaosium, Dragons, Dungeons, Each, For, Gamma World, Gangbusters, Hero Games, Hero System, Prior, Roaring Twenties, RPGs, Star Frontiers, Top Secret

related to Licensed works · 18

GURPS → Adam Griffith, Bjoern-Erik Hartsfvang, Brian Fargo, Dummies, Fallout, He, Interplay, ISBN, Jackson, Late, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, SPECIAL System, Stuart, Stuple, The, Wikisource-logo

related to Combat · 17

GURPS → After, Attack, Attacks, Basic Speed, Characters, Combat, Failure, For, Free, GM, Guns, Innate Attacks, Like, Melee, Ranged, Similarly, There

related to Reception · 14

GURPS → Abyss, Adventuring, Dave Nalle, For, GMing, I'm, In, In Issue, Marcus, Nalle, Rowland, There, While, White Dwarf

related to Character advantages and disadvantages · 12

GURPS → Advantages, Disadvantages, Game Masters, Perks, Quirks, Reputation, Selecting Disadvantages, Status, The, There, These, Wealth

related to Damage and defenses · 12

GURPS → Damage, Different, Edition, Health, Hit Points, Like, Purely, RPGs, ST, Strength, The, When

related to Concept · 11

GURPS → Champions, Dragons, Dungeons, GURPS's, In, Its, Jackson, Melee, Role-playing, The Hero System, Wizard

related to Success rolls · 10

GURPS → An, Game Master, GM, If, In, Instead, Making, RPG, RPGs, There

related to Character points · 8

GURPS → For, Full-fledged, Game Master, GURPS Monsters, Harvester, In, Normal NPCs, The

Important terminology

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Important terminology

character game skills points system skill rules characters games players level advantages player role-playing roll disadvantages jackson based published also

GURPS relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 178 structured relationships around GURPS. Examples in this analysis include GURPS → Designers → Steve Jackson and GURPS → Genres → Universal. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
GURPS	Designers	Steve Jackson	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Genres	Universal	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Publication	1985 (Man to Man)	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Publication	1986 (1st and 2nd editions)	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Publication	1988 (3rd edition)	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Publication	2004 (4th edition)	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Publishers	Steve Jackson Games	1.00	infobox
GURPS	Systems	GURPS	1.00	infobox
GURPS	is a	reverse of the mechanics of most other RPGs	0.90	text
GURPS	is a	promising game in many ways	0.90	text
GURPS	is a	very cool idea	0.90	text
GURPS Discworld	instance of	This limited ruleset was also included with various books	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around GURPS bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include System, Game and Games. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

GURPS
- System
- Game
- Games
- Rules
- Role-playing
- Character
- Players
- Steve
- Combat
- Basic
- Genre
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- Games
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- Role-playing
- Jackson
- System
- Gurps
- Steve
- Published
- Character
- Genre
- Many
- Skills
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- Games
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- Set
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- Rules
- Systems
- Also
- Edition
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- Games
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- Rules
- Attributes
game master
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- Character
- Genre
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- Skills
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gurps basic set
- System
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- Attribute
- Role-playing
- Number
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- Damage
gurps martial arts
- System
- Game
- Games
- Rules
- Role-playing
- Character
- Players
- Steve
- Combat
- Basic
- Genre
- Many

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For GURPS, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects GURPS with Development and publication. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

GURPS — Development and publication · splits 73 ⟂ 26

GURPS — Mechanics of the game · splits 82 ⟂ 17

GURPS — Precursors · splits 83 ⟂ 16

GURPS — Overview · splits 88 ⟂ 11

GURPS — Licensed works · splits 90 ⟂ 9

GURPS — Reception · splits 90 ⟂ 9

GURPS — Concept · splits 93 ⟂ 6

GURPS — Reviews · splits 95 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

GURPS

Nodes99

Edges98

Triples178

Avg. degree1.98

Density0.020202

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around GURPS to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Development and publication & Mechanics of the game, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — GURPS · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout