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GURPS

The Generic Universal Role Playing System, or GURPS, is a tabletop role-playing game system published by Steve Jackson Games. The system is designed to run any genre using the same core mechanics. The core rules were first written by Steve Jackson and published in 1986, at a time when most such systems were story- or genre-specific. Since then, four…

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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

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GURPS

Nodes99
Edges98
Triples178
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020202
Components1

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GURPS

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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

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GURPSDesignersSteve Jackson1.00infobox
GURPSGenresUniversal1.00infobox
GURPSPublication1985 (Man to Man)1.00infobox
GURPSPublication1986 (1st and 2nd editions)1.00infobox
GURPSPublication1988 (3rd edition)1.00infobox
GURPSPublication2004 (4th edition)1.00infobox
GURPSPublishersSteve Jackson Games1.00infobox
GURPSSystemsGURPS1.00infobox
GURPSis areverse of the mechanics of most other RPGs0.90text
GURPSis apromising game in many ways0.90text
GURPSis avery cool idea0.90text
GURPS Discworldinstance ofThis limited ruleset was also included with various books0.80text

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