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GURPS Basic Set: Literary Connections & History

GURPS Basic Set is a role playing game publication written by Steve Jackson, Sean M. Punch, and David L. Pulver. The first edition GURPS Basic Set box was published in 1986, a standalone third edition book in 1988, and a hardcover, two-volume fourth edition in 2004.

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GURPS Basic Set topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections and History as prominent areas in the source structure around GURPS Basic Set.

Related topics
29
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
33
Extracted relationships
79
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
33

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.

Contents · 10 topics
Reception · 9 topics
Publication history · 6 topics
Overview · 4 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 · Sean M. Punch · David L. Pulver
Genres
Universal
Publication
1986 (first edition) · 1987 (second edition) · 1988 (third edition) · 2004 (fourth edition)
Publishers
Steve Jackson Games
Systems
GURPS fourth Edition

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.

Overview

Contents

Publication history

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

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How GURPS Basic Set connects Entity context

The extracted context around GURPS Basic Set shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, GURPS Basic Set → All, Basic Set, Campaigns, Character Creation, Characters, Combat, Eight, GM, GURPS, GURPS Compendium, GURPS Compendium II, Many, Steve Jackson Games, The, The GURPS Basic Set Another extracted example is GURPS Basic Set → DeWolfe, GURPS, In, It, Its, Marcus, Michael DeWolfe, November, Playability, Rowland, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No, The, While, White Dwarf. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

GURPS Basic Set

Top relations

related to Fourth edition · 15
GURPS Basic Set → All, Basic Set, Campaigns, Character Creation, Characters, Combat, Eight, GM, GURPS, GURPS Compendium, GURPS Compendium II, Many, Steve Jackson Games, The, The GURPS Basic Set
related to Reception · 14
GURPS Basic Set → DeWolfe, GURPS, In, It, Its, Marcus, Michael DeWolfe, November, Playability, Rowland, Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No, The, While, White Dwarf
related to history · 13
GURPS Basic Set → Basic Set, Caravan, Creede Lambard, Denis Loubet, Ein Arris, In, Michael Presley, Origins, Sharleen Lambard, Steve Jackson, Steve Jackson Games, The, The GURPS Basic Set
related to Awards and nominations · 10
GURPS Basic Set → Best Role-playing Game, Best RPG, Fame, GURPS Basic, In, It, Origins Award, Paper Fan Award, Pen, RPG Hall
related to Third edition · 9
GURPS Basic Set → Compendium, GURPS, GURPS Classic, If, It, Reviewers, Steve Jackson Game, The, Third Edition
related to External links · 7
GURPS Basic Set → Campaigns, Characters, Edition, GURPS, Review, RPGnet, Steve Jackson Games
Publication · 4
GURPS Basic Set → 1986 (first edition), 1987 (second edition), 1988 (third edition), 2004 (fourth edition)
Designers · 3
GURPS Basic Set → David L. Pulver, Sean M. Punch, Steve Jackson
Genres · 1
GURPS Basic Set → Universal
Publishers · 1
GURPS Basic Set → Steve Jackson Games

Important terminology

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Important terminology

gurps basic set edition third game steve jackson fourth system published 1988 first 1986 games second publication character characters rules

GURPS Basic Set relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 79 structured relationships around GURPS Basic Set. Examples in this analysis include GURPS Basic Set → Designers → Steve Jackson and GURPS Basic Set → Designers → Sean M. Punch. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GURPS Basic SetDesignersSteve Jackson1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetDesignersSean M. Punch1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetDesignersDavid L. Pulver1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetGenresUniversal1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetPublication1986 (first edition)1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetPublication1987 (second edition)1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetPublication1988 (third edition)1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetPublication2004 (fourth edition)1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetPublishersSteve Jackson Games1.00infobox
GURPS Basic SetSystemsGURPS fourth Edition1.00infobox
GURPS Basic Setis arole playing game publication written by Steve Jackson0.90text
GURPS Basic Setrelated to Awards and nominationsIn0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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

  • GURPS Basic Set
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    • Gurps
    • Edition
    • Third
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • System
    • Published
    • Games
    • Reviewed
    • Combat
  • gurps basic set
    • Set
    • Gurps
    • Edition
    • Third
    • Published
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • System
    • Reviewed
    • Rules
    • Games
  • role playing game
    • New
    • Supplements
    • Characters
    • Set
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • Gurps
    • Dewolfe
    • Origins
    • Publication
    • Combat
    • Character
  • gurps
    • Set
    • Edition
    • Third
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • System
    • Published
    • Games
    • Reviewed
    • First
    • Game
  • gurps fantasy
    • Set
    • Edition
    • Dewolfe
    • Michael
    • Third
    • Combat
    • Games
    • Reviewed
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • System
  • steve jackson games
    • Steve
    • Games
    • Jackson
    • Publication
    • Fourth
    • Sean
    • Published
    • Fantasy
    • First
    • Edition
    • Pulver
    • Set
  • gurps compendium i: character creation
    • Set
    • Edition
    • Third
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • Combat
    • System
    • Characters
    • First
    • Published
    • Games
  • gurps compendium ii: combat and campaigns
    • Set
    • Edition
    • Third
    • Fantasy
    • Released
    • Fourth
    • Jackson
    • Steve
    • Rules
    • System
    • Published
    • Games

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For GURPS Basic Set, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects GURPS Basic Set with Contents. 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 Basic Set — Contents · splits 23 ⟂ 11
GURPS Basic Set — Reception · splits 24 ⟂ 10
GURPS Basic Set — Publication history · splits 27 ⟂ 7
GURPS Basic Set — Overview · splits 29 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

GURPS Basic Set

Nodes34
Edges33
Triples79
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.058824
Components1

Source & methodology

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

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

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