In which the Gentleman Gamer reviews the GURPS Fourth Edition Basic Set by Steve Jackson Games. The Basic Set comprises of two books; Characters and Campaigns, and while one is ostensibly a player’s guide and the other a book for the GM, both are excellent resources and well worth the price of admission.

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GURPS has been the premiere universal roleplaying game for almost two decades. The current Fourth Edition makes it even better!

With GURPS, you can be anyone you want – an elf hero fighting for the forces of good, a shadowy femme fatale on a deep-cover mission, a futuristic swashbuckler carving up foes with a force sword in his hand and a beautiful woman by his side . . . or literally anything else!

GURPS Basic Set: Characters combines material from the Third Edition GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Compendium I, plus hundreds of new and updated rules! This 336-page, full-color hardcover contains everything you need to create and play a GURPS Fourth Edition character.

336 pages. Hardcover.  Suggested Retail Price $39.95
Stock number 01-0001  ISBN 1-55634-729-4

GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns combines information from the Third Edition GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Compendium II – plus the new core setting, with infinite possibilities for timeline-hopping adventure! (You don’t have to play in the core setting – there isn’t some game-altering metaplot – but it’s there if you want it.) This 240-page, full-color PDF contains everything a GM needs to create and run a GURPS Fourth Edition campaign.

240 pages. Hardcover.  Suggested Retail Price $34.95
Stock number 01-0002  ISBN 978-1-55634-730-6

Written by Steve Jackson, Sean Punch, and David L. Pulver
Edited by Andrew Hackard and Steve Jackson

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I've been playing games all my life, and within the last ten years have really taken to tabletop role-playing games. Since 2009 I've been reviewing them on YouTube and now I find myself reviewing RPGs for 2d6 as well! Good times lay ahead.

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