This is a monthly r/GURPS thread for anything and everything related to your own campaigns. Tell us how you and your friends are making out. Update us on the progress of your game. Tell us about any issues you've run into and maybe we can help. Make suggestions for other players and GMs.

This is a monthly r/GURPS thread for anything and everything related to your own campaigns. Tell us how you and your friends are making out. Update us on the progress of your game. Tell us about any issues you've run into and maybe we can help. Make suggestions for other players and GMs.

I am a long time D&D dungeon master, who's finally getting to branch out with my groups to Pathfinder 2e/Starfinder 2e, GURPS 4th Edition, and Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e. I've been playing for over a decade at this point, but I've been possessed with an urge to play GURPS for the past 5 years. I'm on the east coast of the USA, Boston/Dorchester area.

I've long been fascinated by gurps and my wednesday group will be GURPS 4th Edition when they finish their 5e campaign tomorrow. I've been studying GURPS 4e like crazy, but I'd like to try playing it as a player, as I can expect running it is different than 5e DND, 3.5e DND, and Pathfinder/Starfinder. I bought a bunch of the books for my setting, including Biotech, High-Tech, Fantasy, Magic, and Ultra-Tech, as well as Campaigns and the Basic Set.

My setting is something I've been developing for over 13 years, so I chose the books the best I could. I love the way GURPS is oriented, and while the 3d6 system feels alien to me, I do get it.

I'd like to try playing GURPS a little bit as a player, since my own GURPS game as a Game Master won't happen for a few months. Is anyone in the business of teaching how to play or okay with me learning how to play with you? I take games I play pretty seriously, and I love the minutia of GURPS, so I can promise focus and the best effort forward.

I have Thursdays and Saturday evenings open, but I can also play around 12 noon EST in the USA and up until 7pm start time on most days of the week as I'm currently applying for a new job after an academic period.

Please let me know if you're willing to let me join for a while or I can arrange a time to get a lesson in playing or game mastering in this system.

I'm on discord, roll20, and foundry VTT.

Is there a VTT or VTT module that supports GURPS Lite, or even just GURPS with the basic combat, or can be configured as such? I checked out the Foundry module but it uses the full-blown "tactical" combat with hit locations and such, and I honestly don't need that.

Alternatively, a basic character tracker that can plug into Discord and automate dice rolls?

Estou querendo fazer uma dragão em GURPS, vou jogar uma campanha baseada em GoT e HotD, meu personagem é um domador de dragões, pensei em pegar a vanatgem Aliado para representar meu vínculo com meu dragão, ele deveria ter uma ficha própria? A perícia cavalgar poderia ser usada para montar um dragão?

Tenho algumas outras dúvidas, meu personagem é um príncipe, portanto o rei a rainha seriam seus pais, eles poderia ser considerados patronos po possuírem muito poder e dinheiro? Por ser um príncipe ele é teoricamente podre de rico mas como depende totalmente da coroa para ter dinheiro ele não deveria ser falido?

If you could run any published campaign with GURPS, what would you choose? I’ve run Arden Vul with Shadowdark but if I did it again it would be with GURPS. I’m also currently creating GURPS Midnight RPG adaptions. I just don’t know if I actually want to run either. I don’t really have the time or desire to create something original so I’d love suggestions on a published campaign.

Hi! I'm fairly new to GURPS, and I have a question:
I'm building a poisoner-type character, and a lot of it is subtle work. It's not combat-oriented, but more along the lines of someone who sneaks into someone's room and poisons their wine flask. However, that's not going to stop combat from happening, or having some kind of sneaky thing go wrong.

Obviously poison and maybe herb lore are useful, but would an Affliction advantage be useful? Would those work together or is it spending points on cross-purpose abilities?
Thanks!

I'm about to GM a GURPS adventure to some people some of whom already know the Hero System (and one of them is a strenuous supporter of HS). Since the two system have some similarities, I'd like to show off the best of GURPS, and especially its strong points with respect to the Hero System. I don't intend to be confrontational (“GURPS is better because...”), but just to show some thing that GURPS does better, or just does while HS doesn't (possibly without even mentioning it, just having them enjoying the new game).

Any suggestions?

Hello,

I have just added a new post to my campaign blog. This time I explore the Conservatory, a faction of psychics who control the only means of interstellar communication in the galaxy:

https://thewabatuckian.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/gurps-space-opera-psychics-local-411/

I want to run a Southern Appalachian themed game with a focus on conflicts ranging from fights against coal barrons to modern corporate exploitation to fighting the KKK. While primarily focused on the interwar Depression era, but it could range from the 1700s frontier to modern day. While not a primary component, there is room for magic and horror just like real life Appalachia (live here 55+ years, you’ll understand what I mean 😁). I’m not very experienced with GURPS, so I’m looking for insights/suggestions on how to proceed, resources suggested, etc. Thank you.