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.

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?

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.

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/

Been a bit of a passion project so far, and is my own take on the system. But I plan on adding all the weapons from the game, the armor, and the custom tech like the shielding. The doc so far

Can someone explain to me how this advantage works, and what modification do? Im not really getting it