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’d love suggestions on what to buy to get that started. Thanks!

Hey everyone, my Dnd group decided to try GURPS for a one-shot campaign. I am just learning what it is and I'm a little overwhelmed with all of my options. It seems like it can be really fun and I appreciate the flexibility in making a character, I'm just not quite sure where to start. My concept is a greaser-esque teen boy who aspires to be a leader and gets most of his inspo from films (the setting takes place in the 60s.) I want him to be the tactician/ strategist of the group, obsessed with military strategy. It would also be fun to have him be fairly proficient with magic. I'm not sure if that's to much to ask for or what I should prioritize to have these traits make sense. If anyone has any recommendations, tips, or tricks, I'd so greatly appreciate it!

I mean its all in the title but im really curious as id love to have some form of community play with gurps but i can't seem to find it which is sad as it seems like it could be a lot of fun

I recently seen a video talking about how easy it is to get into D&D. Looked interesting, but I don’t care for D&D. Upon my research, I found other TT games like D&D also exist. GURPS, is one of the few that stood out to me.

A coworker of mine who does play D&D, told me that even if I do get into GURPS, I would have to find people to play it, and that because he’s never heard of GURPS, he also says that it may be that much more difficult to find anyone in my area to play.

I don’t own any of the books yet. I seen that I should get the Basic Set 4th Editions of Characters and Campaigns.

As much as I would like to learn to play, I don’t want to waste money on the books if I have no one to play with. I’m not exactly sure how to find anyone who does play. But I was also wondering, can this be played online?

Again, I apologize if my questioning is annoying to people who have probably heard variations of this question a billion times. But I’m 44 years old, and any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

EDIT/FOLLOW UP: I decided to purchase the Characters and Campaigns 4th Edition books after all the support from the comment section.

Thank you for making me feel welcomed.