{"id":2996,"date":"2016-06-22T22:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T05:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2016-06-22T22:09:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T05:09:47","slug":"how-to-be-a-gurps-gm-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/how-to-be-a-gurps-gm-update\/","title":{"rendered":"“How to Be a GURPS GM” Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the weekly GURPSDay<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>content-a-palooza, GURPSaphiles! Enjoy the mountain of goodness that this week, and every week, brings.<\/p>\n

My contribution at Game Geekery this time around is a quick look at the products released for GURPS 4th Edition in the nearly two years since “How to Be a GURPS GM<\/a>” was published and where they would fit in there.<\/p>\n

On pp. 9-10 of “How to Be a GURPS GM,” under “Choosing a Genre,” I answered the oft-asked question of ‘Which books should I use?’ for a few of the more common genres. A lot of books have been released since then (25, to be exact):<\/p>\n

Fantasy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dungeon Fantasy 17: Guilds
\nDungeon Fantasy 18: Power ItemsDungeon Fantasy Denizens: Barbarians
\nDungeon Fantasy Monsters 2: Icky Goo
\nDungeon Fantasy Monsters 3: Born of Myth & Magic
\nDungeon Fantasy Treasures 1: Glittering Prizes
\nDungeon Fantasy Treasures 2: Epic Treasures<\/p>\n

Horror<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monster Hunters 5: Applied Xenology
\nZombies: Day One<\/p>\n

Modern Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

Action 4: Specialists<\/p>\n

Science Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aliens: Sparrials
\nTranshuman Space: Bioroid Bazaar
\nTranshuman Space: Bio-Tech 2100<\/p>\n

Western<\/strong><\/p>\n

High-Tech: Adventure Guns<\/p>\n

And I would add in a new genre…<\/p>\n

(Post-)Apocalyptic<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the End 1: Wastelanders
\nAfter the End 2: The New World
\nDisasters: Meltdown and Fallout<\/p>\n

In addition to the genre material, there were books released related to character creation (“Power-Ups 7: Wildcard Skills,” which I would also mention on p. 13, and “Power-Ups 8: Limitations”), magic and powers (“Magic: Death Spells,” “Thaumatology: Sorcery,” “Powers: Enhanced Senses,” “Powers: The Weird”), and organizations (“Boardroom and Curia”).<\/p>\n

The final release, the odd man out, was “Social Engineering: Back to School,” a genre book for school-based games and a rulebook focusing on learning and teaching.<\/p>\n

One final thing struck me as I was skimming through “How to Be a GURPS GM.” On pp. 10-11, under “Choosing a Style,” I talk about games that are “Realistic or Cinematic,” and “Rules-Light or Rules-Heavy.” Today I would add a third metric of “Narrative or Simulationist” (though I’m not thrilled with the names), and talk about some of the ideas I discussed\u00a0in the “GURPS and Fate<\/a>” series about tweaking GURPS to be even more story-centric.<\/p>\n

Overall, I think it has held up really well… are there any things from the last couple of years in GURPS you think would affect “How to Be a GURPS GM” if it were released today?<\/p>\n

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