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Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it (arstechnica.com)
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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (8 children)

GURPS people always recommend it but never explain why. What's actually good about it compared to something like Pathfinder 2e? It seems to me it would be really hard to find players. With Pathfinder I can at least tell my players it shares a legacy with D&D so they were receptive to switching systems.

Is there anything GURPS does particularly well over other systems? I know hardly anything about it. With PF2e there are a few easy-to-rattle-off features that drew me to it like the three action economy and better tools for game balancing as a GM.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Plus, SJG is a genuinely awesome company full of people who are really dedicated to the love of gaming. You don't feel like you're being exploited by fashion and capital. You feel like you're collaborating with your friends.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd say that's true of Paizo as well. Does GURPS release all of the game content under an open license like Paizo does?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Not all of the content (you're talking shelves and shelves of books) but the basic rules are free.

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