Editing GURPS (section)

{{Short description|Tabletop role-playing game system}}
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|title=''GURPS''
|image=[[File:GURPS 4th logo.png|203px]]<!-- 203px is the image's native width.  FAIR USE: This low-resolution image is fair use for identification of the game under discusson.-->
|caption=''GURPS Fourth Edition'' logo
|designer= [[Steve Jackson (US)|Steve Jackson]]
|publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]]
|date=1985 (''[[Steve Jackson's Man to Man|Man to Man]]'')<br>1986 (1st and 2nd ed.)<br>1988 (3rd ed.)<br>2004 (4th ed.)
|genre=Universal
|system=''GURPS''
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The '''''Generic Universal Role Playing System''''', or '''''GURPS''''', is a [[Role-playing game (pen and paper)|tabletop]] [[role-playing game system]] published by [[Steve Jackson Games]]. The system is designed to run any genre using the same core mechanics. The core rules were first written by [[Steve Jackson (American game designer)|Steve Jackson]] and published in 1986, at a time when most such systems were story- or genre-specific. Since then, four editions have been published. The current line editor is [[Sean Punch]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=GURPS Frequently Asked Questions: Steve Jackson Games and GURPS |url=https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/faq/FAQ4-2.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=www.sjgames.com}}</ref>

Sessions are run by a [[Gamemaster|game master]] (GM), who controls the world and adjudicates the rules, with any number of players controlling the actions of a character. Most actions are resolved by rolling three six-sided dice (3d6), trying to roll below a certain number, usually a skill. GURPS uses a point-based character creation system; characters are represented by four basic stats (Strength, Dexterity, IQ and Health), and players can buy any number of advantages, disadvantages, perks, quirks and skills.<ref name=":0" />

GURPS consists of a [[GURPS Basic Set]], which contains the core rules required to run most games. In addition, more than a hundred [[List of GURPS books|supplemental books]] provide optional rules and details about different settings and genres ([[GURPS Martial Arts]], for example). By adapting the various optional rules and systems, GURPS can be run with as much or as little detail as required, and can accommodate virtually any genre, character or style of play.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-02 |title=GURPS, the Classic RPG System That Lets You Play Any—Or Every—Genre |url=https://gizmodo.com/gurps-is-a-classic-rpg-system-that-lets-you-play-any-o-1715284627 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref>

''GURPS'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Best Roleplaying Rules of 1988'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origins Award Winners (1988) |url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505174856/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1988 |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design}}</ref> and in 2000 it was inducted into the [[Origins Game Fair#Hall of Fame|Origins Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origins Award Winners (1999) |url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1999/list-of-winners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505171407/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/1999/list-of-winners |archive-date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design}}</ref> Many of its expansions have also won awards.