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GURPS is the "Generic Universal Role Playing System." It starts with simple rules, and builds up to as much optional detail as you like. The basic rules system is designed to be playable in any background: fantasy or historical; past, present, or future.

The GURPS Basic Set contains the complete core rules for character creation and advancement; task resolution; physical and mental feats; NPC reactions; combat and injury; and technology. It also provides basic rules for equipment; animals and monsters; magic; and psionics. Finally, it includes a plethora of practical advice on designing and running campaigns

With GURPS, you can be anyone you want -- an elf hero fighting for the forces of good, a shadowy femme fatale on a deep-cover mission, a futuristic swashbuckler carving up foes with a force sword in his hand and a beautiful woman by his side . . . or literally anything else! GURPS has been the premiere universal role-playing game for almost two decades. The new Fourth Edition makes it even better!

More than 1,000,000 copies are in print - not counting foreign editions. GURPS Lite, a 32-page distillation of the basic GURPS rules, is available for free download.

Whatever your favorite role-playing genre might be, GURPS can handle it. More about GURPS...