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Sistemas & Cenários / [GURPS] Dungeon Fantasy
« Online: Agosto 31, 2016, 03:02:35 pm »
Um curioso, novo e inesperado lançamento da Steve Jackson Games, que ao que parece enfim notou que toda diversidade de RPGs pode ser largamente restrita a D&D (Pathfinder é D&D) e Cópias-Quase-Exatas de D&D com Ombreiras Gigantes(Iron Kingdoms, Warhammer, Warhammer 40k, Dragon Age) e que todo o resto é algo marginal, e decidiu lançar uma "versão" (na verdade, é largamente GURPS 4e com trechos selecionados para D&D-like) para Dungeon Crawling chamada Dungeon Fantasy.
Da EnWorld:
September 1 marks the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for a not-so-little something we’re calling the “Dungeon Fantasy RPG, Powered by GURPS.” What is that? Let me answer one step at a time.
The Generic Universal RolePlaying System (“GURPS” to its friends), which turned 30 in 2016, is an award-winning roleplaying system from Steve Jackson Games. I say “system” because it doesn’t assume any genre or setting – it’s a game engine that lives up to its taglines “Anything You Want” and “Any World You Can Imagine.” After three decades of pursuing that goal, it has become famous among gamers for two things: (1) an incredible number of supplements and (2) rules that consider almost every special case imaginable (like a werewolf using psychic powers on a steampunk robot with a space-opera force field).
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, which turns 10 in 2017, is a series of short GURPS PDFs for hack ‘n’ slash fantasy roleplaying: The heroes enter a dungeon, kick down doors, kill monsters, and swipe stuff in order to gain mightier abilities and gear for tackling the next quest . . . which has deeper dungeons, thicker doors, tougher monsters, and better stuff! This series doesn’t stand alone – it builds on the GURPS Basic Set (the system’s core) and GURPS Magic – but it does collate and simplify the rules needed for such gaming. It saves you from buying a library of books to get a few useful pages, and it pares away anything irrelevant to slaughter and looting.
The Dungeon Fantasy RPG will take things a step further. It will be a standalone game, a box containing everything needed to play: cardboard figures, battle maps, dice, and five full-color rulebooks illustrated with beautiful original art. The books will include all the parts of the GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Magic necessary for hack ‘n’ slash – and vital content from the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy PDFs – but streamlined.
All this will come out of the box ready to play! It will be compatible with GURPS but you won’t need to know or invest in GURPS. And while it won’t be “rules light,” it will be friendly to new gamers. Existing GURPS fans will also want it, both for the revisions and rethinks made in response to customer feedback on the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy series, and for content exclusive to the set.
This being a Kickstarter campaign, there will be add-ons and stretch goals. Some will appeal mostly to current fans; for instance, existing GURPS Dungeon Fantasy supplements and related issues of Pyramid magazine. Others – like the GM’s screen – will be useful to everyone. We’re offering a genuine game system, not merely a one-off.
Da EnWorld:
September 1 marks the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for a not-so-little something we’re calling the “Dungeon Fantasy RPG, Powered by GURPS.” What is that? Let me answer one step at a time.
The Generic Universal RolePlaying System (“GURPS” to its friends), which turned 30 in 2016, is an award-winning roleplaying system from Steve Jackson Games. I say “system” because it doesn’t assume any genre or setting – it’s a game engine that lives up to its taglines “Anything You Want” and “Any World You Can Imagine.” After three decades of pursuing that goal, it has become famous among gamers for two things: (1) an incredible number of supplements and (2) rules that consider almost every special case imaginable (like a werewolf using psychic powers on a steampunk robot with a space-opera force field).
GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, which turns 10 in 2017, is a series of short GURPS PDFs for hack ‘n’ slash fantasy roleplaying: The heroes enter a dungeon, kick down doors, kill monsters, and swipe stuff in order to gain mightier abilities and gear for tackling the next quest . . . which has deeper dungeons, thicker doors, tougher monsters, and better stuff! This series doesn’t stand alone – it builds on the GURPS Basic Set (the system’s core) and GURPS Magic – but it does collate and simplify the rules needed for such gaming. It saves you from buying a library of books to get a few useful pages, and it pares away anything irrelevant to slaughter and looting.
The Dungeon Fantasy RPG will take things a step further. It will be a standalone game, a box containing everything needed to play: cardboard figures, battle maps, dice, and five full-color rulebooks illustrated with beautiful original art. The books will include all the parts of the GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Magic necessary for hack ‘n’ slash – and vital content from the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy PDFs – but streamlined.
All this will come out of the box ready to play! It will be compatible with GURPS but you won’t need to know or invest in GURPS. And while it won’t be “rules light,” it will be friendly to new gamers. Existing GURPS fans will also want it, both for the revisions and rethinks made in response to customer feedback on the GURPS Dungeon Fantasy series, and for content exclusive to the set.
This being a Kickstarter campaign, there will be add-ons and stretch goals. Some will appeal mostly to current fans; for instance, existing GURPS Dungeon Fantasy supplements and related issues of Pyramid magazine. Others – like the GM’s screen – will be useful to everyone. We’re offering a genuine game system, not merely a one-off.
