Feb 1, 2023 · GURPS in its most recent edition has gotten better and scales upward much better than previous editions did, but games have to choose whether they handle the small or the big, and GURPS tends to work best toward the human-scale.

John Wood is busily creating GURPS conversions for Ringworld Role Playing. A guy called Rex Stardust has publihed the character creation notes for Kzinti and Puppeteers Steve Jackson Games GURPS website.

Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Ringworld tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, an enormous rotating ring, an alien construct in space 186 million miles (299 million kilometres) in diameter.

Feb 2, 2006 · GURPS Ringworld 1,000,000 AD I started this thread in THS, but perhaps it is entirely separate. Basically it is a ringworld that doesn't use rubber physics or Superscience, it is 1,000,000 miles wide, 93,000,000 miles in diameter and centered around our own Sun and in our own Solar System in the future, and it is in the deep future.

Sep 27, 2023 · The RINGWORLD roleplaying game contains four books, several handouts, cardstock explorer figures, five dice, and other inserts. Each of the major items fulfills or supplements particular needs. EXPLORER BOOK: Explorers travel from Known Space to Ringworld for adventure, fame, fortune, and knowledge.

Oct 26, 2020 · Genetic engineering, and the vastness of the ringworld produced a number of intelligent species, many derived from human stock, others are uplifted animals such as the vargr and aslan. Some centaurs and merfolk as well.

Aug 19, 2004 · Anyone have anything they wish would be done for gurps? Personally, I remember the old Ringworld game by chaosium, and I wish gurps would pick up the rights to do a known space game.

Aug 21, 2023 · We have resolved the root cause of the problem and there should be no further disruptions. How many people are still using Gurps? General How close is GURPS system to Mongoose 2E+? Rules Only: Missiles and can their operation time be split? Milieu Overview? You must log in or register to post here.

If not, look them up in Chaosium's Ringworld (Explorer book); or read Niven's Ringworld, Ringworld Engineers, and The Man-Kzin Wars (recently released) for background et. al . . . Ads, Disads: Kzin characters get tripled ST, +2 to DX, and a base HT of 10/18.

A Classic Dyson Sphere is TL11 but the more advanced Rigid Dyson Sphere and Ringworld are superscience. GURPS Examples . Azoth-7: TL(4+2) some TL4^ space and weapons. It has the equivalent of jump drive technology. Britannica-5: TL5^. Can produce antimatter bombs Cyrano: TL(5+4) (space travel, TL4^). It has the equivalent of jump drive technology.