GURPS 4e Basic Set

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GURPS 4e Basic Set
GURPS Characters cover
Designer(s)	Steve Jackson, Sean M. Punch, and David L. Pulver
Publisher(s)	Steve Jackson Games
Publication date	2004
Genre(s)	Universal
System	GURPS 4th Edition

GURPS 4e Basic Set is a hard-bound two volume set written by Steve Jackson, Sean M. Punch, and David L. Pulver. It was published in 2004 by Steve Jackson Games and is the core rules for the fourth edition of GURPS. The first volume, Characters, addresses what players need to know to create a GURPS character and play the game. Eight sample characters are included. The second volume is titled Campaigns and addresses the information a GM needs to build a world. All the basic information needed to run a GURPS campaign is here with genre or world-specific information in other books.

The previous edition of the GURPS rules consisted of a Basic Set as the core rule book, with GURPS Compendium 1 and GURPS Compendium 2 released later to collate alternative and advanced rules in a logical place. Many source books published after the release of the compendiums required them for play. The fourth edition basic set shifts the majority of that material into the core rule books.

To facilitate the transition from third edition to fourth, a free PDF GURPS Update was released. It includes a quick but comprehensive guide to translation with quick and dirty notes to reduce the overall time needed to change characters or source book information to the new rules.