GURPS Discworld
{{Short description|The RPG based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld books}}
{{Infobox RPG
|title= GURPS Discworld
|image= Image:DiscworldRPGCover.jpg
|caption= Discworld Roleplaying Game rulebook cover, art by Paul Kidby
|designer= Phil Masters
|publisher= Steve Jackson Games
|date= 1998 (GURPS Discworld)
2002 (Discworld Role-Playing Game)
|genre= Comedic Fantasy
|system= GURPS Lite
|footnotes=
}}
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GURPS Discworld and the related supplements are role-playing game sourcebooks set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy universe using the GURPS role-playing game system. GURPS Discworld was designed by Phil Masters (in collaboration with Pratchett) and first published in 1998.
Contents
The game included a lot of detail about Discworld, appealing to both roleplaying and Discworld fans.{{cite book | first=Dave | last=Higgins | year=1974 | title=Ramtop to Rimfall |publisher=Discworld Newsletter}} It has also been attributed to introducing roleplayers to the series of Discworld books.{{cite book |last=Hite |first=Kenneth |title=Review of GURPS Discworld |date=1998-09-11 |publisher=MANIA Magazine}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/discworld/comments.html |title=What people are saying about GURPS Discworld |access-date=2007-09-15 |last=Weiss |first=Phillip }}{{cite web|url=http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_0915.html |title=RPGnet review of GURPS Discworld |access-date=2007-09-15 |last=Lindsay-Levine |first=Sam |publisher=RPGnet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040104082101/http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_0915.html |archive-date=January 4, 2004 }}
Publication history
GURPS Discworld was written by Phil Masters and Terry Pratchett; its cover and illustrations were done by Paul Kidby. It was published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998.{{cite book |last=Masters |first=Phil |author2=Pratchett, Terry |author-link2=Terry Pratchett |title=GURPS Discworld |year=1998 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games }} GURPS Discworld was the first book to include the GURPS Lite rules.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7|pages=111}} The GURPS Lite rules were included as an appendix, meaning it was not necessary to purchase GURPS Basic in order to play.{{cite book | title=Review of GURPS Discworld |publisher=InQuest Gamer (February 1999)}}
In March 2001, Steve Jackson Games published a sequel under the title GURPS Discworld Also.{{cite web |url=http://www.warehouse23.com/item.html?id=SJG6061 |title=GURPS Discworld Also (Steve Jackson Games)|access-date=2007-09-15 |publisher=Warehouse 23}} It was written by Phil Masters, again with the assistance of Terry Pratchett. Cover and illustrations were done by Sean Murray.{{cite book |last=Masters |first=Paul |author2=Pratchett, Terry |title=GURPS Discworld Also |year=2001 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |isbn=1-55634-447-3 }} The supplement covered recent events in the book series,{{cite web |url=http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_4241.html |title=GURPS Discworld Also |access-date=2007-09-15 |author=Robert A. Rodger |date=2001-07-05 |publisher=RPGnet}} including details about the Unseen University.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/discworldalso/ |title=Discworld Also |access-date=2007-09-15 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games}} Among the scenarios included is EckEckEcksEcksian Cart Wars, based on the Mad Max parody segments of The Last Continent and Steve Jackson Games' own Car Wars and GURPS Autoduel setting. It also included the first detailed rules for mechanical semaphore telegraphy, based on the "clacks" network in the books.{{cite web |url=http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_5525.html |title=GURPS Discworld Also |access-date=2007-09-15 |author=Phil Masters |date=2001-12-15 |publisher=RPGnet}}
The original book was republished in 2002 by Steve Jackson Games with the GURPS Lite rules integrated throughout the text. The title was changed from GURPS Discworld to Discworld Roleplaying Game to reinforce its stand-alone capabilities.{{cite book |last=Masters |first=Paul |author2=Pratchett, Terry |title=Discworld Roleplaying Game |year=2002 |publisher=Steve Jackson Games |isbn=1-55634-687-5 }} Illustrations were once again done by Paul Kidby. Some subsequent publications, including the second edition of Discworld, were labelled "Powered by GURPS" rather than having the name "GURPS" in the book title, to make them easier to find at stores.
A fourth edition adaptation of the Discworld was written, playtested, and laid out, but had trouble getting to market according to Steve Jackson Games' 2014 Stakeholder's Report.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/general/stakeholders/report15.html?_ga=1.198470700.2045225549.1462662860 |title=GURPS Discworld 4th Edition Adaptation (Steve Jackson Games)}}Stakeholder's Report It was finally released in December 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/discworld/ |title=Discworld Roleplaying Game}}
Books
- GURPS Discworld (1998), Steve Jackson Games
- GURPS Discworld Also (2001), Steve Jackson Games
- Discworld Role-Playing Game (2002), Steve Jackson Games
- Discworld Roleplaying Game (2016), Steve Jackson Games
Reviews
- Envoyer #39{{cite web | url=http://www.envoyer.de/ausgaben/2000/01/007.html | title=Envoyer - Scheibenwelt | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040729142150fw_/http://www.envoyer.de/ausgaben/2000/01/007.html | archive-date=29 July 2004 }}
- Casus Belli #115{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-115/page/66/mode/2up | title=Casus Belli #115 | year=1998 }}
- Backstab #11{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-011/page/64/mode/2up | title=Backstab #011 | date=1998 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614183107/http://www.philm.demon.co.uk/Discworld/ Extra (Sometimes Highly Unofficial) Material Pertaining to the Discworld Roleplaying Game] by author Phil Masters
- [http://www.byenighte.com GURPS Discworld bye Nighte]
{{Discworld books}}
Category:Comedy role-playing games
Category:Fantasy role-playing games