Flexible. Handles heroes suited to every genre, every power level, and every style of play.
Unified. Learn just one system and get on with the game. Everything works with everything else!
Supported. There are printed books on every major genre, dozens of PDFs, the extensive GURPS Third Edition back catalog, regular website updates, and active fan forums.
GURPS Fourth Edition keeps all the detail of previous editions and adds new options, yet is smoother and easier to run.
GURPS is the most flexible roleplaying system ever created.
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 roleplaying game for almost two decades. The new Fourth Edition makes it even better! GURPS Basic Set: Characters combines information from the Third Edition GURPS Basic Set and GURPS Compendium I, plus hundreds of new and updated rules! This 336-page, full-color hardcover contains everything you need to create and play a GURPS Fourth Edition character.