Post originally by Tom Pigeon at 2004-01-23 17:25:15
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I think you help make the reveiwers point. GURPS is a robust enough system where an experienced GM could take the core rules far, without any supplementation. However, someone knew to RPGs would likely take the core GURPs book and say, "What the hell am I supposed to do now?"

I tried GURPS, and though it isn't for me, I thought it had lots of merit. However, even with the spells contained in the book, I would never have felt I had a complete system with just the core rules. Let's face it, too, that's there point: they did a skillful job taking the game just up to the point of usefullness, but to really get the full effect, you need to shell out more for another book.