GURPS
Universal generic RPG system — one rule set, hundreds of setting sourcebooks from Old West to Traveller SF.
🌤indoor
What is GURPS?
GURPS (Generic Universal RolePlaying System) is Steve Jackson Games's flagship RPG system, launched in 1986. Its selling point is universality — one core rulebook and character-generation system supports any setting or genre, with hundreds of sourcebooks published for Old West, Cyberpunk, Space Opera, Historical, Horror and licensed worlds like Bunnies & Burrows and Discworld.
Quick facts
Category
Tabletop Role-Playing
Type
Team sport
Players
3–6
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇺🇸 United States
Estimated origin
1986, Steve Jackson Games — Generic Universal RolePlaying System
Olympic
No
Popularity
regional
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified