Brad Thompson wrote:
>
> I never played GURPS Traveller, and I have no idea if it was as successful
> as the original. I played during the height of the GDW 'black' books in the
> mid 80's, and picked up the newer MegaTraveller books an a lark. I didn't
> even hear about GURPS Traveller until a couple of years ago.
GURPS Traveller is a nice alteration to the rules. The setting material
and the rules are solid (afaict) and workable.
> I have no idea how SJG feels about the d20 System, but it appears to me that
> d20 is tailor-made to compete with GURPS.
Not really, I think. The two are similar, even related, but they aren't
the same thing and certainly not really competitive with each other. The
GURPS customer base is not the sort to be drawn away to D20, which is
more of a system core with settings and setting-specific rules wrapped
around it.
Some of the core assumptions in D&D and Star Wars would serve to
actively drive away committed GURPS fans. D&D's strength will probably
lie in bringing more people into gaming in the first place.
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