Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: June 6, 1995 DRAFT rec.games.frp.gurps Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) [If someone can provide a site to archive this FAQ let me know] * What is the rec.games.frp.gurps newsgroup for? rec.games.frp.gurps is for the discussion of the GURPS (Generic Universal Role Playing System) role playing game published by Steve Jackson Games. Although unmoderated, participants in this newsgroup should read and follow the netiquette guidelines in the articles regularly posted to the newsgroup news.announce.newusers, or available by ftp at rtfm.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers. Although topic drift is inevitable in an unmoderated newsgroup, topic threads that reasonably could be cross-posted to existing newsgroups are discouraged. Please don't treat this newsgroup as a one stop newsgroup for talking about role playing games. There are several other newsgroups in the rec.games.frp.* hierarchy that may be more appropiate for your message. The other rec.games.frp.*  newsgroups include: rec.games.frp.misc          General role playing game discussion rec.games.frp.advocacy      For advocating which game system is best rec.games.frp.marketplace   For selling and buying gaming products rec.games.frp.dnd           For talking about TSR's Advanced Dungeons                             & Dragons   rec.games.frp.cyber         For talking about cyberpunk games rec.games.frp.announce      For gaming announcements rec.games.frp.archives      For posting stories and other archival material rec.games.frp.live-action   For discussing live action games Users are encouraged to use keywords in their subject headings to assist people who have newsreader kill-files. Possible examples include: VEHICLES, ROBOTS, RULES, ANNOUNCE, PBEM, MAGIC, FANTASY, SPACE For example:      BASIC: How can I speed up the Advanced Combat System?      VEHICLES: Here is a TL-12 ship I designed      FFOLK: Why do I need Fantasy Folk 2nd Edition? * Is there a GURPS mailing list? Yes. To subscribe, send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Note that this is not the address to send messages after you've subscribed.) In the body, have the single line:     subscribe GURPSnet-L This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (if your address is     This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; if not, use whatever your address really is). * Is there a list of what GURPS books have been published? Yes, it's maintained by Hunter Johnson and available by either doing:       finger This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or at http://www.io.com/~jhunter/bib.html * What is the current version of the GURPS Basic Set? Third Edition, 9th printing. * Isn't there another GURPS FAQ? Yes, James Duncan < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it maintains a GURPS FAQ. It is available at: http://www.io.com/sjgames/gurps/faq.html * Does Steve Jackson Games have a web page? Yes, the address is: http://www.io.com/sjgames/ There is a GURPS section at: http://www.io.com/sjgames/gurps/ You'll find plenty of information including about Steve Jackson Games, io.com, Pyramid magazine, GURPS, and some utility files. * Besides the Steve Jackson Games web site is there another source of GURPS material? You can FTP to these sites:   ftp.io.com   think.com pub/gurps and there is another web site:   http://www.nd.edu/~dfrohlic/GURPSde_script_ion.html * Where can I get errata for the GURPS books online? The Steve Jackson Games web page has errata for the GURPS game available at: http://www.io.com/sjgames/errata/gurps/ * What happened to the GURPS Compendium mentioned in the Basic Set? It's scheduled release date is delayed. * What does MakeChar refer to? MakeChar is an excellent free program written by Bill Seurer < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it that assists in creating characters for GURPS. It works only on MS-DOS computers. It uses data files that end in .gen and .dta. You can get it from: http://www.io.com/~ftp/sjgames/gurps/utils/makechar.zip * Where can I find more information on: internet, Usenet, email, FTP, World Wide Web pages, newsgroups, newsreaders, kill-files, FAQs, IRC, etc. Please look at these newsgroups!: news.answers              Repository of FAQs on all kinds of topics news.announce.newusers    FAQs explaining how internet and Usenet work,                           and what is proper netiquette news.newusers.questions   Q & A for people new to using internet * Where can I send a test message before joining in this newsgroup's discussion? Dont send a test message to this newsgroup. 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