In February 1986, a free newsletter began to be posted out to customers from Steve Jackson Games: Roleplayer. Now available again from Warehouse 23, in the summer of 2024 I got curious to discover what insights this old newsletter might hold about the development of GURPS. What I found was a portal back to 1986 which began to inspire me towards play in directions both old and, strangely, new.

Thanks to Jason Connerley who, by sending me GURPS Second Edition, unlocked this whole episode’s content.

Thanks to all the callers - Frank T, Jason C, Jon M, Jon C, and Wiebe - for adding the community’s voice to this episode.

Game on!

Roleplayer on Warehouse23:

GURPS Roleplayer Bundle | Warehouse 23

OR

https://warehouse23.com/products/gurps-roleplayer-bundle

Roleplay Rescue Details:

Voice Message:

speakpipe.com/roleplayrescue

Patreon:

patreon.com/rpgrescue 

Email:

hello@rpgrescue.com

Blog

roleplayrescue.com 

Bluesky Social:

https://bsky.app/profile/ubiquitousrat.bsky.social

MeWe:

https://mewe.com/p/roleplayrescue

Roleplay Rescue Theme by Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore:

https://taleofthemanticore.podbean.com/

Logo and artwork by MJ Hiblen:

https://www.patreon.com/MJHiblenART/

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