# GURPS Basic Set (Third Edition)

GURPS Basic Set (Third Edition) is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1988
- **Categories:** Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Hex-based (uses hex terrain for move/combat)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** David Ladyman, Craig Brown (II), Jeffrey D. George, Jerry Epperson, Walter Milliken, Arthur Samuels, Jeff Lease, Jim Kennedy, Steffan O'Sullivan, Siobhan Beeman, Ravi Rai, Scott Haring, Steve Jackson (I), Scorpia, Stefan Jones, W. Dow Rieder, Curtis M. Scott, Michael Hurst

**Artists:** Gary Washington, Guy Burchack, Angela Bostick, Graham Chaffee, Denis Loubet, Larry Dixon, C. Bradford Gorby, Dan Carroll, John Zeleznik, George "Speed" Webber, Jean E. Martin, Donna Barr, Wayne A. Lee, John D. Waltrip, Jason Waltrip, Dan Willems, C. Mara Lee, David Martin (II), Kyle Miller, George Pratt, Terry Tidwell, Dan Panosian

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gurps-basic-set-third-edition)
- [GURPS Basic Set (Third Edition) in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/gurps-basic-set-third-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/45683)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._