Gaming Aids

The following are a collection gaming tools usage for GURPS Pages with other types of links are at Program and Site Hub

GURPS, like any PnP RPG, needs tools to make the GM's and Players' lives easier. To make this as easy as possible computer programs that run on both Mac and Windows are listed. Also to soften the hit to the pocketbook the list will focus on free or with reasonable functionary before you have to pay programs and sites.

Learning GURPS

• Chris Normand channel on GURPS
  • Learning GURPS (playlist)
  • How to use the GURPS Game Aid for Foundry
  • unofficial GURPS tie-in for Foundry
• GURPS Simple Fantasy: a way to learn the basics. Includes entry level adventure In the Court of the River King

General Tools

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• GURPS Accelerator: Interview-Based Character Creation (11/25/2005)
• The Collaborative Gamer: contains systems for randomly generating GURPS adventures
• GURPS: Mastering Advantages & Disadvantages: article from Unfettered Errantry
• chaoticshiny: Writing and gaming generators.
• Donjon (website): effectively a one stop tool kit.
• Encounter Charts for GURPS
• The Eye of Joyful Sitting Amongst Friends various RPGs including a GURPS Random Campaign Generator
• MapTool (free program): primary role is a Virtual Table Top replacing pen, paper, battle mats, and dice though it has a steep beginning learning curve. The Tutorial series that makes this stage easier and there is the unofficial Basic GURPS Framework for MapTool. There is also a fork called Mote
• Tabletop audio (website): ambience sounds.
• World Anvil (website): "The ultimate toolset for Storytellers, Dungeon Masters, Authors and Writers."
• GURPS NPC Generator (website): when you need an NPC quickly.
• GURPS Calculator
• Online dice roller with odds - 4d6k3 will simulate the common roll 4d6 keep best 3 used in a lot of D&D games.
• Trait Sorter
• Rolisteam: Virtual tabletop software
• Chronica: Tabletop RPG Campaign Manager and Builder
• Mappa Imperium: solo or cooperative World Building game.
• DungeonNexus: fantasy name generator

Art

• artbreeder: way to generate art, or faces etc for a campaign
• Public Domain Pictures
• Melvins Mechanical Masterworks: 647,000 Free CC-BY Characters/Monsters/Locations Images for your game

Fantasy Grounds

Sadly this program is 32-bit and will not run on Catalina or higher. It is unclear if there are Fantasy Grounds Unity versions of these additions.

• GURPS rule set
• Forums
• Videos

Foundry VTT

Though Foundry VTT itself is commercial this material is free.

• Foundry VTT unofficial game aids
• Setting Up Foundry VTT For GURPS: Update

General Programs

• LibreOffice: Open source replacement for Microsoft Office
• Inkscape: open source professional vector graphics editor for Linux, Windows and macOS.
• GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program): open source replacement for Illustrator
• SweetHome 3d: open source for creating 20th century homes.

Calculators

• GURPS Calculator (Android)
• GURPS Damage Calculator
• GURPS Enchantment Calculator
• GURPS Innate Attack Calculator
• Random GURPS Loot Generator

Money

• CPI Inflation Calculator (U.S. Buerau of Labor Statistics): covers 1913 to present
• US Inflation Calculator - covers 1913 to present; gives Cumulative rate of inflation, Inflation and Prices, and Gas & Food Inflation (1968-present)
• CPI Inflation Calculator (officialdata.org): covers 28 countries 1635 to present.

U.S., Historic Catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1896-1993 (ancestry.com)

Useful Information

• Knowledge Atlas
• One Shot Adventures - A collection of adventures for GURPS in a variety of genres, with premade characters and handouts - so GMs can quickly run a session for new players.
• Arcana wiki: Distilling the Real World for Gaming
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry blog that covers old fashioned production of cloth, wars, battlefield leftovers and all the questions which a GM has for background. Resources for World-Builders serves index for material focused on
• D.C. Fergerson (YouTube channel) - while on writing advice it does touch on many issues that can (and do) appear in game worlds.
• James Gameblog: a lot about RPGs and related stuff, including a huge archive and links; sparse on the GURPS though.
• Lair of the Chaotic GM
• Lich Van Winkle's Return to Gaming: "Musings on table-top role-playing games today after spending a quarter century away from them."
• Only The Parts You Need: GURPS podcast
• The Rusty Battle Axe not GURPS focused it does have the very well done Comparing GURPS and D&D on Dungeon Design
• The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
• A Literate Programmer's Blog: a lot one RPGs, DFRPG, GURPS and worldbuilding
• Sickly Purple Death Ray: RPG and mostly map site
• Terrible Writing Advice (YouTube channel) - a sarcastic look at many writing mistakes (which do on occasion appear in game worlds).
• Thastygliax vault: campaigns, ideas, and information for GURPS and other campaigns.
• GURPSLand - Eric B.Smith's various tools and free articles
• GURPS combat chart (Saga of Westmarch Wiki)
• Solo Adventures; official and unofficial materials for solo play
• Actual Play: GURPS Modern League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Episode 1 (Role Play Public Radio)
• Role-playing Games Stack Exchange

Characters

• GURPS Character Sheet (free program)
• Excel GURPS Character Sheet (Google Drive)
• The Character Creator (free): create a vector version of your character
• GURPS Javascript Character Sheet Package (JCSP)
• Excel Character Sheet - Excel based character sheet on Google Drive.
• GURPS Lite Character Creator - Online character sheet/generator for GURPS Lite
• GURPS Skill Categories (free PDF)
• GURPS Fourth Edition Traits Sorter: "This utility will help you organize advantages, disadvantages, and skills into categories that suit your campaign."
• Kreios' Lair: "collection of mostly-random musings, mostly on GURPS"
• Artflow - generate a portrait; may not work properly with Safari

Maps

• Azgaar's Fantasy Map Gen (website), source code (GitHub)
• The Cartographers' Guild: "forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge"
• Dave's Mapper
• Dizzy Dragon Games: Adventure/dungeon generator
• The Dungeon Geek
• Games like Medieval Fantasy City Generator (itch.io)
  • city-generator: 20th century city generator
• Hextml
• Inkarnate (website)
• Msjx: Map Depository
• Nortantis
• Random Dungeon Generator (GURPSland)
• RPG Mapeditor 2
• watabou: map generators and other tools
• Worldographer, replaces Hexographer

Genre Specific Programs

• GURPS Ritual Path Magic Designer (webpage) - the updated link produces a 404 and it was stated this version would be retired "soon"
• Welcome to the Dungeon of the Three Fools!: "Need a dungeon? Don't want to take the time to think up a coherent, well-reasoned dungeon? Then here are some tables that you can use when you need a dungeon in a hurry."
• GURPS Space, Programs
• GURPSGen - Armour and Beam generators