October 7, 2014: GURPS Fourth Turns 10 With . . . Hans-Christian Vortisch

Since 2004, I've published nine GURPS Fourth Edition supplements and several Pyramid articles. Many of these projects were highlights for me as an author. Ever since I was first drawn to GURPS in the 1980s (I bought the first edition of High-Tech before I even owned the Basic Set ), I wanted to write GURPS High-Tech , and now it's a dream come true. Based on Mike Hurst's classic and with Shawn Fisher, I still consider it one of my best works. Several of my projects elaborate on the basics set down there, including the two GURPS High-Tech: Pulp Guns catalogs and the upcoming GURPS High-Tech: Adventure Guns .



My interest in the minutiae of human conflict resulted in a number of historical works, including a detailed look at combat techniques in a specific time frame in GURPS Martial Arts: Fairbairn Close Combat Systems . The latter was an illuminating and rewarding exercise for me, translating real-world teachings into game mechanics using the marvelous latest edition of GURPS Martial Arts . My favorite historical book is GURPS SEALs in Vietnam , which combined my fascination with that conflict with several alternate-history settings.



The two books that were the most fun for me to write in those years have to be GURPS Gun Fu and GURPS Tactical Shooting , which I developed and wrote simultaneously – the former together with Shawn Fisher and Sean Punch. To a considerable extent, research for these projects consisted of watching hundreds of films for inspiration and firing tens of thousands of shots from as many guns as I could lay my hands on. My enthusiasm shows, I think, and Tactical Shooting , especially, became a surprise hit with players.



Ten good years for me, and hopefully for the game as well.



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