I am totally new to PbP and have been properly warned against using crunchy games online on my first go, but I want to play what I want to play!

Right now my thoughts are on a GURPS 4th edition Psionic Powers action-adventure game set in war-torn Europe. My other main work is a game using Mythras, set in the Taskan Empire with the PCs serving in the militia on the southern border.

If there is interest enough in either of these systems/settings I'd definitely consider setting up a campaign. There'd be a Discord for notes/q&a and the occasional open RP/chat session when we could schedule it.

I have already put in a lot of the ground work in getting these campaign/settings ready and I try to do a lot of prep work so, while there will be a somewhat sandbox approach, I won't be 'winging it' very often.

I do like GURPS Psionics, action and adventure.

The general idea is that the characters work for the Mesmerisme, a secret agency under Fouchet which uses the newly developed psis to forward the agenda of France. Possibly some politics, and mass combat; some 'investigation' and 'spy' sort of stuff, but not really mystery focused. Aside from their psi powers, PCs would have substantial ability - ~200p, at least 50 of which must be Psi. Probably using templates from the Psis supplement (which leaves 50p and Disads to further customize PCs). I'd hammer the specifics out before play, but that's the gist of characters.

Psionic Powers is so good I immediately bought Psis and Psionic Campaigns.
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Ooo!  GURPS Psi in a non-contemporary setting, like the Napoleonic Wars?  Very interesting... :)

I've played GURPS before, but am much more of a roleplayer than a rollplayer.  Are you happy dealing with most of the mechanics behind the screen, or are rules-challenged players a poor fit for your game?

Are you happy with folks who are only available for asynchronous RPoL posts, or are folks who can't attend RP chat sessions a poor fit for your game?

I have only ran GURPS a few times myself. I think the only crunchy bits to really keep in mind is that GURPS combat (I'll be using the Basic, not Tactical, system) can get you killed pretty quick in a fight if you make very poor tactical decisions, but since we will not be using the Tactical Shooting or Martial Arts supplements most of what we'll be dealing with is very core GURPS - rolling 3d6 against a skill, and maybe a couple more dice for an effect. GURPS Psi works this way, each ability has an associated skill. As far as GURPS goes this will be fairly tame.


That should be fine - the unreliability of my own internet is one reason I am here. The Discord would also be open for asynchronus chat and questions.

One more interested party here for a potential GURPS game.

It's certainly an original premise.

I'd be interested

I would be interested on playing it, sounds fun.

Excluding lots of GURPS 3E, I only have GURPS 4E Basic Set and Powers.  Can folks join without owning GURPS 4E Psionic Powers?

Yes. We will be using templates and I'll help with creation.  A lot of the rules resolution behind the scene, except for stuff that's generally covered in the core books. I can explain how things work easily enough for the Psi-stuff.

I'll start moving in to final planning, it looks like we have enough players.

Here from discord. Discord ID being theselfishmeme!

Great. In a day or two I will contact the players on here (and Discord if possible) and link the campaign subforum and start a character thread.

Here is the campaign link: link to another game

I am still figuring this website out so there's very little on there. My first focus is on getting characters built so I can do final adjustments on the starting situation. Once I do that and figure out how to do my first GM post I'll be ready to play - 1-2 weeks estimated, shorter if we can get interested players in there and statted out.