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> simplified version of DnD mechanics Isn't Fallout based on GURPS?

• drbig 3y ago
  I believe it wasn't ever, but there were paper adaptations that used GURPS as the base.
  • thenipper 3y ago
    From what I recall is it was then they lost the license so they make SPECIAL
    • thenipper 3y ago
      Did some digging and found this: https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-rpg-origins-of-fallout-part-2-gurps.663838/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-rpg-origins-of-fallout-p...
• hopw_roewur_ne 3y ago
  Fallout 1 used GURPS in development, but Interplay lost the rights and they made their own system. Video by producer, designer, and lead programmer Tim Cain on the conversion process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPwfHXiBjw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgPwfHXiBjw
• deleted 3y ago
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• jprete 3y ago
  My reading is that the author made a world and campaign in the Fallout style but implemented mechanics more like D&D.
• amiga386 3y ago
  It was meant to be, but: 1) they found it too complex for a game user interface, so they started to create a "GURPS-lite" 2) it was licensed from Steve Jackson Games, who didn't like the level of violence in the game. Thus began a fight over whether licensing even included veto rights on the entire game So in the end, they tweaked their "GURPS-lite" further, named it "SPECIAL", and abandoned the licensing deal https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175725/http://www.nma-fallout.com/article.php?id=60790 https://web.archive.org/web/20151004175725/http://www.nma-fa...
  • hombre_fatal 3y ago
    > it was licensed from Steve Jackson Games, who didn't like the level of violence in the game. Some people can't get over themselves.