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Best way to enjoy new GURPS books?

Started by KrakaJak, July 06, 2011, 02:58:27 AM

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KrakaJak

July 06, 2011, 02:58:27 AM
Given that the majority of the GURPS line is now in .pdf form only, how are the GURPS fans out there using them?

iPads? Ebook readers? Printouts? FedEx Office? Computer only?

Any reliable way to print and bind these suckers?
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3rik

#1
July 06, 2011, 12:57:10 PM
To my amazement I walked into a number of GURPS 3rd books at the FLGS and they happened to have the two I still wanted to purchase (GURPS Old West and GURPS Arabian Nights). So, fortunately I wasn't forced to get them as pdf.
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#2
July 06, 2011, 01:40:51 PM
I have a couple of volumes printed out -- I took them to Staples and paid $15 or so to have them printed and perfect-bound with a nice cover on them.

I tend to use the PDFs themselves when prepping, and flip through the physical books during gameplay. For some reason, I hate stopping play to peer at a computer screen.

I don't have an iPad or a Kindle so I can't help you there.

Machinegun Blue

#3
July 06, 2011, 05:38:24 PM
Steve Jackson Games always has a load of 3e books for sale at Origins, 3 for $10. I just pick up a few books that way every year. I have just about everything I've ever wanted now.

Tahmoh

#4
July 06, 2011, 05:51:01 PM
Should have a bunch of gurps 3rd books going up on ebay soon(along with a bunch of other rpg books), i just need to take a few pictures before i bung them up for bids after which i'll post the link here and ona couple other sites for those interested.

KrakaJak

#5
July 06, 2011, 07:46:46 PM
It's interesting to note that only a single response has possibly been about any of the new GURPS 4th product that has been released as .pdf only.
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#6
July 06, 2011, 08:32:59 PM
Quote from: KrakaJak;466977It's interesting to note that only a single response has possibly been about any of the new GURPS 4th product that has been released as .pdf only.

I'm surprised we haven't yet seen "best way to enjoy GURPS books is IN THE GARBAGE HYUK HYUK"

I forgot to mention, I also print out pages of Pyramid and some of the smaller supplements, three-hole punch them, and put them in a binder -- for those times I don't need the entire volume.

danbuter

#7
July 06, 2011, 11:47:12 PM
Quote from: KrakaJak;466977It's interesting to note that only a single response has possibly been about any of the new GURPS 4th product that has been released as .pdf only.

So you were trolling for anti-Gurps 4th posts?
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July 06, 2011, 11:52:07 PM
No, I was specifically assuming Gurps 4th .pdfs in the OP. What I got was how to buy 3e books cheap. Irony is fun.
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joewolz

#9
July 06, 2011, 11:53:26 PM
I love PDF gaming books, and I buy a lot of GURPS stuff, or have in the past anyway.

I print them out and put them in sheet protectors, two sheets (back to back) for each sleeve.  I then put them in three ring binders.  I have all the Creatures of the Night done up in a single binder that way.  Ditto the Banestorm stuff.
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Koltar

#10
July 07, 2011, 12:03:45 AM
Quote from: KrakaJak;466977It's interesting to note that only a single response has possibly been about any of the new GURPS 4th product that has been released as .pdf only.

I prefer the real hardbacks for 4th edition, as well as the softcover and POD versions of some 4/e that SJ Games has made available.

 Two years ago I picked up the printed versions of the first four 'Dungeon Fantasy' books for GURPS 4/e at Gen Con.


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July 07, 2011, 01:23:35 AM
Quote from: KrakaJak;467014No, I was specifically assuming Gurps 4th .pdfs in the OP. What I got was how to buy 3e books cheap. Irony is fun.

Haven't made the switch to 4th. Don't see the point in it. All of the 4th edition stuff is either uninteresting or redundant. Plus, I hate pdfs.

Koltar

#12
July 07, 2011, 06:21:13 AM
Quote from: Machinegun Blue;467026Haven't made the switch to 4th. Don't see the point in it. All of the 4th edition stuff is either uninteresting or redundant. Plus, I hate pdfs.

NO...

The 4th edition books make more sense and are better edited than the 3rd edition books.

There are also plenty of corrections, fixes, and rule changes between 3rd and 4trh. They streamlined things in a GOOD way.

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July 07, 2011, 08:18:34 AM
Quote from: KrakaJak;466855Best way to enjoy new GURPS books?

With beans and a Chianti?

Sorry, couldn't resist. Back to your regularly scheduled thread... :D

Machinegun Blue

#14
July 07, 2011, 10:06:25 AM
Quote from: Koltar;467056NO...

The 4th edition books make more sense and are better edited than the 3rd edition books.

There are also plenty of corrections, fixes, and rule changes between 3rd and 4trh. They streamlined things in a GOOD way.

- Ed C.

That may be but all that isn't worth it to me.
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