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Steve Jackson's Man to Man

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Steve Jackson's Man to Man
Cover for Man To Man
PublishersSteve Jackson Games
Publication1985 (1e)
SystemsGURPS

Steve Jackson's Man to Man is a sourcebook for GURPS.

Contents

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Man to Man is a subset of just the GURPS combat system for fantasy settings, including both basic rules and advanced rules, and comes with an introductory adventure scenario.[1] Similarly to Steve Jackson's role-paying game The Fantasy Trip, Man to Man involves tactical combat on a hex grid, with a point-based system for character generation, and only uses six sided dice.[2]: 105 

Publication history

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Man to Man: Fantasy Combat from GURPS was written by Steve Jackson, and published as an 80-page book with cardstock miniatures by Steve Jackson Games in 1985.[1]

As the GURPS system was still being developed at the time, Steve Jackson Games released only the combat system to meet the deadline for the 1985 Origins Game Fair, as Man to Man: Fantasy Combat from GURPS.[2]: 105  Man to Man also had a supplement called Orcslayer (1985).[2]: 105  The original GURPS Basic Set (1986) then used the combat rules from Man to Man.[2]: 107 

Reception

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Reviews

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References

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  1. ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 394. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ a b c d Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ^ "Abyss #37 - RPGnet RPG Game Index". index.rpg.net. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  4. ^ "Different Worlds #43 - RPGnet RPG Game Index". index.rpg.net. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
  5. ^ "Asimov's v10n03 (1986 03)".
  6. ^ "Breakout! Quarterly No.21". March 1986.