I wasn't aware of this, but stumbled across it in one of those instances where an algorithm was correct, but way late, in what I'd like.
Roleplay Rescue: GURPS First Edition
It's not a really in-depth review, but still. This is the GURPS system I started with - basically Man-to-Man with the rest of the system included as well. We played without magic in a fantasy game world until GURPS Fantasy came along with skill-based magic. Fun stuff - we played for years with 1st edition, and then later used GURPS Update to sort-of jump to 3rd edition. So any look at this original set, which set me off down a road of editions of the game and eventually a sideline writing for the system, is a look I want to highlight.
That takes me back to some happy memories. The original GURPS books were so much cleaner to read and the art was more spare but, when it appeared, was far superior to the current GURPS art. GURPS products really lost standards on illustrations in the '90s and it's only gotten worse. The reviewer is right that the first edition just communicated better. Less mess had a lot to do with that.
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