What is GURPS Character Assistant (aka GCA)? It's a program for creating and maintaining characters for the GURPS role-playing game. Click right here and we'll tell you more. This site is now largely archival, in support of existing GCA 2 and GCA 3 users. As GCA 4 is now published by Steve Jackson Games, current versions of the program can be purchased and updated from them. GCA is available from many local game stores, or you can buy it from e23, Steve Jackson Games' online store for downloads. If you buy from e23, not only do you get it cheaper ($5 less!), but you'll always be able to replace your lost copy by downloading another, just as you used to do from me (you just need to remember your login at e23). You probably can't do that if you lose the CD you bought at the store.

August 21, 2005

It's been a while since I've updated here. Today I uploaded an installer that contains the 3rd Edition Books data files that were converted over for GCA3/4 some time ago. If you have GCA 3, you already have these files. If you have GCA 4, you can now get them. You can download it here: 3rd_edition_books.exe Note that there is no guarantee that all of these files will work for you as you might expect. They haven't been extensively tested. Also, if you want to use them with GURPS 4th Edition, you must be aware that the skill types in these files are for 3rd Edition, so they'll need to be changed to work with 4th Edition.

June 19, 2005

I will be hosting a Pyramid chat this Friday, June 24th at 7 PM Central time. This chat will be about GCA 4, and as with all such chats, is open to all Pyramid subscribers. I hope to see you there! If you're not a subscriber already, consider doing so. It's an excellent weekly gaming magazine. Subscribe to Pyramid here.

May 19, 2005

Hey! Listen up! I can not send you GCA 3 download information if you don't provide a valid current email address! You must provide a complete current email address so I can contact you. This means in the form of "user@aol.com" or "user@earthlink.com" or whatever. It does not mean "user" or "earthlink.com" by themselves. I can't reach you then, not even to tell you to provide more info! You must be sure that the current email address you provide me actually works. It does no good to provide me with a complete email address if I then get "No such user" or "User refusing email" errors from your ISP's mail server!

April 14, 2005

GCA 3: The GCA 3 Preview ended last month. Now, if you are a registered user of GCA 2, you can download GCA 3 for your own personal use. If you are not a registered user of GCA 2, my apologies, but you'll have to wait for the release of GCA 4 from Steve Jackson Games in a few weeks. I'm handling the upgrades manually, via email and web download. If you would like a copy of GCA 3, and you're eligible for it (see above), send me an email including the name your copy of GCA is registered under, and if possible, the email address used when you registered. If I can verify you as a registered user, I will send you download instructions and your personal download code, which will allow you to get your copy of GCA 3. Thank you all for your support over the years, I appreciate it very much. I hope you continue to enjoy GCA, and I hope you'll also consider upgrading to GCA 4 soon. ;-) Thanks, Armin

April 14, 2005

I am not able to distribute GURPS 4th Edition data files. As a result, I have removed them from this site. I apologize for any inconvenience.