''Steve Jackson's Man to Man'' is a

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for ''

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''.

''Man to Man'' is a subset of just the ''

'' combat system for fantasy settings, including both basic rules and advanced rules, and comes with an introductory adventure scenario. Similarly to Steve Jackson's role-paying game ''

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'', ''Man to Man'' involves tactical combat on a hex grid, with a point-based system for character generation, and only uses six sided dice.

Publication history

''Man to Man: Fantasy Combat from GURPS'' was written by Steve Jackson, and published as an 80-page book with cardstock miniatures by

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in 1985. 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

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, as ''Man to Man: Fantasy Combat from GURPS''. ''Man to Man'' also had a supplement called ''

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'' (1985). The original ''

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'' (1986) then used the combat rules from ''Man to Man''.

Reception

''Man to Man'' was reviewed in ''

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'' #37, and ''

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'' #43.

References

Fantasy role-playing game supplements GURPS 1st/2nd edition Man to Man Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1985 {{rpg-stub