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Latest Activity: Dec. 10, 2010

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[MGT] What kinds of products are you interested in? 8 Replies

Good day. As you may or may not know, Mongoose allows other companies to publish products with a "Traveller Compatible Product" logo on it, my company being one of them. I currently have almost 30 p…

Started by Dale C. McCoy, Jr.. Last reply by Dale C. McCoy, Jr. Nov. 9, 2009.

Your Traveller Experience 3 Replies

I don't want this to be a love/hate thread on various Traveller systems, but I thought it might be useful to get an idea of which Traveller iterations people on here have played the most. That way, w…

Started by Zachary Houghton. Last reply by Conrad R. Nov. 5, 2009.

Where In The Imperium?..... 3 Replies

So, where exactly in the Third Imperium do you set your Traveller game? The Spinward Marches? Verge? Riftspan Reaches? Or perhaps your games is totally outside of the Traveller Universe, or in an ear…

Started by Zachary Houghton. Last reply by John H Oct. 30, 2009.

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Comment by Chris P on October 30, 2009 at 5:37am: Jake, you're instincts are correct in this case. One of the few criticisms that can be made for the Traveller universe (...whatever system you happen to use) is the sheer size and scale of it. It's very easy for GM's and players to be overwhelmed with information before the first adventure of the first campaign gets off the ground...so to speak.

The show Firefly provides some really good ideas on how to present and run a basic Traveller adventure: the characters are each simple in structure, but complex in back story (thus, making them interesting for players) while the objectives of each episode is fairly straightforward and can be boiled down to one sentence (e.g. "Do the job and get paid", "Take cattle from planet A to planet B and get paid", "Get the part to fix the ship" etc). The rest is just detail and can be added whenever you (...and your players) feel more comfortable with the universe as a whole.

Hope this helps...

Comment by Dr Rotwang! on October 29, 2009 at 8:29pm: ...plus all the crap that I keep buying.

Comment by Zachary Houghton on October 29, 2009 at 7:58pm: That's one thing great about Traveller--their fans have created reams and reams of material, and most of it is easily available online.

Comment by jake k on October 29, 2009 at 7:04pm: Doc i will believe you me. I'm tempted to stay real basic. maybe thru 8? Its gonna be neat being a noob seeing as how many people are huge traveller fans. Its like having a huge resource base from the last 30 years.

Comment by Zachary Houghton on October 29, 2009 at 3:52pm: Jake, let us know what you decide on!

Comment by Dr Rotwang! on October 29, 2009 at 7:52am: Jake,you wanna peep-before-you-buy on anything,you know where I live and what's on my shelf.

Comment by Stu Venable on October 28, 2009 at 10:46pm: Ah, the Spinward Marches...

Comment by Zachary Houghton on October 28, 2009 at 10:27pm: Oh, how I love that map. This one isn't too shabby, though a bit rougher.

Comment by Chris P on October 28, 2009 at 10:13pm: One of the better online resources for the game is The Traveller Map.

Comment by Stu Venable on October 28, 2009 at 10:08pm: I used to play the old Traveller back in the early 80s. Loved it. Haven't picked up the latest edition yet, but will eventually. I loved the character generation system. It gave your character a real history. And the setting was awesome.