Best Online Traveller Source Material

Settembrini · May 15, 2007, 09:28:11 AM

I confess:
I´m a JTAS subscriber, only to be able read Loren K. Wisemans Editiorials.

Caesar Slaad · May 15, 2007, 09:29:58 AM

Quote from: SettembriniI confess:
I´m a JTAS subscriber, only to be able read Loren K. Wisemans Editiorials.

Are the articles any good these days? I was finding them too, well, GURPS-ish, so basically saved the articles I like (like the Brown Dwarf articles... those were gold to a gearhead like me) and let my subscription lapse.

Settembrini · May 15, 2007, 09:32:28 AM

I...only, well... I really don´t look at the articles anymore.:eek:

I did get some huge mileage out of Trillion Credit Wars, used it in my campaign. Great great stuff, especially if you have players who aren´t into FFW style detail.

But the more recent articles... haven´t looked at them.

Pierce Inverarity · May 15, 2007, 02:05:17 PM

Quote from: jrientsMy favorite Traveller forum is Citizens of the Imperium. Those folks are hardcore. The Classic Traveller subforum is goldplated awesome.

I am proud to call Supplement Four an online buddy. I love that guy. I collect his rules tinkerings religiously.

Pierce Inverarity · May 15, 2007, 02:11:42 PM

OK, people have covered most bases already...

Here's a new and increasingly spectacular resource for finding your way around continent Traveller:

http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Here's what I'd hand out to Noobs:

http://traveller.downport.com/foundation.shtml

Indispensable for flamewars: What is your position on jump torpedos, comrade?--

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/imtu.html

Some more art coolness, including a pie-in-the-sky mockup of T5:

http://www.tedlindsey.com/3d/

jeff37923 · May 15, 2007, 02:12:03 PM

Quote from: jrientsMy favorite Traveller forum is Citizens of the Imperium. Those folks are hardcore. The Classic Traveller subforum is goldplated awesome.

I'll be seconding this. The CotI forums have been a great place to bounce ideas around.

Stellar Reaches, JTAS, Traveller Downport, and Freelance Traveller are all good. An often overlooked site is the MIssouri Archive, which is great for T4 and TNE fans.

Casey777 · May 15, 2007, 06:19:24 PM

Zhodani Base (don't think it's been mentioned yet) is chock full of goodness.

Quire · May 15, 2007, 08:07:32 PM

Quote from: The Good Assyriana map of all Known Space

I'm not sure whether to be blown away by the brilliance of this endevour or stunned by the inadequacies of presenting so much space in 2D.

Probably a bit of both, then.

- Q

Ian Absentia · May 15, 2007, 11:05:22 PM

Quote from: Casey777Zhodani Base (don't think it's been mentioned yet) is chock full of goodness.

zho.berka.com

Good stuff! And my personal choice.

Every now and then I reflect on the fact that, in spite of my years of enthusiasm for Traveller, I have totally neglected to take part in any online Traveller community. I've done so for most other specific games I've had an interest in, but not Trav. Oddly, I'm very satisfied with this arrangement, as no one else's opinion on canon has ever intruded on my memories of, or outlook on, the game.

!i!

J Arcane · May 15, 2007, 11:08:42 PM

Quotehttp://www.travellermap.com/

I am deeply amused in a very juvenile way to learn that there is apparently a region in the Imperium called "Dagudashaag" . . .

Koltar · May 15, 2007, 11:12:26 PM

Quote from: J ArcaneI am deeply amused in a very juvenile way to learn that there is apparently a region in the Imperium called "Dagudashaag" . . .

Hey Now!!
Thats where the original shipyard factories for the Empress Marava merchant freighters is located.
Gotta respect that if you run a merchant campaign.

- Ed C.

Pierce Inverarity · May 16, 2007, 02:02:19 AM

Vilani language is VERY SERIOUS business and not to be mocked.

http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Vilani_language

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/lang/vilani/Vilani_Grammar.html

"Lenkhugashzu liraamgim Koltar.": "Air/rafts always seem to hit Koltar."

Balbinus · May 16, 2007, 05:51:32 AM

Quote from: QuireI'm not sure whether to be blown away by the brilliance of this endevour or stunned by the inadequacies of presenting so much space in 2D.

Probably a bit of both, then.

- Q

It's a jumpspace map, jumpspace operates on a two-dimensional axis, not three dimensional.

Honest.

The Good Assyrian · May 16, 2007, 07:43:51 AM

Quote from: Pierce InverarityVilani language is VERY SERIOUS business and not to be mocked.

http://traveller.wikia.com/wiki/Vilani_language

http://eaglestone.pocketempires.com/lang/vilani/Vilani_Grammar.html

"Lenkhugashzu liraamgim Koltar.": "Air/rafts always seem to hit Koltar."

You need some random words for your Vilani dictionary? Try this:

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pound/w-vilani.sample

It's part of a pretty neat little site chock full of random name and word generators.

TGA

The Good Assyrian · May 16, 2007, 07:46:23 AM

Quote from: BalbinusIt's a jumpspace map, jumpspace operates on a two-dimensional axis, not three dimensional.

Honest.

You are a wise man, Balbinus.

TGA