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Mongoose Traveller Core Book 2e Back in Print

Started by Lynn, February 13, 2021, 02:39:09 PM

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Lynn

February 13, 2021, 02:39:09 PM
I missed the announcement, but the end of January apparently Mongoose got this back into print after something like 8 months. It looks like they may have integrated the errata changes.

There seems to be a few copies left up on Amazon.
Lynn Fredricks
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Samsquantch

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February 16, 2021, 06:07:03 AM
Sweet, thanks! Now if they would have only reprinted the starter set...

Lynn

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February 16, 2021, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: Samsquantch on February 16, 2021, 06:07:03 AM
Sweet, thanks! Now if they would have only reprinted the starter set...

I may be wrong but I think someone (maybe Seth Skorkowsky) said the weren't going to reprint the starter set, but do something different.
Lynn Fredricks
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Aglondir

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February 16, 2021, 06:49:55 PM Last Edit: February 16, 2021, 08:09:52 PM by Aglondir
Quote from: Lynn on February 16, 2021, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: Samsquantch on February 16, 2021, 06:07:03 AM
Sweet, thanks! Now if they would have only reprinted the starter set...

I may be wrong but I think someone (maybe Seth Skorkowsky) said the weren't going to reprint the starter set, but do something different.
True. I think it was Mongoose Matt on the Mongoose forum.

Edit:

Quote from:  Mongoose Matt, Jul 27, 2020UPDATE: The Starter Set is not going to be reprinted in its current form - those who pre-ordered it have already been contacted, and we will have news on a new Starter Set in the (little more distant) future. However, we are looking at an 'Explorer's Edition' to be used as a new entry point into Traveller - more news as it comes!

Samsquantch

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February 17, 2021, 02:17:37 AM
Quote from: Lynn on February 16, 2021, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: Samsquantch on February 16, 2021, 06:07:03 AM
Sweet, thanks! Now if they would have only reprinted the starter set...

I may be wrong but I think someone (maybe Seth Skorkowsky) said the weren't going to reprint the starter set, but do something different.

You are correct, I believe I read the same on the Mongoose site as well. Supposedly an expansion to the sector the starter set used but it's a year or more away.

Samsquantch

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February 17, 2021, 02:18:17 AM
Quote from: Aglondir on February 16, 2021, 06:49:55 PM
Quote from: Lynn on February 16, 2021, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: Samsquantch on February 16, 2021, 06:07:03 AM
Sweet, thanks! Now if they would have only reprinted the starter set...

I may be wrong but I think someone (maybe Seth Skorkowsky) said the weren't going to reprint the starter set, but do something different.
True. I think it was Mongoose Matt on the Mongoose forum.

Edit:

Quote from:  Mongoose Matt, Jul 27, 2020UPDATE: The Starter Set is not going to be reprinted in its current form - those who pre-ordered it have already been contacted, and we will have news on a new Starter Set in the (little more distant) future. However, we are looking at an 'Explorer's Edition' to be used as a new entry point into Traveller - more news as it comes!

You beat me to it...

horsesoldier

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March 08, 2021, 01:03:42 PM
And, don't worry guys, after this re-print is sold out, the next re-print will be free of those awful pronouns! Why? Because it's the right thing to do. Matt isn't a SJW or anything like that, oh no.

He just happens to hire SJW's. Completely different. (the source of this is the traveller discord server)

Klytus

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March 08, 2021, 01:12:52 PM
Wonderful... So glad I recently ordered a copy of Cepheus Engine from lulu.
Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today?

An obscure body in the S-K System, Your Majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet... "Earth".

horsesoldier

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March 08, 2021, 01:44:03 PM
I had backed the mercenary kickstarter, forgot about it, and was unhappy I already paid for it. I agree with you on CE, much better overall, and I can supplement it with Stars Without Number. The biggest issues with Mongoose Traveller--consistency, editing, art--none of these have been fixed but now he's gotten rid of the male gaze and pronouns. Lame.

jeff37923

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March 08, 2021, 04:51:31 PM
Quote from: horsesoldier on March 08, 2021, 01:44:03 PM
I had backed the mercenary kickstarter, forgot about it, and was unhappy I already paid for it. I agree with you on CE, much better overall, and I can supplement it with Stars Without Number. The biggest issues with Mongoose Traveller--consistency, editing, art--none of these have been fixed but now he's gotten rid of the male gaze and pronouns. Lame.

Oh, the tales that can be told of the abortion of a playtest for that Mongoose Traveller second edition.....
"Meh."

Aglondir

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March 08, 2021, 08:28:01 PM
There are some interesting ideas for the next edition on the Mongoose forum thread, like including an index and going back to 2D deck plans. They are also redoing the art, which could be good or bad. Odd that they are not calling it 3E but "2nd rebaselined" or something. Maybe they don't plan on that many rules changes.

lordmalachdrim

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March 08, 2021, 08:51:04 PM
I did not want to believe what you guys are talking about so I went to Mongooses forums and it appears you are right. Plus they seem to be making just enough changes to the rules of the new  core book that you'll need it to stay current.

Also the name "2022 update" is the thing they are currently calling it there.

jeff37923

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March 09, 2021, 08:49:25 AM
Quote from: Aglondir on March 08, 2021, 08:28:01 PM
There are some interesting ideas for the next edition on the Mongoose forum thread, like including an index and going back to 2D deck plans. They are also redoing the art, which could be good or bad. Odd that they are not calling it 3E but "2nd rebaselined" or something. Maybe they don't plan on that many rules changes.

Quote from: jeff37923 on June 06, 2018, 11:42:42 PM


snip> The artwork is horrendous and the isometric drawing deckplans are useless at the table. <snip

You'll have to pardon the schadenfreude from me because I was part of the MgT2e playtest and WE FUCKING TOLD THEM THAT THOSE WOULD NOT WORK back in 2015.
"Meh."

horsesoldier

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March 09, 2021, 11:37:40 AM
Care to dish out on the playtest, for those that missed it?

Sprange is going to take the easy way out and only do superficial fixes. Like pronouns.

jeff37923

#14
March 09, 2021, 05:26:36 PM
Quote from: horsesoldier on March 09, 2021, 11:37:40 AM
Care to dish out on the playtest, for those that missed it?

Sprange is going to take the easy way out and only do superficial fixes. Like pronouns.

I'd love to, but it will have to wait until I get home from work tomorrow morning.
"Meh."
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