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wait until SATURDAY?!

Started by beeber, July 30, 2007, 02:51:46 PM

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Caesar Slaad

#75
August 04, 2007, 02:06:39 PM
Well, I searched the forum for "Mongoose" and "Traveller" in the thread title... so you lose! Ha!
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#76
August 04, 2007, 02:14:56 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditYeah, I'm not overly impressed or excited. Its not like Traveller isn't around already, what with it currently existing in TWO versions (GURPS and D20).

RPGPundit
GURPS is not Traveller, it's the Third Imperium married to GURPS.  It fails the example set by CT.

T20 is just a fucking mess.  It's closer to the example of CT, but muddied up with intensely labyrinthine rules, and a horribly grafted on set of mechanics.

Classic Traveller to me is good for the same reason that D&D is good:  It's generic, but not overly so.  The implied setting offers enough structure to feed the imagination, but not so much structure as to straight jacket.  It's the perfect combination of openness and definition I look for in a game.

It's also got that lifepath thing going on, something netiher GURPS or T20 really do.
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arminius

#77
August 04, 2007, 02:47:47 PM
To me, it ain't Traveller without lifepaths.

But as Kyle pointed out above, "based on" leaves a lot of room for disappointment.

Caesar Slaad

#78
August 04, 2007, 02:54:17 PM
Quote from: Elliot WilenTo me, it ain't Traveller without lifepaths.

:ditto:
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Koltar

#79
August 04, 2007, 03:23:56 PM
Quote from: Caesar Slaad:ditto:


I've done "Lifepaths" for TRAVELLER with the GURPS version of things.

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beeber

#80
August 04, 2007, 03:48:17 PM
just got home from work, just got the news.  hmmm!  :raise:

i guess MWM has a kick in the pants to finally finish T5?  

better start saving my pennies.  i have a feeling that my inner traveller nerd will force me to buy a lot of stuff, soon.  hope it turns out better than T4

estar

#81
August 04, 2007, 03:48:58 PM
Quote from: RPGPunditYeah, I'm not overly impressed or excited. Its not like Traveller isn't around already, what with it currently existing in TWO versions (GURPS and D20).

RPGPundit

The interesting part to me is having a traveller ruleset under the OGL. It probably won't mean a great deal in the long run but at least the creative efforts of all the classic traveller fans will have a better legal foundation to remain. Granted that M. Miller has always been nice about it but there was never a guarantee.

Maybe we will a resurgence of paleo traveller settings instead of all the work being focused on the 3rd Imperium.

beeber

#82
August 04, 2007, 04:00:11 PM
as long as i can still write an entire character on an index card i'll be happy.

i guess my only wish list is crunchy stuff--gear lists for different TLs, comprehensive alien books, more starships of varied TLs with of course deckplans.

and GUNS.  moremoremore GUNS

:verkill:

Warthur

#83
August 04, 2007, 07:03:44 PM
Quote from: estarMaybe we will a resurgence of paleo traveller settings instead of all the work being focused on the 3rd Imperium.
This is precisely why I'm excited about this: to my mind, Traveller always had a lot of potential as a multi-setting SF system (especially if you just take the core character rules and tinker with the assumptions of the spaceship rules), which was never really exploited since GDW focused on the Imperium (and GURPS and T20, of course, could only adapt the setting, not the system). Seeing Traveller applied to different settings can only be healthy, in my opinion.

Here's hoping for a Traveller renaissance.
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#84
August 04, 2007, 07:08:19 PM
Quote from: WarthurThis is precisely why I'm excited about this: to my mind, Traveller always had a lot of potential as a multi-setting SF system (especially if you just take the core character rules and tinker with the assumptions of the spaceship rules), which was never really exploited since GDW focused on the Imperium (and GURPS and T20, of course, could only adapt the setting, not the system). Seeing Traveller applied to different settings can only be healthy, in my opinion.

Here's hoping for a Traveller renaissance.
I so totally agree with this that it's not even funny.

Traveller is very much a system thing to me, with a bit of an implied setting, at least, that's how it's presented in the original CT corebook.

The Third Imperium stuff is alright, but it's really not what Trav is about to me.
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joewolz

#85
August 04, 2007, 08:07:00 PM
Quote from: SosthenesI predict the development of the Traveller equivalent of C&C then.

I can only dream!  I've never played or read Traveller (of any kind) so I'm excited about this...
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beeber

#86
August 04, 2007, 08:55:27 PM
Quote from: joewolzI can only dream!  I've never played or read Traveller (of any kind) so I'm excited about this...

WHAT?!  omg, etc.  
one of the fun things about traveller (the setting) is following all the history.  Imperial vs. IRL truly competed for my personal memory back in my undergrad days.  

i'm sure you've seen the basics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_%28role-playing_game%29

find and era you like and go from there!  a great sandbox, i've found it to be.

joewolz

#87
August 05, 2007, 01:18:00 PM
Thanx beeeber, but I don't even know the basics.
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Tyberious Funk

#88
August 05, 2007, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: J ArcaneTraveller is very much a system thing to me, with a bit of an implied setting, at least, that's how it's presented in the original CT corebook.

Yup.
 
I never got into Traveller as a kid (it just wasn't available in my area).  So, feeling like I was missing out on something classic, I started looking into the game.  But I was initially intimidated by the vast and detailed game world, so I decided to drop the idea.
 
It wasn't until I picked up the Classic Traveller books that I realised... hey, there aint no setting here!
 
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