tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post6159419096366602547..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Traveller: What version?Jeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-88911103600682193982009-11-09T06:02:27.641-06:002009-11-09T06:02:27.641-06:00The CD is good value IF you want to work with PDFs...The CD is good value IF you want to work with PDFs. But if you want actual books and paper, and most people do, buy the Mongoose Pocket Traveller and work on from there.. the Classic Traveller CD Rom is still perfect source for Mongoose Traveller.s7610rahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658417201343534248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-32003027361031979432009-10-25T17:10:35.138-05:002009-10-25T17:10:35.138-05:00Jeff - thanks so much for the recommendation. I or...Jeff - thanks so much for the recommendation. I ordered the CT CD-ROM and, because my dedication to Nerdom is strong, I catch myself anticipating it like Christmas morning.<br /><br />Mmmmmmm.....OTU....Erin Smalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085303583608172242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-38048916751897579462009-10-24T15:28:47.320-05:002009-10-24T15:28:47.320-05:00Jeff... Marc has heard your laments and answered t...Jeff... Marc has heard your laments and answered them...<br /><br />http://www.farfuture.net/Contents%20CDROM%20Apocrypha%20I.pdf<br /><br />The first CT Apocrypha CD covers the FASA and Gamelords releases. And I know he's started working on a list of what might go on a second CT Apocrypha CD...donm61873https://www.blogger.com/profile/07855277967868713114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-11879795125753799372009-10-24T14:15:02.612-05:002009-10-24T14:15:02.612-05:00Starter Traveller was my first—and for a long time...<i>Starter Traveller</i> was my first—and for a long time, my only—<i>Traveller</i> product. Which is weird considering that my first regular group played cT. By the time I needed to buy my own books, though, it was the <i>Megatraveller</i> era.<br /><br />I was always disappointed with ST because it did lack a couple of things that I really had wished it had. That’s all changed now that I have the BFBs, a select collection of LBBs, and the <i>Traveller Book</i>. Now, ST is perhaps my favorite cT product. I have all the other stuff for the times I need it, but the vast majority of the time ST is all I need at the table.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-56927132245622467322009-10-24T11:28:16.682-05:002009-10-24T11:28:16.682-05:00As a long time Traveller lover and GM, I agree tha...As a long time Traveller lover and GM, I agree that CT is the best way to go and would consider one of the Short Adventures as a good starting point. My blog has a number of posts recounting a recent CT campaign, which may (or may not) prove useful.<br /><br />I also think that the T5 CD-Rom is worth picking up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-38706231330346286322009-10-23T23:32:50.005-05:002009-10-23T23:32:50.005-05:00I was going to recommend Starter Traveller as well...I was going to recommend Starter Traveller as well. It shows up on ebay every so often, and it only leaves out Drugs and (I think) experience, as compared to the Traveller Book.<br /><br />Plus it has the Range Band Space Combat, which people seem to take to easier than the original miniatures system.<br /><br />And it comes in a box!Will Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379173017869751088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-74752800597441140312009-10-23T23:00:34.233-05:002009-10-23T23:00:34.233-05:00If I didn't still have all my original books, ...If I didn't still have all my original books, the reprinted long books, the Japanese editions and pretty much everything else ever made for for the Classic and Mega versions of Traveller, I would snap that CD up in a hot second.<br /><br />As it is, it may take me several seconds. Too late. I'm getting it. :PAdam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-39077379481884609852009-10-23T22:33:38.923-05:002009-10-23T22:33:38.923-05:00Thanks for the posts Jeff I got the two topics for...Thanks for the posts Jeff I got the two topics for my blog out of it.<br /><br />@Robert<br />Yes note that is virtually the same as the Traveller Book rules wise.Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-15162590573242600772009-10-23T21:56:57.349-05:002009-10-23T21:56:57.349-05:00Is Starter Traveller on the CD? It is basically an...Is <i>Starter Traveller</i> on the CD? It is basically an abbreviated version of <i>The Traveller Book</i> so it might be worth looking at first before diving into the larger volume.<br /><br />The thing I’d say about the OTU—like I’d say about any published setting—is to not be afraid to make it your own or worry about contradicting something you haven’t read yet. Let the players know that anything they read or know is just rumor and may not apply.<br /><br />Personally, I’m a fan of just taking one of the sector books, filling in the blanks yourself, and ignoring almost all the rest of the canon. It gives you a bit of a jump start vs. generating your own subsector, but let’s you create something your own. It’s fun to recruit players into helping fill in the blanks too.<br /><br />And that cT CD-ROM has a lot of stuff to support winging it.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-85570628851491217602009-10-23T20:55:07.869-05:002009-10-23T20:55:07.869-05:00Great recommendation.
I picked up the Quiklink In...Great recommendation.<br /><br />I picked up the Quiklink Interactive reprint of the original three Little Black Books for $12. That's a good deal, but getting all the early Traveller books on CD-ROM for $35 is truly a steal.Aaron E. Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-43836218924055638532009-10-23T20:54:42.403-05:002009-10-23T20:54:42.403-05:00Huh...maybe I need to pick up the disk as well. Bu...Huh...maybe I need to pick up the disk as well. But man, that Mongoose core book is SWEET.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.com