Drinking the Kool-Aid again...
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gridloreI was drifting away from Traveller. I had pretty much stopped reading the TML, was focusing on Thousand Suns and D&D4E (like I'm really expecting to ever get a game together again) and happily accepting my status as an Elder (or is that Eldar?) Statesman of the Traveller universe.
Then Mongoose Publishing released a new edition of the Grand Old Game.
I resisted, honestly. I told myself that I didn't need another throwback to 1977. I had enough Traveller rules to choke a K'kree. I honestly wasn't even going to consider the game. Until I glanced at the preview pages.
whimper. They don't play fair!
So I ordered the book, and I'm impressed. Mongoose and Gareth Hanrahan have managed to capture the spirit of Classic Traveller while bring the rules into the 21st century.
So, being me, I'm already considering a setting (The Night is Darkest Before The Dawn, the Sylea Federation in its early days) and thinking about At Close Quarters version 2.0
Oh, one amusing note. Like any group, Traveller fans have developed their own jargon over the years. We use abbreviations to track the various editions; CT for Classic Traveller, TNE for The New Era, etc,. Want to guess what the accepted reference for Mongoose Traveller is?
RTT. For Riki Tiki Traveller.
Then Mongoose Publishing released a new edition of the Grand Old Game.
I resisted, honestly. I told myself that I didn't need another throwback to 1977. I had enough Traveller rules to choke a K'kree. I honestly wasn't even going to consider the game. Until I glanced at the preview pages.
whimper. They don't play fair!
So I ordered the book, and I'm impressed. Mongoose and Gareth Hanrahan have managed to capture the spirit of Classic Traveller while bring the rules into the 21st century.
So, being me, I'm already considering a setting (The Night is Darkest Before The Dawn, the Sylea Federation in its early days) and thinking about At Close Quarters version 2.0
Oh, one amusing note. Like any group, Traveller fans have developed their own jargon over the years. We use abbreviations to track the various editions; CT for Classic Traveller, TNE for The New Era, etc,. Want to guess what the accepted reference for Mongoose Traveller is?
RTT. For Riki Tiki Traveller.
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 00:06 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Aug 2008 00:36 (UTC)You have the book? What did you think?
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 00:52 (UTC)I'll take your word for it that it's 21st century... what I saw, from rules to graphics design, looked like it could just as easily be 1990s (I'm especially thinking of TNE and late MT). I actually dig the retro covers more than anything, though a part of me is twitching at Merc and HG not being Books 4 and 5. :/
It looks like a serviceable edition and they definitely have respect for the material. I hope it does well in the market.
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 00:50 (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Aug 2008 02:18 (UTC)Oh, gods, that's hilarious. =D
I know, easily amused, but still....
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 02:19 (UTC)no subject
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 03:25 (UTC)//no we're not//
I didn't type that!
//sure you did//
//oh, tell the other meat being to expect a delivery next week. I need some upgrades.//
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 04:18 (UTC)Oddly enough, while I really like Traveller and its setting..I am most intrigued by the fact that they are putting out two books based on the Mongoose Traveller rules...for Babylon 5!
Allen
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Date: 17 Aug 2008 04:57 (UTC)FWIW, RTT only seems to be the tag for it on the TML - or was before I bailed on the TML. MgT seems to be in much wider use in RPG-land, along with MongTrav.