Greetings,

I guess the easiest way to refer to myself is a Grognard. Been playing Traveller since the early 80's, along with Megatraveller, Traveller New Era, GURPS Traveller and Mongoose 1e.

D20 and T20 were the editions that made sense to me.  They helped me, along with good friends who put up with ENDLESS questions, understand the game better.

Things are starting to get a little cluttered, so let me see...

Welcomes are in order for Participant 8 and Participant 13, who have just made their first posts here.  Thank you both for joining in with the rest of us!

The rest of us have strayed a bit (including me!) from the purpose here, mainly of welcoming new players, but I guess that's okay as long as we can keep it straight.

I've a fondness for MegaTraveller - it goes a long way to clarify how the task system works, and provides a bucketload of source material that made for good reading.

That said, the simple elegance of Classic still draws me.  I have NO experience whatever with GURPS Traveller.

Whatever your stripe, so long as Traveller is something you enjoy, you'll have a place here.

I liked all of the background materials in MegaTraveller but the broken system details turned me off using the system itself.

I stick with CT for the most part, but I do find some value in MegaTraveller for use as source books, to supplement the main rules I use.

I'm curious, what appeals to you about MegaTraveller? Is it simply the more complete task system? I find that useful myself, but I tend to find that the overall tone of the game reduces players to insignificance. While this is true in a certain way (Its a BIG slice of the galaxy after all), the scope of what players can reasonably hope to accomplish is so small it can be discouraging (Sure, they've scored a 1,000 ton privateer, but then they come across a Kokirrak class Dreadnought, etc.)

I do like the task system and tend to use large parts of it.

Yeah, I like how they broke the task system down - it really clarified things for me.  I tend to run a more opportunistic and optimistic Traveller game than the "orthodox" setting would seem to suggest.  I like settings like Shattered Imperium and Hard Times, and the depth of detail in the MegaTraveller source stuff is useful for getting perspective, but I don't let myself get to hidebound by it.

Hard to avoid the pathos in Hard Times...

Hi everyone!

I'm preparing a Classic Traveller Legends of the Sky Raiders-campaign here on rpol, and researching Traveller I found this group. I don’t think I’ve ever actually played traveller, well maybe a short trading-campaign 25 years ago, but had the Classic books in the 80-ies.

I have a dim memory of also having had the MegaTraveller books, but for some reason it didn't do it for me like the Classic version.

I also remember generating sector maps. I could easily see myself doing that again, the same way I enjoy generating random fantasy dungeons or wilderness maps.

Welcome, MP! I can see the appeal of the map generation... its a mini-game in itself, like the character generation process.

Legends of the Sky Raiders is a good thing to run people through.

Welcome to the group MP.

Hello!
Like many of you I'm an old Traveller hand, I'm on my ninth term :)

Currently playing in two games, always looking to play though

Hail and welcome, P15! I'm looking for my anagathics myself...

I'm running one, I think I can say that now, its been nearly six months. Still having growing pains though. We'll make it, though!

Have a look around and chime in anywhere you feel drawn to, I'm sure it will spark discussions

MP, actually presently playing in the Sky Raiders saga, close to 2 years now.  We are somewhere in the last book now, right here on RPOL.  Longest Traveller game I've ever been in.  I missed the first book, so might be interested in watching.

Also just got promoted in Atho's game, now holding 2 positions, and living on coffee & other stimulants until we jump.

Wow, interesting! Do you have a link to the Sky Raiders game?

Edit: meant "Raiders", not "Realms".
This message was last edited by the player at 11:52, Sat 15 Dec 2018.

In reply to Altho (msg # 40):

I'm Magellan in your game, and I'm also in the Sky Raiders game having just taken over Lucky Jack the NPC :)

I'm Ken in the Sky Raiders game :)

I'd love to learn more about Sky Realms and am always looking for a good Traveller game!

Sky raiders was/is a great game.  I had to bow out because of too much work and GMing other games myself.

Hello everyone. I'm looking for a new game myself. I'll have to check out Sky Raiders.

Sky Raiders Saga:  link to another game

The very best classic campaign in Traveller.  It ranks with 'The Traveller Adventure' which I would like to participate in as a player.

This message was deleted by the player at 02:30, Wed 19 Dec 2018.

Maraanash Sophonts - permission to come aboard!

I started with T20 back in the day and I've been enthusiastic about Traveller ever since.  I have since come to appreciate CT, endured the bad editing of MGT, and I've come to settle on Mongoose 2e as my preferred rules set (with various house rules, as one does).

I'm here to collect your resources, inspiration, and at some point, cast a wide net for a small group to run a game for.

In reply to Aamlakhash Kaarin Saramidin Ulunkaar Dagashii (msg # 50):

Welcome aboard.  I started with T20 and worked my way through various versions.  Not sure which I like most as most of the time I didn't play one version for a long period of time.  I'm currently working through a game.

Never touched T 20. How does it relate to CT ?? Curious from all of the D&D playing I've been thru.