Traveller

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:05 pm

Deleted - just noticed the subheader that this is just for AD&D type products...sorry Hal!

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:37 pm

I don't see why we can't discuss it anyway, since it's a gaming product. Besides, aren't most of the editions now OOP? Ah, why not? Feel free to repost it.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:24 pm

Cool thanks! Was just wondering if anyone had played much Traveller and if they'd recommend a particular rules edition and any other materials. If I could ever find a group to play I'd enjoy getting into a dark, epic sort of sci fi game (kinda a-la Riddick) and the second part of the question was whether Traveller is even suited for that feel.

Post by **Evil Eli** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:43 am

"Your Sticky Foam is ready, Sir"

I Miss travellar, for the Character Generation if nothing else.

Post by **Varl** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:34 am

I played in a brief Traveller game back in the 90s with some friends, and while the game itself was interesting, let's just say the GM had a thing for Kafers. We were charged with a recovery mission to retrieve a lost jumpship from some planet, and my character's speciality was jumpship flight expertise, so in the event we found it and secured it, I'd be the one to get us out of there.

Well, the mission went well. We encountered (what I felt) were too many Kafers, and after a while, it got a little threadbare. Part of that had to do with a preconceived expectation of mine (which, fairly, may not have been justified) that we'd experience and encounter more than just Kafers. I wanted D&D in space, or at least something close to that. I wanted to travel to distant planets to meet and see weird creatures and kill them. /Full Metal Jacket

So, while the campaign wasn't a total waste of time, it did leave me feeling a little flat towards Traveller.

Post by **McDeath** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:11 pm

I wish I had gotten into Traveller, Metamorphis Alpha, Gamma World, and Boot Hill. Sadly, I was brought up on welfare back in my youth so there wasn't exactly money to go around for personal endevours. My collection of raw Basic, 1st, and 2nd stuff I have has been compiled from years of going through used book stores and garage sales. Kinda sucks I had to be picky and choosy as a lot of sci-fi, horror, superhero, etc has some damn good ideas.

Post by **Algolei** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:26 pm

I played once. In a tournament.

My friends and I were always hoping to play, but nobody wanted to be the ... uh, what do you call the DM in Travellers?

There was also the problem of being in a "smart" group of high school students. One of my friends was constantly berating the "lousy rules regarding computers." And he did have a point. (He now works in the US, designing top-secret military hardware.) Having people who know too much about stuff is a detriment to the disblief you need in a role-playing game....

(Hell, we had the same problem when we tried to play the original Top Secret game, too!

Bubba kept arguing about the stats they gave for his favourite weapons.)