TNE?

> From: [email removed]
>                Bertil:
>      > Generally positive. The way things work seems to be moving
> towards good ol' Traveller.
>      Thanks. That was certainly what we were trying for.

  There has been some brief comments on TTNE on usenet news that basically
agree about the similarities. I have a hard time putting my finger on them,
but they are there.

>      You seem to have acquired a copy before many people in the USA.
> Our Swedish distributor is very efficient.

  I asked Fabian about it and according to him, they ("Spel & Sa'nt") buy
directly from you via airmail.

  One thing that I have noticed now in the combat chapter that give strange
effects is the environment rules on gravity (p308). As I interpret them,
a slug thrower would get a close range of infinite in zero gee. I'm leaning
towards using the Jump/Throw table on page 190 instead of local gravity
when it comes to determining ranges and safe speeds (but not carrying
loads).

>   Loren K. Wiseman
>         for GDW

- -bertil-
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 strange religion there exists a proponent on the Net. The proof is left as an
 exercise for your kill-file."

                       Subject:                               Time:11:33 am
  OFFICE MEMO          TNE                                    Date:8/6/93
Hi,
> collected TNE errata
Stonking idea. I've just got my TNE (17 squidlets in the UK) and was faced with
the prospect of trawling through n megabytes of TML to find people's
alterations to the govt tables etc - deciding which one of various worthy
version to take, etc. Wildstar to the rescue. Getting it GDW approved so that
they use the corrected stuff as well would be good.

> TNE
Seems like they've changed a lot of stuf that could have stayed the same - e.g.
why 2D6-1 instead of 2D6? Or starting previous ex at 18 instead of 17? Strange
seemingly random changes. I like even numbers so I'll be starting at 18 I
think. Character generation is better, IMHO, simpler and doesn't take weeks to
do like HG/Merc etc. And, v important for lazy people like me, it's much easier
to get the Mac to do it. There seems to be lots of DOS and Unix software
around, is there any Mac stuff anywhere or do I have to write it?

> Virus
Given the extent to which systems would be interconnected 4000 years from now,
don't you think the Virus is eminently possible? Take Gibson for example -
cyberspace is only 50 years away - where computers are troiling around in each
other's guts all the time. The AI controlling that slab of black ice can
infiltrate your machine to such a high degree that it can get the neural
interface to fry your brain. Still think the Virus is impossible? And we'll be
well beyond FORMAT in 4000 years time - at least I **** well hope so. Then
again, Microsoft may still be around :-(

> Trav -> Cyber
Does anyone think it's strange that there's no stuff about implants or other
cyber kit in Trav? Someone mentioned to me that with a few millenia to run at
we could come up with some seriously bizarro augmentation gear - he also said
this was the reason for Cyberpunk's meteoric rise and Trav's relative decline
from hip status. I tried to explain this away with Imperial Humanisation
decrees, or genetic breeding, but I could tell I wasn't getting anywhere.
Comments?

> New versions of RPG favourites
Over in the RuneQuest mailing list, the authors of RQ4 (new version, similar in
scale and impact to TNE) are emailing beta versions around for any old bod to
comment on and pick holes in. The result is an *enormous* amount of playtesting
being done and game systems emerging that are solid and universally accepted
(after heated discussions, etc, admittedly). Did GDW do anything similar for
TNE? If not, why not? Wouldn't it have been great for everyone to have a hand
in the new Trav, and as a side benefit not have any errata to speak of?

czeers
Jase
Sr Sw Eng
Insignia Solutions
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