Alan Hurscroft just commented on the 'officialness' of various Traveller
supplements produced by non-GDW groups. While tecnically accurate, in that
a number of supplements from non-GDW companies were 'approved' it doesn't
answer a deeper problem; a number of Traveller items, including some of GDW's
are no longer consistent. The older military starship designs are no longer
supported; some are obsolete due to game changes, but the origional Fighting
Ships was not kept up through the megatraveller transition. THere are several
other examples among the wide range of Traveller products.
The problem is not that Traveller is changing; it is that there has been a
change and it is not clear what was and what wasn't kept over. Correspondence
with GDW asking what their official policy on this is would be helpful; an
article in Challenge magazine might be better, to get the message of the
official policy out to more people.
-george william herbert
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