I got the MTJ last Sunday. Cover price is $5.95. It includes a white on
black map of the Domain of Deneb. Length: 56 pages
So far I have not read it (much). Just glancing through it, it is very
much like the Digest except it deals completely with MegaT. The artwork ,
with a very nice cover, is a great improvement over before (on the whole).
Some noted things (I am glancing at it while typing), there are equipment
sheets and a discussion of the different types of battle dress and there is
an article titled,"A Concise History of the Rebellion", written by my
friend Clay Bush. Should be really useful to someone like me who just got
into Traveller a year after the release of MegaT. There is an adventure
which corresponds to the front cover and a few other things.
I noted a lack of material on Gming or design itself, and no Q&A, but
looking on the back page, they promise this in the next issue.
Overall, it was pretty much what I expected: Not a startling improvement
over the Digest, but more articles dealing with the currents state of
the game. Note: there are no articles that deal with Traveller (ie. the
form of the game before MegaT was released) but I doubt anyone could not
use this material in a "old" Traveller format.
Maybe someone out there can give a detailed report of the contents.
Steven B. Fellows
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