What will DGP do?

It seems that GDW is bound and determined to abandon the current
MegaTraveller universe. Wether it be by jumping 80 years ahead as
they plan or by moving somewhere else or even going back to The Long
Night dosen't really matter to me. The bottom line is that I won't be
able to use the new material in my campaign, which is set in the
Spinward Marches in the year 1113. (Why, I haven't even decided yet
if I'm going to use the Rebellion at all!) A starspanning game
universe needs an inordinate amount of background data and IMO the
Traveller Universe had just about reached an adequate amount  -
at least in the Deneb Domain and a few other places. But apparently
GDW consider the large amount of background data _detrimental_ to
new players' enjoyment of the game. If that's the way their minds
work then I'm not going to waste my time trying to persuade them to
support my campaign, and I'm not going to buy any of the new
background material (Now, if they come up with some good rules
and package them seperately, then I'll propably buy the rules.
But that's another matter.

What I'm really anxious to know is: Will DGP drop Megatraveller too?
I gather thaty they are not involved in Traveller III, but will they
retain their licence to do Megatraveller stuff? And do they want to?
Or will they switch to that new game of theirs, AI?



      Hans Rancke
University of Copenhagen
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"I used to argue the matter at first, but I'm wiser now. Facts
are stubborn things, but not half so stubborn as fallacies."
                - Stella Maynard in "Anne of the Island"