Hi, I'm new to the TML but I wonder if someone out there can help me: I
need to find the cheapest way to get the Chile between the 16th of September
and... just kidding.
I'm an enthusiastic Traveller reader (and occasionally Ref or Player) and
have been for about ten years. (End of Biography) I've been getting the list
for a month and reading the archives, and it's nice to see some people have
wasted as much memory on it as I have.
Anyway, I got Traveller- The Non-Event as soon as it came out, saw that it
was as bad as everyone had feared (but it's bad points have been covered here
enough) and placed it on a shelf till TTA comes out (it's Fire Fusion and
Steel now isn't it? sounds better for the SpaceOrk geeks I suppose).
I think that's as far as I'll go in releasing the months of frustration
and despair over TNE before I get carried away.
Now, this message was just to say hello and stop me feeling like a voyeur,
but I've thought of one thing to say- since the dust cleared/blood dried
over the Fusion Engine arguement, mention of TNE has been rather light, ie.
no discusion on the Arses or Regency, and most interest has been in non-TNE
subjects ( notice how people got stuck into the Zhodani thread- who are the
least changed area in TNE).
So, do people really consider "The Non-Event" as part of the Traveller
Universe we played in for years, or just as a new SFRPG. I mean, with a new
rules system and a new background, is it any more Traveller than 2300?,(and
that game had the Traveller name to start with, and PGMPs) even the Technology
has changed from Classic/MT.
I was just wondering how many people have actually changed over to the TNE
rules (or even background) or plan to do so when TTA comes out?
I suspect TTA will decide the issue. It sounds brilliant, and if even half
decent (ie. less than 20 naff pictures, less than 10 pages of errata, binding
lasts at least a fortnight) it might be worth changing over to the new rules.
I've wasted enough bandwidth so I'll sign off before I think of something
useful to say
Glad to be aboard
Anthony Baggaley (who is not as bitter as he
sounds)
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