Mark Urbin [email removed]
and everyone else who asked:
The garbled bit of the message was unimportant, merely a
statement that the reason we took the "bendy-toys" ad was that
they paid cash up front. The rest of it was just my sign-off and
a repeat of our address and our phone and fax numbers, which are:
GDW
[address removed]
[phone removed] voice
[phone removed] FAX
Credit card orders can be taken by phone or FAX, as can errata
requests.
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Robert S. Dean [email removed]
> So, what _is_ selling well these days
T: TNE, T: 2000, Dark Con, and Mythus, in that order.
> Just as a matter of idle curiosity, what sort of terms would
> you license use of the Traveller tm under now? Suppose,
> for purposes of this example, that I wanted to publish
> a collection of mini-adventures in a close approximation
> of the old format (64 page, digest sized, etc.)...
Depends. We usually get a royalty (a percentage of gross
earnings), and we normally get a cash payment up front (earnest
money) of $1000, as an advance against those royalties. Size of
the advance and the percentage of gross is negotiable. With
established companies like RAFM, we sometimes waive the advance.
> any chance that you could recap the history behind the
> Classic->MT shift sometime? I'm sure a lot of us would be
> interested.
One of these days, perhaps, when I get soggy with nostalgia.
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Jeff Zeitlin, Et al:
> What's the FF&S release date?
November
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> When the entire Traveller world adopts our system, GDW
> will be forced to do the same. We can do it, we have the
> power
Let me know when you get it done. I'll be interested is seeing
it.
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Adrian Hurt:
> What was that about being able to spell correctly? :-)
I said that I _could_, I didn't say that I always did! : )
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Re: High-tech weaponry
We will be producing stats on a batch of TL-8-12 firearms (I
have just worked up a TL-9 7.6mm MMG that has a damage of 7, and
comes with DS (pen: 1-2-5), and plain vanilla rounds). Watch this
space!
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Matthew Goldman [email removed]
Re: Typos:
> On a serious note, why are there so many typos and stuff that
> looks like no one ever read over the rules after they were
> typed in? Or is it just that I'm noticing the typos more now.
I think you may be more sensitized to typos now. Compared to
MT, the typos and flat-out flubs in TNE are rather small.
RE the CD idea, we are not in a position to spare the person
hours it would take to OCR it all in and hammer it into shape. On
the other hand, if someone seriously wants to license such a
project, sell the CDs, and pay all concerned a royalty, we can
talk.
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"Anthony K. Baggaley"
Subject: Traveller Toys...
You forgot the Hiver, with a 10 kilo package of gummi Hiver-
young (to be consumed by the purchaser as you play with the toy).
: )
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Flynnman
> although I miss Classic Traveller, I welcome the New Era with
> open arms.
Nice to have someone say it out loud.
> Does GDW operate a BBS that one might be able to download new
> product= info or possible an updated errata for TNE?
'Fraid not. GDW's does have accounts on GEnie, Compuserve, and
America On-Line, and I try to keep them supplied with goodies.
I'll try to shoot a copy of the TNE eratta to James and have him
put it in the library or whatever it is here...
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Vanya:
> Combat is very safe (avg damage from 9mm round-3.5pts, avd
> hits avg character can take in chest
> (STR+CON)*3=(6+6)*3=36pts -->
> 10 rounds of 9mm): the average party will run out of ammo
> before they are killed. (I calmly let him shoot me in
> the gut while I return fire.)
You're neglecting the "Quick Kill rule'" which is no longer
optional in TNE. Each round hitting the head or chest has a
chance of killing that target character (a D20 per shot for the
damage value of the shot or less, in the case of a 9mmm this
would be a 1). I don't have the statistics to be able to
determine what the odds are of killing a character in 10 D20
rolls are, but I would think they are more significant than you
give them credit for.
An option we recommend for people who think the combat system
is not deadly enough is to roll D10s or D20s instead of D6s for
damage dice.
>> and then with #72 it [TNS] starts up again, date-
>> lined after the Virus. It is not intended to be a kick in
>> the gonads to anybody or anything.
> But what can it say?
Pretty much the same sort of stuff that it said before MT came
out.
> By the way, Where is Citizen Miller?
Central Illinois.
> What happened to him?
Nothing in particular (see below).
> Why didne he have anythong to do with TNE?
He has a day job now...
>> Does anyone know the real story of why Mark Miller left GDW?
>
> Wiseman replies:
> > Yep.
> Why, WHY, WHY did he leave?
Out of respect for Marc's privacy, I won't give the complete
details. Basically, he wanted to do other things with his life.
> Should I send my Vargr corsair to rescue him?
What would they rescue him from? Midwest Suburbia? : )
> Who do we have to pay off?
Marc W. Miller. What would you be making the payoff for? .
>> He remains interested in what
>.> we are doing with his game.
> But does he LIKE what you are doing to his game?
He has some disagreements over minor details, but he approves
of the Virus and the other major changes.
Matt Goodman:
> What happend to the folks who "made" MegaTraveller, the guys
> and gals at Digest Publications Group. Are they No More?
DGP is still around, but they are no longer producing MT
product (license terminated at their option). They wanted to do
their own game, A.I. Not out yet, as far as I know.
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I tried the buttered bread/feline drive experiment. The butter
slides around to the cat's feet (leaving the bread firmly
anchored to the cat's back), and the cat/butter construct lands
safely (albeit rather messily) on the ground. The cat was really
PO'ed and wouldn't let me near it for a week.
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Glenn E. Myers
> the new system creates designs that are...require many more
crew members
With the scout ship (at least) Dave's intention was that people
fill more than one slot (in Star Trek, Spock was both XO and
Science officer). This won't work on the larger ships.
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BORIS ZAIDFELD" [email removed]
-TML Lurker...
Welcome aboard. Lurk no more!
< I need all the help I can get! : ) >
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J Roberson
> T2K damage: ...I haven't campaigned since the 2nd ed came
> out, so I don't have any playtested fixes
See above, re: Quick kill and D10 instead of D6
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Wildstar [email removed]
> If you like the T:TNE rules set, go ahead and play in the
> "Classic" Imperium;
> don't worry, the GDW Thought Police won't come and take your
> campaign away from you.
We won't? Why not?
[ Insert here sounds of automatic mental readjustment ...
something really horrifying...think Cronenberg and _Scanners_ ]
Oh...right...Yeah. We won't. Not at all. Never. No way, Jose.
Nope, not us. Unh uh...
Honest!