[Sent to traveller-request (me alone) instead of traveller -- fixed --
James]
I have just aquired a copy of the (old, 1983) Traveller starter edition.
Since I haven't played traveller before (In my whole 14 years of
RPGing). I find it very interesting (It do expend my imagination). But
find a few questions on the game.
1) Does that game have experience and growth of characters?? I couldn't find
that in the rules...
Book 2 pg.40 Experience and Self-improvement
2) Is there still alot of people playing it??
Probably not.
3) How is it compared to Traveller a new Era, somebody say that
MegaTraveller is not good, and Traveller is a classic, I believe it so.
And after reading it, it is a very good system, I like all the formulas
in it, which is logical (as a CS master student) and I like that stuff.
MegaTraveller took classic traveller and many of the supplement books and
condensed them. They also smoothed out several rough spots in the rules as
well, while adding more realitic mechanics. IMO they did an exelent job at
that. MT is a step above classic traveller, and all the old adventures are
playable under those rules. The thing I didn't like about MT is its
background with the "Shattered Imperium". As a "old" Traveller fan I much
prefered the corrupt "old imperium". I just ignored all the new background
material and played MT set in the old background. Then they went and redid
the whole system and spawned Traveller TNE. This IMO is a complete
abandonment of classic traveller. They completely scrapped the background as
well as the mechanics. Now none of the old supplements apply, and the new
adventures are wholy unlike anything that *I* associate with true Traveller.
Perhaps it's just hard to teach old dogs new tricks, but i'm not the only old
salt that was very upset with TNE.
4) How to find more information on the (old) Traveller game??
......talk to me !!!!!!
5) Please will anybody which is a Traveller Fan give me some hints and
answers....
Hang in there, Classic Traveller (remind you of Classic Coke?) is not dead.
There are a few of us out here who keep the IMPERIAL SUNBURST aflame !!!
vive le Emperor !!!! The Iridium throne will always gleem of the light from
11,000 stars !!!!