My two cents follow on reasons for hating T:TNE (which I do not).
Go on if the discussion has tired you out.
The problem I am having with T:TNE is, in fact, that it is different.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I have spent some
serious dinero on gaming over the past 10 years or so. One
of the first games I picked up was Traveller, because I could
add to my material for as little as $3.00 (for one of those
half sized 'Books' or 'supplements' or 'Adventures).
I have kept up with the products ever since. I think Traveller
lasted about 12 years, 1977 to 1989 (corrections please?) before
the release of Megatraveller. MT was not a serious departure,
which was good since by then I had about 35 books, supplements,
and adventures, as well as Judges Guild Subsector maps, alien
modules etc. etc.
Megatraveller went up on the shelf in '89, I immediately bought
the basic set ($25 or so). Then each of the supplementary
source books (Ref's companion, Fighting ships, rebellion sourcebk)
at $10.00 each. I wrote an Appleworks, then a lotus, then an excel
spreadsheet for starship construction. I generated a full sector
of planetary detail and made my own map for it.
The thing is, MT was 'easily` compatible with CT. The ships
could be converted in about 15-20 minutes, and performance of the
CT ship would (usually) work in the MT ship. Characters and worlds
were similarly convertable.
I Like T:TNE. It's a good game. It is not 'easily' compatable
with the CT and MT material I have, which is a tremendous waste to me.
It seems like T:MT was not allowed to develop and florish as it
should, as CT did. 4 years is quite a short time for GDW to give
it. I'm not ready to give up all the work and money that has gone
into MT!
There, I vented. Now maybe I can get on with my gaming life. Maybe
I should go back to AD&D. WHAT? You say there's a Second Edition?
- -Pete
"The opinions expressed certainly have nothing whatever to do with
the University of Chicago or the Department of Biochemistry (I just
work there and use their toys)."
Peter Brenton [phone removed]
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology [email removed]
The University of Chicago