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Discussion of the various incarnations on the Traveller RPG by Marc Miller, et al.

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    flibbertygibbit @ttrpg.network

    Thoughts on a GM-less Traveller game?

    I would like to get thoughts on my half-assed plan to coordinate a GM-less Traveller game for myself and two of my buddies.

    Context:

    • Our experience with Traveller is limited but not zero. I have never played Traveller but have read many of the books (mostly Mongoose Traveller, Classic Traveller, and Traveller5). I have ran a handful of sessions with the same two guys as players (we played through High and Dry).
    • We are old hats at other games, especially Dungeons & Dragons. The three of us starting gaming together in middle school, which was more than 30 years ago now (yikes!). We've been playing together in a group pretty consistently since then.
    • We are all also experienced GMs but we don't want to GM. I could run a game, but I would much rather play. We thought trying a GM-less system with a cooperative narrative would be a fun compromise.
    • We have to play online. We live in di
  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    conversation

    Hey guys, I am a little disappointed that there aren't more comments and more engagement in the group. Does anyone have any cool spacecraft designs? Great weapons? Game ideas? Questions? Let us know.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    Battle Dress

    Battle Dress in the Imperium is complex and generally misunderstood. If you were designing Battle Dress and it didn't currently exist in the Third Imperium what capabilities would it have? Would there be integral weapons? Electronic Warfare? Would the exoskeleton add strength or just endurance? Inquiring minds want to know.

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    野麦さん @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Are spinoffs/splats allowed? Orbital 2100 by Zozer

    www.zozergames.com Orbital

    HARDBACK BOOK  (colour interior)    £24.99     BUY HERE PDF                                                          $8.99      BUY HERE Orbital 2100  is a...

    Orbital

    A near-future hard sci-fi campaign setting set in a TL-8 solar system! I've wanted to run a campaign in it for so long but never found enough Traveller players

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    Traveller Mayday Bundles

    These are a few bundles that are ongoing in celebration of Mayday...

    Mongoose Traveller 2E includes: Mongoose Traveller 2E Starter Set, MGT Companion Update 2024, and Central Supply Catalogue Update 2023 in the basic tier. On the extended tier: High Guard Update 2022, Traveller Vehicle Handbook 2E, Six Traveller 2E Referee Briefings, and Traveller 2E Referee's Screen Update 2024.

    Pirates of Drinax includes: Pirates of Drinax (MgT 2E) and 3 MgT 2E Reach Adventures in the basic tier. And in the extended tier: MgT 2E Drinaxian Companion, MgT 2E Shadows of Sindal, and 3 more MgT 2E Reach Adventures.

    Free Trader Beowulf includes This is Free Trader Beowulf only.

    Traveller Imperium Tour includes: The Traveller Book, The Traveller Adventure, 6 Traveller starship plans, S12 Forms and C

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    Thoughts on "This is Free Trader Beowolf"?

    With mayday around the corner, offers are starting to pop up. One such is this Bundle of Holding which includes This is Free Trader Beowolf (and only that).

    And yes, the discount is good. But I do try my best to only buy stuff that I actually want/need. Sometimes I even succeed ;).

    So I come here asking for your opinion.

    Is it worth it? Do you love it?

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    flibbertygibbit @ttrpg.network

    Welcome to the 7th Annual Traveller RPG Mayday Mayday celebration—a virtual convention dedicated to all things Traveller! Whether you love classic campaigns or modern expansions, this event celebrates the rich history and future of the Traveller universe.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    The Zhodani Base - Free PDFs

    zhodani.space Free pdf-files

    Free Traveller Rules Cepheus Engine (pay what you want) Mongoose: Book 0 There are free pdf-files all over the Zhodani Base that you can download. They may be difficult to find. This is a page to c…

    Free pdf-files

    cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/18128926

    You may already know this if you play Traveller, but in case you don't, The Zhodani Base is a webpage devoted to Traveller and other Sci-Fi games.

    The linked page is a curated repository of free PDFs.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    IMTU: Aging in Traveller

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    Design Language or Method

    Do you have a design language or set aesthetic for starships, spacecraft, or weapons in your Traveller Universe? I feel like that after 5,000 years of spacefaaring civilization Humaniti would have some very efficient design ideas. Examples could be all weapons are bullpup configurations because of aiming advantages, or starships tend to be spherical because of the geometry of the jump field. What do you think?

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Paul Drye @lemm.ee

    Review of Moon Toad's "The Jägermeister Adventure" mini-campaign adventure

    The Jägermeister Adventure is a mini-campaign for Traveller/Cepheus Engine focusing on a bounty-hunting group searching for a war criminal in the generic Minerva Cluster, which for Traveller is set somewhere on the fringes of the Imperium without specifically saying so.

    I'm not affiliated with the reviewer (@[email protected] on Lemmy) or the product.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    Beowulf (tactical map)

    cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/15421125

    The last entry from my backlog. And it's kind of a low-effort one, I'm afraid.

    The ship itself is provided as a template in the Cosmographer3 addon to CC3+, and I'd already done a couple of macros that automatically change the colors for the Scout.

    Still, hope you find it useful.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Paul Drye @lemm.ee

    DTRPG's Daily Special is a $2.00 Traveller-themed book of d66 Random Tables

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    Classic Traveller (facsimile edition) is free today

    cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/15151545

    I’m pretty sure it’s slashed to $0 every now and then. If you don’t own it yet, you might as well add this museum piece to your collection.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Paul Drye @lemm.ee

    Star Trek: Alpha Quadrant -- Free Traveller/CE rules for the ST universe by Steven J. Ege

    These are some high quality, fan-made rules for Cepheus Engine (and so based on the Mongoose Traveller SRD) covering various Star Trek shows up until 2017 (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, ENT).

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Paul Drye @lemm.ee

    Traveller 5's Starship Geomorphs book is free today (2025-02-14) on DTRPG

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    Coriolanus System

    cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/14929800

    Here I did the same than the post from a month ago: I used https://www.travellerworlds.com/ to generate a new star system, and then drew it with CC3+.

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    roflo1 @ttrpg.network

    My attempt at Death Station

    cross-posted from: https://ttrpg.network/post/14674160

    In case you're not familiar, Death Station is an adventure for Traveller.

    As many more have done so, I have it a ty myself, mostly because I wanted a large map to place on the table.

    Little did I know that the free 2D Deck Plans for the Core Rulebook includes a science station I could have used. Oh well.

    I also have a couple of PDF versions: http://rpg20.com/Death%20station.pdf http://rpg20.com/Death%20station_labels.pdf

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    Alternative Rules & Influence

    I have I think 14 or 15 different versions of Traveller. From classic first edition, to tiny fan-based Traveller Hero and Action! System Traveller. Although these versions give me a wide variety of rules and systems, I still use many other games to provide character and flavor. Games like Theatrix, Mekton Zeta, Last Exodus, and High Colonies. So what systems and settings influence your Traveller settings and series?

  • Traveller @ttrpg.network
    Ross Winn @ttrpg.network

    Welcome to Traveller

    In my humble opinion no RPG community is complete without a small forum to discuss the Grandfather of SF RPGs. posts and comments regarding any of the fifteen editions of the game are welcome.