[TML] Mongoose Traveller

[Zane H. Healy]

At 7:39 AM -0700 8/15/07, darby eckles wrote:
>With the list mostly back up, I thought I'd spin this out there for 
>discussion, argument, and crying or cheering.  I'm sure it's been 
>brought up before, but I missed it.
>Yep, I'm talking about Mongoose doing some Traveller:
>

This is actually why I realized the TML was down.  I sent out a 
message and it never made it through.

><http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/news/news_item.php?pkid_news=166&PHPSESSID=71eca377e2113de8bede5426a62e57ae>http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/news/news_item.php?pkid_news=166&PHPSESSID=71eca377e2113de8bede5426a62e57ae
>
>Thoughts?  Comments?

Because of MRQ and the MRQ SRD I don't trust Mongoose, and I question 
their ethics.  While what they've done might be *legal*, I don't 
consider it to be ethical.  As far as I'm concerned the MRQ SRD is 
the equivalent of stealing a car and filing off the Vehicle ID 
Numbers!  From where I'm sitting they're trying to hijack the BRP 
system and create market confusion just as Chaosium is trying to 
release their new BRP ruleset, and license it to other companies.

When was the last time Mongoose created something *original* rather 
than something based on someone else's work?  This is a serious 
question, I think they've attempted it with one or two of their 
miniature games, but I'm not sure.  Basically any Mongoose RPG 
product I've seen is based on the work of others.

I *REALLY* hope Marc Miller knows what he is getting into.  I don't 
like White Wolf either (for comments they made about gamers that 
don't play their games a long time ago), however, they've slowly 
started to earn my respect in recent years, and I'd much rather have 
seen Traveller associated with them.

Zane


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