[TML] The SRD is out for Traveller at the mongoose site.

[Zane H. Healy]

At 10:58 PM -0400 7/5/08, Mark Urbin wrote:
>Zane H. Healy wrote:
>[snip]
>>  I have a severe dislike of Mongoose, but I think the new book is
>>  brilliant, and there is a about an 85% chance that I'll be starting
>>  up a game using it before the end of the year (or whenever my Call of
>>  Cthulhu campaign ends).  I'll admit Traveller isn't my first choice
>>  for our next campaign, but I'm willing to roll with it. :^)
>
>What's brilliant about it?  What feature, besides the good editing and
>play testing, sets it above CT?

Seems to be better task resolution than I remember in CT.  What I 
can't comment on is the space ship portion of the game, as I still 
need to read though that.  I like how it seems to be a really clean 
set of rules collected into one book.  I own basically *everything* 
from the original LBB's through the start of GURPS Traveller.  I also 
like that I can run a game using the new book, and my players can go 
to our local FLGS and buy their own copy should they want, in fact 
the one player is planning on doing just that.  Lets not forget the 
value of using a set of rules that are in print.  The fact that I can 
use all my CT material with the book is a serious added benefit.

Now to seriously consider what I'll use for a setting if I run a 
Traveller campaign.  Do I go with something largely "cannon", or do I 
roll my own setting.

Zane


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