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

[Greg Nokes]

The character creation takes CT, and adds a lot more backstory  
generation. It also adds some more careers, and allows for career  
changes.

The autofire rules (a staple of mine to judge a system) are nice,  
simple and effective. It has good radiation rules, and the ship to  
ship rules are pretty good (scale needs a little work). IMHO some of  
the ships are over armored.

There are a few nits that I will pick out of the system, but that is  
basically because of flavor items.

It's a solid rules system, IMHO.



On Jul 6, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Mark Urbin wrote:

> Evyn MacDude wrote:
>> On Jul 5, 2008, at 7:58 PM, 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?
>> Character generation right off the bat.
>
> Ok, so it's close to CT char gen, but somehow "better."
> That is a good start.  Why is it better?
>
>> also... It's NEW!!!!!!
>
> Ya, and so was MegaT and T4 at one point.
> "NEW" != "Improved" in all cases, although people for the most part  
> seem
>  to be gushing over RTT for fuzzy reasons.
>
>
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