The Basic Expert talks about the novel which heavily influenced Traveller. Its been decades since I last read, so its time to read it again.
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Traveller with Seth Skorkowsky
Seth Skorkowsky has produced an extended video presentation of Mongoose Traveller, the newest edition of the classic game. This provides a very good overview for any new player. This is the introduction of a series of videos covering much of the material available from Mongoose.
Traveller week with Page 121
Check out Traveller’s The Great Rift with Page 121. Page 121 does many RPG videos detailing some aspects of various games. Check him out.
Character Progression for Classic Traveller
Image by 506967 from pixabay. Back in the day, it was difficult to match Traveller characters with their equivalents in games like D&D. Some Referees looked for an equivalent of Level for Traveller to allow character advancement on a schedule. Starting my own Classic Traveller campaign forced me to consider this for the first […]
Cool Ideas: Eldritch Hack & Cloque House
A rules light system for Horror RPG. This system provides all the needs within a light framework that will take only a few minutes to learn. I look forward to trying my hand at this one. https://youtu.be/8sX1H81HLZg?si=yHK8AkEQCdUZi7PQ
Getting Help: A Classic Traveller Alternate Rule
I use several alternate rules when running classic Traveller. I have implemented these alternate rules to enhance the experience for my players who may have familiarity with more recent versions of the game. These newer versions have characters with a wider range of skills, which can make them appear more powerful at first glance. These […]
Water Worlds
In many science fiction based RPG, the concept of a water world is used. However, many of these have yet to be adjusted for the large range of water worlds that could be present within the universe. Hereafter, I’ve provided six alternatives Water World Roll 1d6 Swamp world – all land areas are swampy. There […]
Equus Patrons
This is the patron list for Equus. They represent a spectrum of sophants available on Equus. Most are human, but there are a few Vargar and and Aslan. Notably there are uplifted dolphins active on Equus. Roll a d6 to determine Row position. Roll another d6 to determine the Column position. Cross index and […]
Equus Rumor Table
Equus is a water world, B55A858-B. The shallowest portion of the world ocean is 20 km, allowing a massive tower to be affixed to it and creating the foundation for the largest surface city. The remaining cities are part of large (multi-square-km-sized) floating islands. The TL B makes these islands floating cities, since they can […]
Equus System
Happy 45th birthday for Traveller. I’d like to say my special thanks to Mark Miller for his inspirational design. Here is the Equus system characteristics. I have worked it using the rules from Classic Traveller. It is part of a greater sandbox of adventures I’m making for the system. The planet names leverage an […]