Interested Faction: Foreign Corporation (Xarvon-Tek, a sprawling interstellar conglomerate obsessed with expanding its influence) Players’ Information: The characters are approached by a sharply dressed bureaucrat named Kael Dravus, a mid-tier executive from Xarvon-Tek, a foreign megacorporation known for its ruthless pursuit of power. Kael has a polished demeanor but a predatory glint in his eye. […]
Rumor: The Vanished HaulerSource: A weathered dockworker muttering over a cheap ale in a starport dive.Text: “Heard about the Stellar Wisp—old freighter, J-2 rig, went silent two systems out. Crew was hauling something hush-hush, maybe Navy, maybe corp. Last transmission cut off mid-sentence, talkin’ about a shadow on the scopes. Wreck-chasers say there’s salvage—or trouble—waiting […]
The Mongoose Traveller Central Supply Catalog has a bunch of useful items. In this Page 121 video, sub-dermal armor is highlighted.
Various creators have done rules light efforts to define a role playing game. For example, the Deathbringer RPG by Professor Dunegon Master of Dungeon Craft, a YouTube influencer, that insists upon a system with simplicity, enabling the DM to concentrate on generating fun instead of looking up rules. I went into the effort to create […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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
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 […]