Traveller 5
Traveller Kickstarter Concludes
Monday 02 July 2012 Filed in: Traveller News| kickstarter
2,085 BACKERS and $294,628 PLEDGED
That’s the final commitment to the T5 Kickstarter.
1116 people committed to the basic book at $100, plus PDFs and SWAG, 500 more committed higher.
Isn’t 1116 a significant date for Traveller too? The Emperor Strephon was assassinated on 132-1116, triggering the Second Civil War / Collapse / Final War! How appropriate!
If you already bought the T5 Beta CD ROM you are due an update free of charge and if you haven’t seen an email from Marc Miller / FFE then you need to contact him.
Kickstarter Link here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traveller5/traveller-5th-edition?ref=activity
That’s the final commitment to the T5 Kickstarter.
1116 people committed to the basic book at $100, plus PDFs and SWAG, 500 more committed higher.
Isn’t 1116 a significant date for Traveller too? The Emperor Strephon was assassinated on 132-1116, triggering the Second Civil War / Collapse / Final War! How appropriate!
If you already bought the T5 Beta CD ROM you are due an update free of charge and if you haven’t seen an email from Marc Miller / FFE then you need to contact him.
Kickstarter Link here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/traveller5/traveller-5th-edition?ref=activity
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Traveller 5 Kickstarter <48 hours left
Saturday 30 June 2012 Filed in: Traveller News| kickstarter
You have less than 48 hours to back the new Traveller 5 Kickstarter campaign from Marc Miller. A perfect Christmas present for yourself or a loved one into Traveller?
Mongoose Traveller sent to the Printers
Saturday 15 March 2008 Filed in: Traveller News
Mongoose have just announced that they have sent Traveller to the printers for publication. As this isn't using the in house printing that flawed the production quality of some of their recent books, we'll have to wait for nearly a month!
More can be found at their blog page: http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/
Thanks to Richard Talbot for spotting this!
More can be found at their blog page: http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/
Thanks to Richard Talbot for spotting this!
Mongoose to Publish Traveller [Updated]
Saturday 04 August 2007 Filed in: Traveller News
BREAKING NEWS
The UK's Mongoose Publishing are going to be the new publishers of Traveller.
Mongoose Press Release in full:
Traveller Returns!
After a near 10-year gap in which only reprints of the Traveller game system have been available, Mongoose Publishing becomes the centralised resource for Traveller titles with the publication of their core rule book Traveller: Science-Fiction Adventures in the Far Future, in February 2008. On this foundation, Mongoose will produce a supporting line of supplements, adventures, and sourcebooks detailing the official and original Traveller universe of the far future.
The materials published by Mongoose will be placed in and part of the canonical Traveller universe.
It is our aim to halt the fragmentation of the Traveller game, and reintroduce one solid system (based on Classic Traveller), with one source for the official Traveller universe.
But that is not all. . .
Mongoose Publishing Science Fiction RPGs
Mongoose will also be using Traveller in its licensed science-fiction properties (each featuring a Traveller logo).
We have pioneered this concept already with Runequest, publishing a rules set and supporting adventures and sourcebooks, then using the Runequest rules as the basis for other alternative fantasy role-playing settings, such as Hawkmoon, Elric and Lankhmar.
The first licensed setting to be produced using the Traveller rules set (and available in early 2008) will be Starship Troopers, a welcome return to bug-blasting action across the galaxy! Hot on its heels will be Strontium Dogs, based on the hit 2000AD comic strip. After that, who knows. . ?
To the greatest extent possible, we intend that there be a transportability of characters, concepts, and even equipment between the various systems. So, it will be perfectly possible for your Strontium Dog Bounty Hunter to land on a planet in his Scout/Courier, only to find him battling for his life against waves of Warrior Bugs – with no conversion needed between the games!
All games and settings will therefore be able to utilise the core supplements, such as High Guard, Mercenary, and 760 Patrons, while retaining their own character.
Open Gaming License
Once the rules for Traveller appear, we plan to make them available under the Open Gaming License (OGL). At the same time, we will issue a Traveller Logo License (TLL) which makes the Traveller logo and titling available to licensees.
Far Future will Publish T5
Far Future is proceeding with plans to produce the long-heralded Traveller5, initially as an extensive CD ROM package (estimated at 1000 pages) by the end of 2007, and a distilled 350-page Traveller5 Core Rules book in the first half of 2008.
T5 will be a superset of the Mongoose Traveller rules, providing detailed coverage of rules, concepts and history not available elsewhere. There will be cross-compatibility between Traveller and Traveller5, allowing you to use rules and supplements from each.
Traveller will be faithful to Classic Traveller, with an upgraded task and combat system. Traveller5 will be a superset of those rules, providing greater detail and more insight into resolving situations in Traveller.
The UK's Mongoose Publishing are going to be the new publishers of Traveller.
Mongoose Press Release in full:
Traveller Returns!
After a near 10-year gap in which only reprints of the Traveller game system have been available, Mongoose Publishing becomes the centralised resource for Traveller titles with the publication of their core rule book Traveller: Science-Fiction Adventures in the Far Future, in February 2008. On this foundation, Mongoose will produce a supporting line of supplements, adventures, and sourcebooks detailing the official and original Traveller universe of the far future.
The materials published by Mongoose will be placed in and part of the canonical Traveller universe.
It is our aim to halt the fragmentation of the Traveller game, and reintroduce one solid system (based on Classic Traveller), with one source for the official Traveller universe.
But that is not all. . .
Mongoose Publishing Science Fiction RPGs
Mongoose will also be using Traveller in its licensed science-fiction properties (each featuring a Traveller logo).
We have pioneered this concept already with Runequest, publishing a rules set and supporting adventures and sourcebooks, then using the Runequest rules as the basis for other alternative fantasy role-playing settings, such as Hawkmoon, Elric and Lankhmar.
The first licensed setting to be produced using the Traveller rules set (and available in early 2008) will be Starship Troopers, a welcome return to bug-blasting action across the galaxy! Hot on its heels will be Strontium Dogs, based on the hit 2000AD comic strip. After that, who knows. . ?
To the greatest extent possible, we intend that there be a transportability of characters, concepts, and even equipment between the various systems. So, it will be perfectly possible for your Strontium Dog Bounty Hunter to land on a planet in his Scout/Courier, only to find him battling for his life against waves of Warrior Bugs – with no conversion needed between the games!
All games and settings will therefore be able to utilise the core supplements, such as High Guard, Mercenary, and 760 Patrons, while retaining their own character.
Open Gaming License
Once the rules for Traveller appear, we plan to make them available under the Open Gaming License (OGL). At the same time, we will issue a Traveller Logo License (TLL) which makes the Traveller logo and titling available to licensees.
Far Future will Publish T5
Far Future is proceeding with plans to produce the long-heralded Traveller5, initially as an extensive CD ROM package (estimated at 1000 pages) by the end of 2007, and a distilled 350-page Traveller5 Core Rules book in the first half of 2008.
T5 will be a superset of the Mongoose Traveller rules, providing detailed coverage of rules, concepts and history not available elsewhere. There will be cross-compatibility between Traveller and Traveller5, allowing you to use rules and supplements from each.
Traveller will be faithful to Classic Traveller, with an upgraded task and combat system. Traveller5 will be a superset of those rules, providing greater detail and more insight into resolving situations in Traveller.