Well, I got on Sat(in the US). Looks Great... though what a monster of a book :shock:... It is about half again the size of the core rulebook. I had the pdf, but I really didn't grasp just how big this puppy is till I had in my paws. I am gonna have to work out to carry this little book around. Chum...

Yep today was a good day .. First I saw the Mongoose Facebook post on how Drinaxian Companion is getting close... cool looking ships btw... Then I check email... I got the notice that Behind the Claws Hardopy is now trucking its rear down the road with the postal service on its way to my greedy hand...

So did the ship carrying the Behind the Claw hardcopies find safe harbor in the last few days.. or is it going to be one of those flying dutchmen ships stuck at sea with NO safe harbor in this pandemic... I understand that COVID19 could cause a delay, just curious as to what is happening right now.....

Oh my bad... In my mind, I read May 19 as March 19.... so sorry.. my bad... Damn Zho's came in and messed with my mind... that is it... that's my story and I am sticking with it. :shock: No self-isolation delusional thinking going on here.. No Siree... <just a minute... Emperor Strephon.. is asking ...

Did the shipment of Behind the Claw Hard physical Copies in the US.. get put on hold due to social distancing...
I never received my copy .. so just checking if it got "corona" delayed.. or if there was a lost shipment.

Just checking..
Chumbly

Just curious, when possibly the Mongoose will ride in the gilded State Coach to the ornate balcony to deliver the State of the Mongoose for the new Campaign Year, using a little snuff to overcome the stench of the unwashed assembled gamer peasantry below? Chumbly One of the unwashed gamer peasantry ...

Like the Gremlins movie... cute and cuddly until you add water....

Transport them into a tropical world as this years Xmas.. got to have pet...
Then the rainy season happens.......

Chumbly

Interesting article on the placement of the sun(Sol) relative to the Milky Way Galaxy. I always kind of assumed from Sci-Fi(things like the Charted Space Map) that we were out closer to the Rim. but it turns out we are quite a way in(about halfway to the galactic center black hole). Using the Solar ...

A while back, you intimated that eventually, Mongoose would take us into the 5th Frontier War
as a path for the adventure books. Are we still on that path or will Deepnight take us onto a different direction into terms
of long term adventure support and timeline? Just curious...

Chumbly

Just a side note to the above.. many Fantasy Ground GM's use Fantasy Grounds with DIscord and Syrnscape
to provide a voice chat and sound effects over the internet for their game sessions. So you are not
forced to strictly on have a text-based chat game session.
Chumbly

There is NO AI in Fantasy Ground VTT. There is NO replacement for the GM. It is essentially a chat system, combined with shared maps integrated with a combat tracker that is coded with the Traveller rules. It has a combat tracker and automated character sheet that allows 1 click rolling of the virtu...

Just thought I would mention it for anybody interested in playing Traveller on a VTT Since Tuesday Sept 17, there has been an official ruleset for Mongoose Traveller 2E in the Fantasy Grounds store. It is being actively worked on and supported. https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/product.php?id=MGP...

Actually, it does make some interesting Role Playing possibilities, like the rivarly between the crews of INS Spinward Gazelle and INS Corridor Gazelle in the Trojan Reaches as to which crew and ship best embody the "TRUE" spirit of Gazelle. Also, think of this possibility. Imp Captain Juli Yuroshii...

In my personal use, I always precede the ship name with the sector name or shortened identifier for e.g. for gazelle commissioned in the Spinward Marches would INS Spinward Gazelle. The reason for this is due to the size of the Imperium, nobody can have an accurate list of unique ship names that wou...

If anything, it might start an interesting game of "Does or Did George RR Martin play Traveller"

Chumbly

While not directly Traveller related I saw this on the Syfy News website, and thought this might be something Traveller fans might like.(Have not picked it up myself yet though), Looks lite it Would be a fun read or even perhaps provide a home brew setting for a Traveller universe. https://www.syfy....

Australia Australia - NSW - Sydney - krontekag Australia - NSW - Captains Flat - MancerBear Australia - SA - Adelaide - Imeanunoharm Australia - VIC - Melbourne - Melbourne Accords Australia - QLD - Brisbane - flyamanito Australia - QLD - Townsville - Ronnke Australia - NSW - Queanbeyan - Captains F...

Some example of party roles for above scenario.. Nanny/Governess(citizen)loves the child as if she was her own.. Huscarles Master Sergeant(Grizzled Former imperial marine) loving boyfriend of Nanny Tutor(Academic) Family Personal Pilot(Former hotshot navy pilot)..Sig. Other of Tutor Devoted Family B...

If you say that proscribing(legalized killing of family members) child nobles is a little gruesome for your game..consider this role playing adventure possibility.. Your party is the made up of surviving family retainers/servants,devoted bodyguards and huscarles :cry: , who are determined that the E...

While in general, baring an unusually vindictive justice system, I would say no in an ordinary criminal sense. HOWEVER, the third imperium is feudal, with feuding houses from the Imperial family on down. Feudal house systems have a nasty historical precedent of "don't leave defeated house members(in...