Recent content by actionman

Issues like this are why I think a dedicated Traveller ambassador channel should be Mongoose owned and controlled.

@CaptKraken So I'm giving Glass Cannon another try. It took them 20 - 30 minutes to get around to talking about Traveller, and I think that's what put me off before. About 50 minutes in I was enjoying the video. EDIT: Haaaaaa, Seth just rolled a life event that's going to send his...

Here's an idea, if there aren't many or any good media Traveller ambassadors, perhaps Mongoose should consider hiring some, if it's in the budget. Find 5 or 6 actors or film students who are photogenic, and who have experience being on camera, and so on. Hire them per video to play through...

What a time it was, CT LBBs and District 268.

Of course, but since @CaptKraken was talking about Traveller and a ref that was moderately well-known in the Traveller community, I confined my comments to the Traveller community. But, I do think that some parts of the Traveller community have a hard edge to them that is unpleasant...

You know, from what I've observed on Traveller forums which shall remain nameless, it seems to me that there are some rigid personalities in the Traveller community who really do think they know it all, and who wouldn't think twice about telling someone how to play his character down to not...

True, true. One could structure it like so: Empire, with appropriate overview and context, including people, organizations, and conflicts (information that the public would reasonably know), and then a brief refs only section. Sector with overview the size of an extra large blurb, including...

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.

There needs to be a Solomani Confederation book, not just a Solomani Rim sector book.

I've had the same issue. That's a dicey proposition. A lot of people won't want to bother. I've had people turn down other games because they didn't even want to read the free quickstart rules. Perhaps this could be included in the back of the CRB as a starter setting for people who want...

Excellent post, great insights. I don't blame you at all. Certain Traveller forums and mailing lists have corrosive atmospheres, and here we go again. The difference here is that the Mongoose staff doesn't pick sides. Why am I not surprised. Funny, I found both those channels annoying...

Perhaps the CRB could contain rules not dependent on any setting, more generic, I guess, and then a setting section in the book gives an overview of the Charted Space setting so people have something to start playing in right away. Then the Third Imperium setting book could contain tailored...

You got that right. So with that clarification, IMO Mongoose should ship Traveller with a default setting, so people have a setting to play in without having to buy another book.

Whichever setting becomes most popular will become the default setting. Greyhawk was D&D's default setting, but it was supplanted by Forgotten Realms. I don't think it matters too much once people get into Traveller, but in the beginning, providing new players with an engaging setting is...

We all did. We had to. Nothing needs a default setting, but as @Condottiere mentioned, people want interesting settings to experience and play in. I've stated in a number of posts what I think. *shrug*