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    2300AD - A suggestion

    That was then. This is now. 2300AD is now a Traveller game. If it wasn't, I wouldn't have bought it, despite higher interest in the setting than the Third Imperium. I don't care what the original form of 2300AD was while I'm playing 2300AD using Traveller rules today any more than I care about...
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    2300AD - A suggestion

    Also, given the number of editions of Traveller, 2300AD, and Twilight 2000 that have been produced over the years, I fail to see what's to be gained by slavish devotion to earlier content. I certainly understand wanting to be consistent with earlier content but if game design, technology, and...
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    2300AD - A suggestion

    By your logic, you can't play GURPS Traveller with just the GURPS Core Rulebook (any edition). You can't play classic Traveller with just Book 1. Science fiction is so broad, it's going to have variances across different settings. There are alternative FTL drives in High Guard, but because there...
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    2300AD - A suggestion

    Then...play the GDW 2300AD if that's the one you prefer? And those of us who want to use the Traveller ruleset will use it for Traveller 2300AD games.
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    2300AD - A suggestion

    Traveller is a ruleset. 2300AD is a setting. The Third Imperium is a setting. The new Dark Conspiracy - will be a setting. All using Traveller.
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    2300AD - A suggestion

    I like the more grounded take that 2300AD brings to the table. That said, slavish devotion to the older editions is a mistake, IMO. A heretical view, I'm sure. While I like the more grounded take of the setting, it still needs to be about adventure. My 2300AD universe takes a lot of inspiration...
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    The Great Rift - Travellers' Comments Welcomed!

    While the science-side of my brain wants rule harmonization, the practical referee/GM part knows that the WBH level of detail isn't for everyone. Sadly. So, where options are going to win out, it would be nice if there were referee callouts explaining why one subsystem is used over another and...
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    Travellers Needed - The Future of Traveller

    On the (more) practical side, I would love to see the 2300AD line expanded further. Colonial Atlases and a Sol system, and 2300AD alien sourcebooks would be fantastic, but the setting really needs adventures. Bayern was impressive, so 2300AD campaigns would be welcome additions. I would throw...
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    Um, what's up with the ever-increasing size of Aslans?

    AoCSv1 says they're "like a human, an upright biped averaging two metres in height and 100 kilograms in mass". Males are cited as having "increased size" over females. The art I was referencing in the JTASv13 preview has a picture where a human woman barely passes a male Aslan's waist in height...
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    Um, what's up with the ever-increasing size of Aslans?

    I just looked at the JTAS 13 preview and the Aslan artwork in it portrays them as ogre-sized. I thought I had noticed a trend towards larger and larger Aslans, which don't seem to conform to the descriptions in Aliens of Chartered Space, Vol 1. I'm fine with larger-than-your average human, but...
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    [Traveller Battlefield Dev] New Combat Rules to Try!

    I like the design spirit of the rules and the goals you're trying to achieve. I like putting this info out there early for feedback, so thank you for that. I HATE group initiative. It undermines the ebb-and-flow, cut-and-thrust you're striving towards. I am a fan of rolling every round, but if...
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    Rules vs. Settings, Update Books, & What-Ifs

    Thank you both for that context. I could give a rat's fart about prior systems. I'm buying and playing Mg2e. I understand wanting to be setting & thematically consistent, but I don't expect all of the editions of a game, especially under various publishers, to be 100% compatible/consistent...
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    Travellers Needed - The Future of Traveller

    I'm eagerly awaiting the bounty hunter sourcebook. I would like to see more supplements that flesh out focused areas of science fiction like bounty hunter or do a deeper-dive on a sub-genre: things like colonies, cyberpunk, setting styles, etc. I'd also like more 2300 support but I know the...
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    Rules vs. Settings, Update Books, & What-Ifs

    There are several active threads that have intersected or at least glanced off each other in terms of topics around Traveller rules, how the Third Imperium can/should be distinct from the rules, tech discrepancies in the books (weapons, vehicles, ships), and how updates are introduced in the...
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    2300AD-Traveller Mix: Which supplements next?

    I'm prepping a campaign that will largely be based on a 2300AD framework but with TI Traveller elements, as both my players and I prefer the near-term setting of 2300AD over the Third Imperium. However, given the wealth of material that I have of Traveller ships that utilize maneuver & jump...
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