Recent content by chrisr

I remember an old Traveller adventure called "Tower Trouble" that appeared in White Dwarf magazine many moons ago. If I remember correctly it was all pregen'd characters carrying out a heist on a 'beanstalk' tower that stretched into orbit. It was a bit 'Oceans 11'. I don't remember which...

Gateway Domain in 990. I converted my T20 campaign to MGT, though I'm only running a solitaire game at the moment, but it all might come in handy as background fluff if I ever get time to pin my players down for an evening.

Halesowen?!!! It is a small world! Me too. Where do you meet up? Never mind, I've found your website. I'll have to come and see what you're up to. I've not done much boardgaming since my main gaming buddy moved to Belfast last year. chris

I've been using this system for about 6 months now and I have to say, I like it. I've been running a campaign with a few players on a very intermittent basis. Real life tends to get in the way of gaming at the moment! So I decided to use this solo play as a way to continue playing and also to...

That Cr 220,000+ includes the mortgage. Mortgage: Cr 197,202 per month. Maintenance: Cr 4707 per month. Life Support: Cr 20,600 per month. There's your KCr 220+ Fuel(unrefined) (84 tons giving 2xJ-2 plus 2 weeks operation): Cr 8400 per month. 2 hired crew (gunners): Cr 4000. 2 nav tapes: Cr...

Thinking about it, 2 ship shares on a Far Trader is only worth about MCr 1. anyway, not the MCr 10 I had in my head! You're quite right about the working capital too. It allows more freedom for the players and the campaign too.

The weapons I included in the ship. As I said, it was second hand. I made up 4 second hand ships available for them to look over. They picked the "Astute Enterprise". The costs of those add ons, MCr 5.1, are inluded in the price though. It works out around the same price as a brand new ship...

You can receive a ships boat as a mustering out benefit. One of my players received one and I allowed him to sell it for MCr4. He then put MCr3 of that towards a second hand Far Trader and MCr1 towards running costs. Why he didn't take the option of 2 ship shares I don't know. Perhaps a million...

Anybody noticed that Enope has become a non-Industrial Industrial world? In my copy of SM anyway. I think it should be Hi In Na Ic.

I've just noticed that the cover layout on the advertisement for 760 Patrons has blue lettering and 'Supplement 1' under the main banner. My copy comes with yellow lettering and no Supp.1 Are there multiple versions? or was there just a change of cover? Excellent book btw.

Wasn't the 5FW covered in TAS news articles?

How do you get the Fluid(Fl) and Water world(Wa) trade codes for Antares? It would require an atmosphere type A+, ie exotic, corrosive etc. and Hydrographics code A, ie no land mass. You've quoted Antares having atmos type 6, which is 'standard', and Hyd 2 which is 'a few small seas'. I think...

What? In the Dog and Duck pub in the village of Lower Piddle? :wink:

A bit of rumour for you all..... I was told today by a 'Mongoose insider' that Spinward Marches, 760 Patrons and Mercenary are to be released in 3 weeks time. Talk about blitzing the marketplace! Personally I'd stagger them at fortnightly intervals and add the July releases in as well at the...

UK Games Expo returns to the Clarendon Suite in Birmingham at the end of May. Last year was great fun, especially Gruffty's Traveller scenario. First time I'd had the chance to be a player in at least 10 years...and I survived!! Is anyone else planning on going? Chris